Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI – Get Free Report) and Odysight.Ai (NASDAQ:ODYS – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Nova and Odysight.Ai”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Nova | $672.40 million | 7.99 | $183.76 million | $5.74 | 31.97 |
| Odysight.Ai | $3.96 million | 22.83 | -$9.44 million | ($1.03) | -5.39 |
Insider and Institutional 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Nova and Odysight.Ai, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Nova | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.83 |
| Odysight.Ai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Nova presently has a consensus price target of $269.60, suggesting a potential upside of 46.90%. Odysight.Ai has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 80.18%. Given Odysight.Ai’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Odysight.Ai is more favorable than Nova.
Volatility and Risk
Nova has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Odysight.Ai has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% 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. engages in the development and manufacture of customized visual solutions for organizations across a variety of industries in the form of micro cameras and supplementary technologies. Its devices can used across the medical, aerospace, industrial, research, and defense industries. The company was founded on March 22, 2013 and is headquartered in Omer, Israel.
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