BN · rank #12 · 2026-07-27
NVMI
NASDAQ · $13.93B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +21.6% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +29.7% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +29.2% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +0.5% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 1.46 |
| Debt / FCF Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer. | 4.12× |
| Analyst upside Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price. | +37.8% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +6% |
| Market cap (USD) | $13.93B |
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Summary
Nova Ltd (NVMI) is a semiconductor process control and metrology equipment company whose Metrion and AncoScene platforms serve advanced DRAM, gate-all-around logic, and advanced packaging customers at the leading edge of chip manufacturing complexity.
Rationale
As chipmakers transition to 3D DRAM, gate-all-around, and advanced packaging architectures, process control measurement becomes a structural bottleneck that Nova's differentiated metrology tools directly solve, supporting the bottleneck_solver thesis with record platform adoption, new customer wins, and 21.6% forward revenue growth at a 1.46x PEG.
Material risks
- 1Customer concentration in a small number of leading memory and logic fabs means a single large customer internalizing metrology or switching to an integrated solution (e.g., KLA bundling) could materially impair Nova's revenue without warning.
- 2Export controls targeting advanced DRAM and packaging investments in key Asian manufacturing hubs (particularly China and South Korea) could abruptly curtail capex at Nova's largest end-markets, compressing the near-term revenue ramp that underpins the forward growth estimate.
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