Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI – Get Free Report) and Odysight.Ai (NASDAQ:ODYS – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Nova and Odysight.Ai”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Nova | $672.40 million | 8.35 | $183.76 million | $5.74 | 33.40 |
Odysight.Ai | $3.96 million | 24.89 | -$9.44 million | ($1.03) | -5.87 |
Nova has higher revenue and earnings than Odysight.Ai. Odysight.Ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Nova | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.86 |
Odysight.Ai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Nova presently has a consensus price target of $250.83, suggesting a potential upside of 30.83%. Odysight.Ai has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 65.29%. Given Odysight.Ai’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Odysight.Ai is more favorable than Nova.
Profitability
This table compares Nova and Odysight.Ai’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Nova | 27.33% | 22.33% | 15.01% |
Odysight.Ai | -207.38% | -56.78% | -43.36% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
83.0% of Nova shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Odysight.Ai shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nova shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Nova has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Odysight.Ai has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nova beats Odysight.Ai on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Nova
Nova Ltd. designs, develops, produces, and sells process control systems used in the manufacture of semiconductors in Israel, Taiwan, the United States, China, Korea, and internationally. Its product portfolio includes a set of metrology platforms for dimensional, films, and materials and chemical metrology measurements for process control for various semiconductor manufacturing process steps, including lithography, etch, chemical mechanical planarization, deposition, electrochemical plating, and advanced packaging. The company serves various sectors of the integrated circuit manufacturing industry, including logic, foundries, and memory manufacturers, as well as process equipment manufacturers. Nova Ltd. was formerly known as Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. and changed its name to Nova Ltd. in July 2021. Nova Ltd. was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.
About Odysight.Ai
Odysight.ai Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, produces, and markets visual sensing and AI-based video analytics solutions in Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company, through its visualization technology offers solutions across predictive maintenance and condition-based monitoring markets in various sectors, such as medical, defense, energy, automotive, transportation, aviation, maritime, and industrial non-destructing-testing. Odysight.ai Inc. is based in Omer, Israel.
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