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AXT Inc (AXTI) vs Nova Ltd. (NVMI)

AXT Inc and Nova Ltd. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Nova Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $10.6B against $4.0B — 2.7× the size. Nova Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 36.1× against 1,820×. AXT Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 45.8% against 16.2%. Nova Ltd. has the higher net margin (28.8% vs 3.23%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.4% vs 0.44%). Across the 21 metrics below, Nova Ltd. leads on 16 and AXT Inc on 5.

Valuation

Metric AXTI NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 1,820.33 36.06 41.61
P/S 26.64 10.62 4.69
P/B 3.68 7.55 3.47
Price to free cash flow n/m 52.45 48.35
EV/EBITDA 220.21 35.46 30.54
EV/Sales 23.73 11.09 5.65
Earnings yield 0.05% 2.77% 1.34%
Free cash flow yield (0.59%) 1.91% 1.86%

Profitability

Metric AXTI NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 32.18% 57.12% 43.95%
Operating margin 3.09% 28.97% 10.32%
Net margin 3.23% 28.84% 7.45%
Free cash flow margin (15.59%) 20.24% 6.77%
Return on equity 0.73% 0.00% 4.78%
Return on assets 0.57% 13.44% 3.62%
Return on invested capital 0.44% 14.41% 6.10%

Growth

Metric AXTI NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 45.81% 16.16% 14.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (81.48%) 38.43% (4.56%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.52%) 26.73% 10.11%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 40.17% 0.00%

Health

Metric AXTI NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.09 0.50 0.09
Current ratio 4.77 1.55 3.66
Net debt to EBITDA 5.10 (1.16) (0.49)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric AXTI NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 3.99b 10.64b 3.46b

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