NVMI vs ASML vs ACMR Stock Comparison

Nova, Asml Holding and ACM Research Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NVMI Nova Ltd.
$316.33 -14.1% 1M -8.3% 1Y
Market cap
$9.87B
P/E
36.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$937.50M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
2 wins
ASML Asml Holding Nv
$1,590.90 -8.8% 1M +54.0% 1Y
Market cap
$635.50B
P/E
58.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$37.62B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
4 wins
ACMR ACM Research, Inc.
$50.96 -34.1% 1M +22.1% 1Y
Market cap
$3.53B
P/E
23.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.04B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Asml Holding leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Asml Holding 4, ACM Research 3, Nova 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNVMIASMLACMRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.87B $635.50B $3.53B ASML
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 36.5x 58.1x 23.5x ACMR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.0x 33.4x 22.4x ACMR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +16.2% +22.9% +27.3% ACMR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 28.8% 29.1% 14.5% ASML
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 4.7% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -4.6x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.3% +54.0% +22.1% ASML
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +25.4%/yr +14.7%/yr +8.8%/yr NVMI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.5% 46.8% 88.0% ASML
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 46/100 46/100 NVMI

Percentile Scorecard

NVMIASMLACMR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNVMIASMLACMR
Valuation 59 #40 of 95 18 #78 of 95 68 #31 of 95
Growth 69 #30 of 93 82 #18 of 93 61 #37 of 93
Profitability 76 #23 of 91 78 #21 of 91 39 #56 of 91
Financial Health 16 #85 of 101 14 #87 of 101 57 #44 of 101
Shareholder Returns – 37 #48 of 75 7 #70 of 75
Overall 55 46 46
  • NVMI ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • ASML ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • ACMR ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNVMIASMLACMRSPY
1 month -14.1%-8.8%-34.1% -0.8%
3 months -26.2%-3.9%-36.3% +3.5%
6 months -40.3%+11.1%-4.3% +7.0%
Year to date -3.7%+48.7%+29.2% +12.2%
1 year -8.3%+54.0%+22.1% +13.0%
3 years +248.2%+169.6%+271.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +51.6%+39.2%+55.0% +23.1%
5 years +209.9%+98.6%+52.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +25.4%+14.7%+8.8% +11.0%
10 years +2,480.2%+1,431.9%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +38.4%+31.4%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNVMIASMLACMRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.5%46.8%88.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 67.7%46.4%92.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.892.263.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.141.150.25 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -52.8%-56.9%-83.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -47.8%-20.0%-59.8% -1.8%
52-week high $605.65$1,989.44$126.89 $779.14
52-week low $275.78$966.57$29.67 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNVMIASMLACMR
P/E now vs peer median 35.2xmedian 42.1x 56.5xmedian 42.1x 23.0xmedian 42.1x
P/S now vs peer median 10.7xmedian 7.1x 16.3xmedian 7.1x 3.2xmedian 7.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 32.5xmedian 27.5x —median 27.5x 16.0xmedian 27.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 41.1xmedian 37.2x 49.0xmedian 37.2x -27.7xmedian 37.2x
P/B now vs peer median 6.9xmedian 4.2x 26.6xmedian 4.2x 1.4xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.43median 2.23 2.34median 2.23 0.85median 2.23

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNVMIASMLACMR
Revenue $937.50M $37.62B $1.04B
Gross profit $535.50M $19.58B $454.91M
Operating income $271.61M – $137.88M
Net income $270.51M – $209.10M
Free cash flow $244.83M – -$118.74M
R&D $151.05M – $162.47M
EPS (diluted) $8.24 $28.13 $2.09
Cash & equivalents $124.85M $15.17B $969.23M
Total debt – $5.16B $340.91M
Shares (diluted) 32.80M 388.90M 71.84M
Enterprise value $7.04B $591.18B -$338.63M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNVMIASMLACMR
P/E 35.2x 56.5x 23.0x
P/FCF 41.1x 49.0x -27.7x
P/Operating cash flow 44.4x – -499.1x
P/S 10.7x 16.3x 3.2x
P/B 6.9x 26.6x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 7.1x 27.4x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA 32.5x – 16.0x
EV/EBIT 34.7x – 18.6x
EV/Revenue 10.1x 16.0x 2.5x
EV/FCF 38.5x – -21.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 41.6x – -388.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.43 2.34 0.85

