Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI - Get Free Report) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.000-2.160 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.860. The company issued revenue guidance of $205.0 million-$215.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $192.6 million.
Nova Trading Down 0.4 %
Shares of Nova stock traded down $1.03 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $267.97. The company had a trading volume of 208,001 shares, compared to its average volume of 206,255. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $223.02 and a 200 day simple moving average of $207.65. Nova has a 1-year low of $154.54 and a 1-year high of $289.90. The company has a market capitalization of $7.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.99, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 1.44.
Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The semiconductor company reported $1.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.82 by ($0.04). The business had revenue of $194.77 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $186.50 million. Nova had a net margin of 28.00% and a return on equity of 21.35%. Sell-side analysts expect that Nova will post 5.78 earnings per share for the current year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Cantor Fitzgerald started coverage on Nova in a research note on Monday, January 13th. They issued an "overweight" rating and a $275.00 target price on the stock. Benchmark lifted their price objective on shares of Nova from $245.00 to $295.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday. Citigroup raised shares of Nova from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their target price for the company from $226.00 to $240.00 in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Nova in a research report on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $246.67.
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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.
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