Nova (NVMI) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

Nova (NASDAQ:NVMIGet Rating) is set to announce its earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, May 11th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.92 per share for the quarter. Nova has set its Q1 guidance at $0.93-1.14 EPS and its Q1 2023 guidance at $0.93-$1.14 EPS.Investors interested in registering for the company’s conference call can do so using this link.

Nova (NASDAQ:NVMIGet Rating) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 15th. The semiconductor company reported $1.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $151.24 million during the quarter. Nova had a net margin of 24.57% and a return on equity of 27.41%. On average, analysts expect Nova to post $3 EPS for the current fiscal year and $4 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Nova Price Performance

NVMI opened at $90.22 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a quick ratio of 3.70 and a current ratio of 4.57. Nova has a 1-year low of $67.40 and a 1-year high of $111.00. The company has a 50-day moving average of $95.52 and a 200-day moving average of $89.04. The company has a market capitalization of $2.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.50 and a beta of 1.26.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Benchmark increased their price objective on shares of Nova from $100.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 16th. StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Nova in a research note on Thursday, March 16th. They set a “hold” rating on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on shares of Nova in a research note on Thursday, April 20th. They set a “buy” rating and a $115.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on shares of Nova from $90.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $112.20.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Millennium Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Nova by 262.1% in the fourth quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 230,497 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $18,827,000 after acquiring an additional 166,836 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP boosted its holdings in shares of Nova by 190.2% in the fourth quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 65,246 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,329,000 after acquiring an additional 42,762 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Nova by 4.6% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 904,099 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $77,120,000 after acquiring an additional 39,986 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Nova by 554.3% in the first quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 42,844 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $4,664,000 after acquiring an additional 36,296 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Nova in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,225,000. Institutional investors own 70.02% of the company’s stock.

About Nova

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Nova Ltd. engages in the provision of metrology solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Its products and services include dimensional metrology, in-line materials and chemical metrology for semiconductor manufacturing and software solutions. The company was founded by Giora Dishon and Moshe Finarov in May 1993 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

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