FormFactor, Inc. (FORM) vs Nova Ltd. (NVMI)

FormFactor, Inc. and Nova Ltd. are both Semiconductor Equipment & Materials companies. Nova Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $10.5B against $8.9B — 1.2× the size. Nova Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 37.0× against 71.0×. FormFactor, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.0% against 16.2%. Nova Ltd. has the higher net margin (28.8% vs 12.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.4% vs 9.33%). Across the 22 metrics below, Nova Ltd. leads on 14 and FormFactor, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric FORM NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
P/E 70.95 37.00 45.03
P/S 9.08 10.90 4.64
P/B 7.37 7.75 3.22
Price to free cash flow 59.99 53.83 48.18
EV/EBITDA 51.95 36.35 33.11
EV/Sales 8.71 11.37 5.52
Earnings yield 1.41% 2.70% 1.41%
Free cash flow yield 1.67% 1.86% 1.67%

Profitability

Metric FORM NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Gross margin 43.13% 57.12% 43.95%
Operating margin 12.85% 28.97% 10.32%
Net margin 12.80% 28.84% 7.45%
Free cash flow margin 15.14% 20.24% 6.77%
Return on equity 10.99% 0.00% 4.78%
Return on assets 9.15% 13.44% 3.62%
Return on invested capital 9.33% 14.41% 6.10%

Growth

Metric FORM NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 18.01% 16.16% 14.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (22.47%) 38.43% (4.56%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.51% 26.73% 10.11%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (7.09%) 40.17% 0.00%

Health

Metric FORM NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Debt to equity 0.01 0.50 0.09
Current ratio 4.08 1.55 3.66
Net debt to EBITDA (2.85) (1.16) (0.49)

Dividend

Metric FORM NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Dividend yield — — 0.42%
Payout ratio — — 0.19

Size

Metric FORM NVMI Semiconductor Equipment & Materials median
Market cap 8.85b 10.48b 3.80b

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