Nova (NVMI) Competitors

Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI) and Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, NVMI or TER?

Nova has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Teradyne has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NVMI or TER?

Nova received 379 more outperform votes than Teradyne when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.30% of users gave Nova an outperform vote while only 44.23% of users gave Teradyne an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nova	Outperform Votes 448 74.30%	Underperform Votes 155 25.70%
Teradyne	Outperform Votes 69 44.23%	Underperform Votes 87 55.77%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NVMI or TER?

83.0% of Nova shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Teradyne shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nova shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Teradyne shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend NVMI or TER?

Nova presently has a consensus target price of $227.80, suggesting a potential upside of 19.64%. Teradyne has a consensus target price of $147.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.72%. Given Nova's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Nova is more favorable than Teradyne.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nova	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Teradyne	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Is NVMI or TER more profitable?

Nova has a net margin of 28.00% compared to Teradyne's net margin of 18.75%. Nova's return on equity of 21.35% beat Teradyne's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nova	28.00%	21.35%	14.34%
Teradyne	18.75%	18.56%	13.91%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NVMI or TER?

Teradyne has higher revenue and earnings than Nova. Nova is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Teradyne, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nova	$611.85M	9.04	$136.31M	$5.36	35.52
Teradyne	$2.68B	7.88	$448.75M	$3.15	41.10

Does the media refer more to NVMI or TER?

In the previous week, Teradyne had 17 more articles in the media than Nova. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Teradyne and 6 mentions for Nova. Nova's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Teradyne's score of 1.13 indicating that Nova is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nova	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Teradyne	12 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Nova beats Teradyne on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.