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNVMIASMLACMR
Revenue growth (1Y) 16.2% 22.9% 27.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 19.5% 19.4% 31.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 16.2% 24.9% 13.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 20.0% 20.6% 25.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.3% – -5.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 24.6% – 16.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 15.2% – 50.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 25.8% – 35.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 12.8% 35.2% 25.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 24.6% 24.2% 27.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -1.4% – -110.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.7% – 30.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -3.4% – -717.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.2% – 2.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNVMIASMLACMR
Gross margin 57.1% 52.0% 43.8%
EBITDA margin 31.0% – 15.4%
Operating margin 29.0% – 13.3%
Pretax margin 34.1% – 22.7%
Net margin 28.8% 29.1% 14.5%
FCF margin 26.1% – -11.4%
Operating cash flow margin 24.1% – -0.6%
Return on equity 19.0% – 9.3%
Return on assets 11.0% – 6.5%
Return on invested capital – – 4.7%
Return on capital employed 17.9% – 5.6%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.7x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x – 0.0x
Stock comp / revenue 2.8% – 2.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNVMIASMLACMR
Debt / assets – 8.7% 10.0%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -4.6x
Debt / FCF – – -2.9x
Liabilities / assets 41.1% 61.2% 29.2%
Equity / assets 58.9% 38.8% 70.8%
Interest coverage – – 18.1x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.3x 3.7x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.7x 2.1x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.5x 1.4x
Altman Z-score – – 3.35

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNVMIASMLACMR
Dividend yield – 0.6% –
Net buyback yield – – -24.7%
Shareholder yield – 0.6% -24.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNVMIASMLACMR
Forward P/E 28.0xFY2026 33.4xFY2026 22.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $11.30FY2026 $47.62FY2026 $2.28FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +31.1%FY2026 +61.2%FY2026 +41.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.2% +42.0% +44.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.15BFY2026 $47.18BFY2026 $1.15BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +30.3%FY2026 +20.9%FY2026 +27.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +23.9% +42.9% +38.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNVMIASMLACMR
Held by institutions 69.0% 19.8% 75.0%
Institutions holding 343 2,488 375
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.1% +8.0% +9.2%
Institutions buying 175 1,356 246
Institutions selling 129 781 90
Buyers to sellers 1.36 1.74 2.73

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NVMIASMLACMR
NVMI 1.00 0.80 0.60
ASML 0.80 1.00 0.63
ACMR 0.60 0.63 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NVMI, ASML and ACMR?

Asml Holding (ASML) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nova (NVMI) $9.87B, Asml Holding (ASML) $635.50B, ACM Research (ACMR) $3.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, NVMI, ASML and ACMR?

ACM Research (ACMR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nova (NVMI) 36.5x, Asml Holding (ASML) 58.1x, ACM Research (ACMR) 23.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, ACM Research (ACMR) is cheapest (Nova (NVMI) 28.0x, Asml Holding (ASML) 33.4x, ACM Research (ACMR) 22.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

ACM Research (ACMR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Nova (NVMI) +16.2%, Asml Holding (ASML) +22.9%, ACM Research (ACMR) +27.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Asml Holding (ASML) has the highest net margin (Nova (NVMI) 28.8%, Asml Holding (ASML) 29.1%, ACM Research (ACMR) 14.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Asml Holding (ASML) returned the most: Nova (NVMI) -8.3%, Asml Holding (ASML) +54.0%, ACM Research (ACMR) +22.1%. Over five years, Nova (NVMI) compounded fastest (Nova (NVMI) +25.4%/yr, Asml Holding (ASML) +14.7%/yr, ACM Research (ACMR) +8.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Asml Holding (ASML) has been the steadiest (Nova (NVMI) 59.5%, Asml Holding (ASML) 46.8%, ACM Research (ACMR) 88.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NVMI, ASML and ACMR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Asml Holding (ASML) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.