Nova Ltd. (NVMI)Technology | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials | Rehovot, Israel | NasdaqGS
527.75 USD
-4.42
(-0.831%) ⇩
(April 21, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | April 18, 2026, 10:50 p.m. EDT
Nova Ltd. is trading at a premium valuation (P/E ~66) despite positive analyst consensus, creating a high-risk, low-margin setup for investors. While fundamentals (28% earnings growth, solid gross margins) support a long-term hold, the stock's recent 3x annualized run-up has exhausted much of the immediate beta, making it a mediocre short-term pick for new capital until it consolidates near its moving averages. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.064135 |
| MSTL | 0.070704 |
| AutoTheta | 0.156663 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.507666 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 76% |
| H-stat | 1.10 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.177 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.27 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 60.623 |
| Revenue per Share | 29.247 |
| Market Cap | 16,773,463,040 |
| Trailing P/E | 66.47 |
| Forward P/E | 42.24 |
| Beta | 1.80 |
| Profit Margins | 29.44% |
| Previous Name | Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. |
| Website | https://www.novami.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:50 p.m. EDT: Options flow shows a distinct skew towards out-of-the-money (OTM) calls with a 'call-buyer' bias. April/August calls display notable Open Interest (OI) walls at outliers $520, $580, and $560, suggesting a bullish 'finish the month' or deadline gamble strategy for above-520 price levels. Conversely, puts show significant volume concentration at $440, $480, and $450, indicating hedging against a drop back to the recent lows, though the call outflow outweighs the put outflow. The extreme IV spikes on deep OTM strikes (e.g., $140/$145 call and $700 put strikes) imply a 'long gamma' don't-hold sentiment perpetuation.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 1.9019575 |
| Address1 | 5 David Fikes St. |
| All Time High | 544.62 |
| All Time Low | 0.34 |
| Ask | 529.02 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 266,600 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 383,665 |
| Average Volume | 383,665 |
| Average Volume10Days | 266,600 |
| Beta | 1.795 |
| Bid | 531.55 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Book Value | 41.48 |
| City | Rehovot |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,577,750,400 |
| Country | Israel |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 527.75 |
| Current Ratio | 6.283 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 544.62 |
| Day Low | 522.67 |
| Debt To Equity | 60.623 |
| Display Name | Nova |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,761,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,761,800 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.224 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.281 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,761,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,761,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,761,800 |
| Ebitda | 276,692,992 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.31422 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 59.72 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 18.765 |
| Enterprise Value | 16,524,108,800 |
| Eps Current Year | 10.32902 |
| Eps Forward | 12.49295 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 7.94 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 459.1684 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 68.581604 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.14936046 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 190.19576 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 544.62 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -16.869995 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.030975718 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 176.52 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 351.22998 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.9897461 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 176.52 - 544.62 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 955,459,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 31,740,383 |
| Forward Eps | 12.49295 |
| Forward P E | 42.243824 |
| Free Cashflow | 149,586,880 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,612 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.57370996 |
| Gross Profits | 505,200,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00061 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.77229 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 31,782,972 |
| Industry | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials |
| Industry Disp | Semiconductor Equipment & Materials |
| Industry Key | semiconductor-equipment-materials |
| Ir Website | http://ir.novameasuring.com/nasdaq-stock-chart |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Nova Ltd. engages in the design, development, production, and sale of process control systems used in the manufacture of semiconductors in Taiwan, the United States, China, Korea, and internationally. The company's product portfolio includes a set of metrology platforms for dimensional, films, and materials and chemical metrology measurements for process control for various semiconductor manufacturing process steps, such as lithography, Etch, chemical mechanical planarization, deposition, electrochemical plating, and advanced packaging. It serves various sectors of the integrated circuit manufacturing industry, including logic, foundry, memory, and packaging sectors, as well as process equipment manufacturers. Nova Ltd. was formerly known as Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. and changed its name to Nova Ltd. in July 2021. Nova Ltd. was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel. |
| Long Name | Nova Ltd. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 16,773,463,040 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_124752 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-04-20 |
| Net Income To Common | 259,223,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 16,913,944,209 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 8 |
| Open | 535.79 |
| Operating Cashflow | 245,612,992 |
| Operating Margins | 0.27666 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.46 |
| Phone | 972 73 229 5600 |
| Prev Name | Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. |
| Previous Close | 532.17 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 51.09391 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 12.723 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 19.048264 |
| Profit Margins | 0.29438 |
| Quick Ratio | 5.351 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -4.41998 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.830558 |
| Regular Market Day High | 544.62 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 522.67 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 522.67 - 544.62 |
| Regular Market Open | 535.79 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 532.17 |
| Regular Market Price | 527.75 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,801,600 |
| Regular Market Volume | 231,384 |
| Return On Assets | 0.084750004 |
| Return On Equity | 0.23083 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.143 |
| Revenue Per Share | 29.247 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.3140242 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 31,782,972 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0517 |
| Shares Short | 1,643,237 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,336,001 |
| Short Name | Nova Ltd. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0517 |
| Short Ratio | 4.46 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | NVMI |
| Target High Price | 525.0 |
| Target Low Price | 453.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 497.25 |
| Target Median Price | 505.0 |
| Total Cash | 1,048,510,016 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 32.99 |
| Total Debt | 799,155,008 |
| Total Revenue | 880,577,024 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 7.94 |
| Trailing P E | 66.467255 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 355.84714 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 171.90286 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.48308063 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 231,384 |
| Website | https://www.novami.com |
| Zip | 7,632,805 |