Nova (NVMI) Competitors

Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI) and Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NVMI or VLTO?

83.0% of Nova shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Veralto shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nova shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Veralto shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NVMI or VLTO?

Veralto has higher revenue and earnings than Nova. Veralto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nova	$743.95M	9.03	$183.76M	$6.62	34.53
Veralto	$5.28B	4.63	$833M	$3.50	28.19

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NVMI or VLTO?

Nova received 433 more outperform votes than Veralto when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.39% of users gave Nova an outperform vote while only 53.49% of users gave Veralto an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nova	Outperform Votes 456 74.39%	Underperform Votes 157 25.61%
Veralto	Outperform Votes 23 53.49%	Underperform Votes 20 46.51%

Do analysts prefer NVMI or VLTO?

Nova presently has a consensus target price of $277.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.18%. Veralto has a consensus target price of $110.09, suggesting a potential upside of 11.57%. Given Nova's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Nova is more favorable than Veralto.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nova	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Veralto	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Is NVMI or VLTO more profitable?

Nova has a net margin of 27.33% compared to Veralto's net margin of 16.04%. Veralto's return on equity of 49.29% beat Nova's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nova	27.33%	22.33%	15.01%
Veralto	16.04%	49.29%	14.55%

Which has more risk and volatility, NVMI or VLTO?

Nova has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veralto has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to NVMI or VLTO?

In the previous week, Nova had 7 more articles in the media than Veralto. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nova and 4 mentions for Veralto. Veralto's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Nova's score of 1.10 indicating that Veralto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nova	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Veralto	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Nova beats Veralto on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.