NVMI vs. CAMT, CLVT, VRNS, BILI, SQSP, STNE, ASGN, PEGA, ST, and CRUS
Should you be buying Nova stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nova include Camtek (CAMT), Clarivate (CLVT), Varonis Systems (VRNS), Bilibili (BILI), Squarespace (SQSP), StoneCo (STNE), ASGN (ASGN), Pegasystems (PEGA), Sensata Technologies (ST), and Cirrus Logic (CRUS). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Nova presently has a consensus price target of $198.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.37%. Camtek has a consensus price target of $74.75, suggesting a potential downside of 8.73%. Given Nova's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Nova is more favorable than Camtek.
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.
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.
83.0% of Nova shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of Camtek shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nova shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 79.4% of Camtek shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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. Nova's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Camtek's score of 0.84 indicating that Nova is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Nova has a net margin of 26.32% compared to Camtek's net margin of 24.93%. Nova's return on equity of 20.55% beat Camtek's return on equity.
Nova has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camtek has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nova beats Camtek on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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