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Nova Ltd.

Semiconductors

$352.47
-0.60%
Market cap $11.2B

Nova Ltd is a provider of metrology and process control solutions used in semiconductor manufacturing.

It is a $11.2B technology company. Revenue grew 31.0% over the last year, it keeps 29¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and it holds more cash than debt. It trades at 41.5× earnings — around the middle of its own history.

Website
novami.com
Employees
1 612
Sector
Technology

Skills

Six independent scores, 0–100, built from reported numbers and valuation history. Click a row to see how it was scored.

Valuation22Growth100Profitability90Health93Quality75Moat100

Strong growth, profitability, health, quality and moat; Valuation lags behind.

Valuation22
  • P/E vs own history62th pct · 5/25
  • FCF yield1.7% · 5/25
  • P/S6.7x · 12/25
  • EV/EBITDA41.4x · 0/25
Growth100
  • Revenue CAGR20.6% · 25/25
  • Net income CAGR29.2% · 25/25
  • EPS CAGR ~5Y26.4% · 25/25
  • Fwd implied growth43.4% · 25/25
Profitability90
  • ROIC20.8% · 20/25
  • ROE20.3% · 20/25
  • Net margin29.4% · 25/25
  • Operating margin25.3% · 25/25
Health93
  • Altman Z7.67 · 25/25
  • Current ratio1.55 · 18/25
  • Interest coverageno interest expense · 25/25
  • Net cash / debtNet cash · 25/25
Quality75
  • Piotroski F5/9 · 15/25
  • Beneish M-2.27 · 20/25
  • FCF conversion73% · 15/25
  • Margin stabilityσ 1.2% · 25/25
Moat100
  • ROIC >12% years5/5 yrs · 25/25
  • Median gross margin56.6% · 25/25
  • FCF-positive years5/5 yrs · 25/25
  • Worst-year net marginworst 22.4% · 25/25

How the scores work →

Experience

The company's career so far — founding, the IPO, landmark products and acquisitions, plus revenue milestones and insider buying.

  1. 2026Product
    New obesity GLP-1 pills were launched, with patients getting their hands on them from Danish drugmaker Novo
  2. FY2025Financial
    Best year on record
    $259M net income
  3. 2025Acquisition
    Novo acquired Akero Therapeutics for $5.2 billion
  4. 2024Acquisition
    Parent company Novo Holdings agreed to acquire Catalent for $16.5 billion
  5. 2024Milestone
    Novo reached a $604 billion market capitalization and became the 12th most valuable company in the world
  6. 2023Milestone
    Novo's market capitalization exceeded the GDP of Denmark's domestic economy
  7. 2023Acquisition
    Novo agreed to acquire the Montreal-headquartered pharmaceutical company, Inversago Pharma for $1…
  8. 2022Acquisition
    Novo agreed to acquire Forma Therapeutics for $1.1 billion with the intent to expand its sickle…
  9. FY2021Financial
    Profitable every year on record
    5 consecutive profitable years in our data
  10. FY2021Financial
    Positive free cash flow every year since
    5-year streak
  11. 1991Milestone
    Novo Nordisk Engineering (now NNE) demerged after working as in-house consultants at Novo for years, to…
  12. 1989Acquisition
    The corporation was created in 1989, through a merger of two Danish pharmaceutical companies
  13. 1985Product
    The company introduced the first insulin pen device called Novopen

Achievements

Verifiable track record, straight from the reported numbers.

$10 000 invested in 2021 would be worth ~$32 703 today — price return only
$880.6M revenue in FY2025
Revenue up 31.0% year over year
Profitable 5 years in a row
Positive free cash flow 5 years in a row
1 612 employees
ROIC of 20.8%

Strengths & watch-outs

What a bull and a bear would each point to. Both lists come from the reported numbers, not opinions.

Strengths

  • High gross margin (55.6%)
  • Strongly profitable — 29.4% net margin
  • Revenue growing 31.0% year over year
  • Strong cash conversion — FCF is 21.5% of revenue
  • Net cash position after subtracting debt from cash

Watch-outs

Nothing stands out as a concern in the available data.

Qualifications

The basics a company should meet before you research it further. Each check uses the reported numbers.

10 of 10 checks passed
  • Revenue growing+31.0% YoY
  • Profitable$259M FY2025
  • Profit growing+54.0% YoY
  • Generates cash$190M FY2025
  • Debt under controlmore cash than debt
  • Established company$11.2B market cap
  • Not printing shares+9.2% shares over ~5y
  • Proven track record5/5 profitable years
  • Financially stableAltman Z 7.7 — safe
  • Pays a dividendno data
  • Valuation not extremeP/E 41.5
Peer comparisonNova Ltd. vs 6 largest technology peers — cap, P/E, growth and margin side by sideOpen ▾
CompanyMarket capP/ERevenue growthNet marginProfile
NVMI this company$11.2B41.5+31.0%29.4%Strong
NVDA Nvidia Corp$5.5T28.6+83.4%63.7%Mixed
AAPL Apple Inc.$4.9T38.1+14.2%27.6%Strong
GOOGL Alphabet Inc.$4.3T17.6+20.1%54.8%Mixed
MSFT Microsoft Corp$4.0T29.7+17.8%40.3%Strong
SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp.$2.1T—+33.2%-34.0%Strained
META Meta Platforms, Inc.$1.8T26.9+27.7%29.8%Mixed

Head-to-head: NVMI vs NVDA · NVMI vs AAPL · NVMI vs GOOGL

References

What covering analysts publish about the company — information only, not a recommendation.

Strong buy 5Buy 8Hold 2

Appendix · Financial records

The full statements behind this CV, FY2021–FY2025. For readers who want to check the numbers.

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Figures are derived from company filings (quarterly values normalised from as-filed year-to-date data where applicable) and may be delayed, restated or incomplete. This page is information, not investment advice. Latest price $352.47 · market cap $11.2B.