NASDAQ:NVMINova Measuring Instruments Stock Price, Forecast & News

Nova Measuring Instruments' stock was trading at $33.14 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NVMI shares have increased by 46.6% and is now trading at $48.57. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Nova Measuring Instruments in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Nova Measuring Instruments.

Nova Measuring Instruments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Nova Measuring Instruments.

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ:NVMI) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 14th. The semiconductor company reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.11. The semiconductor company earned $61.02 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.70 million. Nova Measuring Instruments had a net margin of 17.05% and a return on equity of 14.28%. View Nova Measuring Instruments' earnings history.

Nova Measuring Instruments updated its second quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 14th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.37-0.51 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.33. The company issued revenue guidance of $58-66 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $55.65 million.

4 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Nova Measuring Instruments' shares. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect Nova Measuring Instruments' stock price to reach $48.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%. View analysts' price targets for Nova Measuring Instruments.

News stories about NVMI stock have been trending extremely negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Nova Measuring Instruments earned a coverage optimism score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the semiconductor company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Nova Measuring Instruments.

Nova Measuring Instruments saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 233,900 shares, an increase of 11.6% from the June 15th total of 209,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 123,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Nova Measuring Instruments' Current Options Chain.

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Nova Measuring Instruments trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NVMI."

Nova Measuring Instruments' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. (4.63%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%).

NVMI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., and Envestnet Asset Management Inc..

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One share of NVMI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.57.

Nova Measuring Instruments has a market capitalization of $1.36 billion and generates $224.91 million in revenue each year. The semiconductor company earns $35.17 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.43 on an earnings per share basis. Nova Measuring Instruments employs 662 workers across the globe.

The official website for Nova Measuring Instruments is www.novami.com.

Nova Measuring Instruments' mailing address is 5 DAVID FIKES STREET P.O. BOX 266, REHOVOT L3, 7610201. The semiconductor company can be reached via phone at 972-73-229-5600 or via email at [email protected]