How to buy Nova Measuring Instruments stock

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd is a semiconductor equipment & materials business based in the US. Nova Measuring Instruments shares (NVMI) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Nova Measuring Instruments employs 646 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$269.4 million.

How to buy shares in Nova Measuring Instruments

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3. Search for Nova Measuring Instruments. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: NVMI. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Nova Measuring Instruments reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Nova Measuring Instruments, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Nova Measuring Instruments. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Nova Measuring Instruments share price

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Nova Measuring Instruments shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$25.7 - USD$86.51
50-day moving average	USD$77.5358
200-day moving average	USD$63.2432
Wall St. target price	USD$90.33
PE ratio	49.9697
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.65

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Nova Measuring Instruments financials

Revenue TTM	USD$269.4 million
Operating margin TTM	20.63%
Gross profit TTM	USD$152.9 million
Return on assets TTM	6.58%
Return on equity TTM	13.97%
Profit margin	17.78%
Book value	$13.2
Market capitalisation	USD$2.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Nova Measuring Instruments shares

There are currently 460,623 Nova Measuring Instruments shares held short by investors – that's known as Nova Measuring Instruments's "short interest". This figure is 0.8% up from 456,758 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Nova Measuring Instruments shares can be evaluated.

Nova Measuring Instruments's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Nova Measuring Instruments's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Nova Measuring Instruments shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Nova Measuring Instruments shares traded daily (recently around 113453.9408867). Nova Measuring Instruments's SIR currently stands at 4.06. In other words for every 100,000 Nova Measuring Instruments shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4060 shares are currently held short.

However Nova Measuring Instruments's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Nova Measuring Instruments shares, or, against the total number of tradable Nova Measuring Instruments shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Nova Measuring Instruments's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Nova Measuring Instruments shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0164% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Nova Measuring Instruments shares, roughly 16 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Nova Measuring Instruments.

Find out more about how you can short Nova Measuring Instruments stock.

Nova Measuring Instruments share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Nova Measuring Instruments's shares have ranged in value from as little as $25.7 up to $86.51. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Nova Measuring Instruments's is 1.0704. This would suggest that Nova Measuring Instruments's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Nova Measuring Instruments overview

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. designs, develops, produces, and sells process control systems used in the manufacture of semiconductors in Israel. Its product portfolio includes integrated and stand-alone metrology platforms for dimensional, films, and material metrology measurements for process control for various semiconductor manufacturing process steps, including lithography, etch, chemical mechanical planarization, and deposition. The company serves various sectors of the integrated circuit manufacturing industry, including logic, foundries, and memory manufactures, as well as end users and process equipment manufacturers worldwide. Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Nova Measuring Instruments is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.494% of Nova Measuring Instruments shares are held by insiders and 82.626% by institutions.

• How many people work for Nova Measuring Instruments?

  Latest data suggests 646 work at Nova Measuring Instruments.

• When does the fiscal year end for Nova Measuring Instruments?

  Nova Measuring Instruments's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Nova Measuring Instruments based?

  Nova Measuring Instruments's address is: 5 David Fikes Street, Rehovot, Israel, 7610201

• What is Nova Measuring Instruments's ISIN number?

  Nova Measuring Instruments's international securities identification number is: IL0010845571

• What is Nova Measuring Instruments's CUSIP number?

  Nova Measuring Instruments's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: M7516K103