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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Volatility & Risk
Nova has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Odysight.Ai has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Nova and Odysight.Ai, as reported by MarketBeat.
| 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 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Nova and Odysight.Ai”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nova | $672.40 million | 7.83 | $183.76 million | $5.74 | 31.32 |
| Odysight.Ai | $3.96 million | 23.33 | -$9.44 million | ($1.03) | -5.50 |
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.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
83.0% of Nova shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Odysight.Ai shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Nova shares are held by 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.
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% |
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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