Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) vs Nova Ltd. (NVMI)

Applied Materials, Inc. and Nova Ltd. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Applied Materials, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $334.6B against $10.6B — 31.5× the size. Applied Materials, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 33.4× against 36.1×. Nova Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 16.2% against 7.77%. Applied Materials, Inc. has the higher net margin (30.1% vs 28.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (24.9% vs 14.4%). Across the 22 metrics below, Applied Materials, Inc. leads on 12 and Nova Ltd. on 10.

Valuation

Metric AMAT NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 33.44 36.06 41.61
P/S 10.05 10.62 4.69
P/B 12.09 7.55 3.47
Price to free cash flow 53.87 52.45 48.35
EV/EBITDA 31.77 35.46 30.54
EV/Sales 9.96 11.09 5.65
Earnings yield 2.99% 2.77% 1.34%
Free cash flow yield 1.86% 1.91% 1.86%

Profitability

Metric AMAT NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 49.40% 57.12% 43.95%
Operating margin 29.64% 28.97% 10.32%
Net margin 30.05% 28.84% 7.45%
Free cash flow margin 18.25% 20.24% 6.77%
Return on equity 41.07% 0.00% 4.78%
Return on assets 23.84% 13.44% 3.62%
Return on invested capital 24.91% 14.41% 6.10%

Growth

Metric AMAT NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.77% 16.16% 14.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 0.58% 38.43% (4.56%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.52% 26.73% 10.11%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.10% 40.17% 0.00%

Health

Metric AMAT NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.26 0.50 0.09
Current ratio 2.42 1.55 3.66
Net debt to EBITDA (0.23) (1.16) (0.49)

Dividend

Metric AMAT NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield 0.00% — 0.46%
Payout ratio 0.00 — 0.19

Size

Metric AMAT NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 334.63b 10.64b 3.46b

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