CAMT vs. NVMI, NCNO, SANM, PI, TSEM, AEIS, EVH, IRDM, ACIW, and ASAN
Should you be buying Camtek stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camtek include Nova (NVMI), nCino (NCNO), Sanmina (SANM), Impinj (PI), Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS), Evolent Health (EVH), Iridium Communications (IRDM), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), and Asana (ASAN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI) and Camtek (NASDAQ:CAMT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Nova has higher revenue and earnings than Camtek. Nova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camtek, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Camtek received 98 more outperform votes than Nova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.41% of users gave Nova an outperform vote while only 71.52% of users gave Camtek an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Camtek had 6 more articles in the media than Nova. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Camtek and 3 mentions for Nova. Camtek's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Nova's score of 0.84 indicating that Nova is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nova has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camtek has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.0% of Nova shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of Camtek shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nova shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.4% of Camtek shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Nova has a net margin of 26.32% compared to Nova's net margin of 24.93%. Camtek's return on equity of 20.55% beat Nova's return on equity.
Nova presently has a consensus price target of $198.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.37%. Camtek has a consensus price target of $74.75, indicating a potential downside of 8.73%. Given Camtek's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nova is more favorable than Camtek.
Summary
Nova beats Camtek on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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