NVMI vs SNPS vs CAMT Stock Comparison

Nova, Synopsys and Camtek Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NVMI Nova Ltd.
$327.60 -11.0% 1M -6.7% 1Y
Market cap
$10.41B
P/E
36.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$937.50M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
4 wins
SNPS Synopsys Inc
$474.42 +11.4% 1M +1.9% 1Y
Market cap
$90.90B
P/E
69.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.88B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor EDA Software Technology
3 wins
CAMT Camtek Ltd
$128.90 -12.3% 1M +6.9% 1Y
Market cap
$5.91B
P/E
156.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$509.02M
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Equipment Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

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

QuestionNVMISNPSCAMTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.41B $90.90B $5.91B SNPS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 36.5x 69.8x 156.4x NVMI
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.0x 32.6x 37.3x NVMI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +16.2% +38.0% +7.9% SNPS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 28.8% 14.7% 7.4% NVMI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 1.8% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.8x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.7% +1.9% +6.9% CAMT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +25.6%/yr +7.7%/yr +27.5%/yr CAMT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 59.5% 44.7% 71.6% SNPS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 39/100 43/100 NVMI

Percentile Scorecard

NVMISNPSCAMT

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

AxisNVMISNPSCAMT
Valuation 57 #41 of 94 42 #55 of 94 38 #59 of 94
Growth 70 #28 of 92 48 #48 of 92 32 #63 of 92
Profitability 76 #22 of 90 47 #48 of 90 53 #43 of 90
Financial Health 14 #85 of 99 18 #81 of 99 51 #49 of 99
Shareholder Returns – – –
Overall 55 39 43
  • NVMI ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • SNPS ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • CAMT ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNVMISNPSCAMTSPY
1 month -11.0%+11.4%-12.3% -0.2%
3 months -18.6%+23.6%-8.0% +3.9%
6 months -34.3%-2.0%-28.6% +8.2%
Year to date -0.2%+1.0%+21.2% +12.9%
1 year -6.7%+1.9%+6.9% +12.3%
3 years +260.6%+3.8%+157.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year +53.4%+1.3%+37.1% +23.3%
5 years +211.9%+45.2%+236.2% +67.9%
5 years, per year +25.6%+7.7%+27.5% +10.9%
10 years +2,596.3%+713.3%+4,168.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year +39.0%+23.3%+45.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNVMISNPSCAMTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 59.5%44.7%71.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 67.7%42.7%74.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.901.682.86 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.110.040.10 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -52.8%-42.3%-63.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -45.9%-11.3%-37.9% -1.2%
52-week high $605.65$534.56$207.46 $779.14
52-week low $275.78$372.33$94.40 $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.

MultipleNVMISNPSCAMT
P/E now vs peer median 36.5xmedian 45.6x 69.8xmedian 45.6x 156.4xmedian 45.6x
P/S now vs peer median 11.1xmedian 7.7x 10.2xmedian 7.7x 11.6xmedian 7.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 33.7xmedian 29.0x 42.1xmedian 29.0x —median 29.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 42.5xmedian 40.6x —median 40.6x —median 40.6x
P/B now vs peer median 7.1xmedian 4.6x 2.9xmedian 4.6x 8.3xmedian 4.6x
PEG now vs peer median 1.48median 2.28 147.37median 2.28 -7.04median 2.28

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 monthsNVMISNPSCAMT
Revenue $937.50M $8.88B $509.02M
Gross profit $535.50M $6.53B $254.77M
Operating income $271.61M $847.20M $118.02M
Net income $270.51M $1.30B $56.14M
Free cash flow $244.83M – –
R&D $151.05M $2.81B $57.52M
EPS (diluted) $8.24 $6.77 $0.76
Cash & equivalents $124.85M $3.61B $215.23M
Total debt – $10.04B –
Shares (diluted) 32.80M 192.32M 49.37M
Enterprise value $7.58B $87.29B $4.80B

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
MetricNVMISNPSCAMT
P/E 36.5x 69.8x 156.4x
P/FCF 42.5x – –
P/Operating cash flow 46.0x – –
P/S 11.1x 10.2x 11.6x
P/B 7.1x 2.9x 8.3x
P/Tangible book 7.3x 4.6x 8.5x
EV/EBITDA 33.7x 42.1x –
EV/EBIT 36.0x 114.9x 47.5x
EV/Revenue 10.4x 11.0x 11.0x
EV/FCF 40.0x – –
EV/Operating cash flow 43.2x – –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.48 147.37 -7.04

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNVMISNPSCAMT
Revenue growth (1Y) 16.2% 38.0% 7.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 19.5% 22.8% 17.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 16.2% 28.2% 7.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 20.0% 18.9% 19.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.3% -23.3% -6.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 24.6% -7.0% 18.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 15.2% -34.9% -65.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 25.8% 8.0% -16.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 12.8% -45.2% -71.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 24.6% 0.5% -22.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -1.4% – –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.7% – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -3.4% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.2% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNVMISNPSCAMT
Gross margin 57.1% 73.5% 50.1%
EBITDA margin 31.0% 26.0% –
Operating margin 29.0% 9.5% 23.2%
Pretax margin 34.1% 16.5% 9.2%
Net margin 28.8% 14.7% 7.4%
FCF margin 26.1% – –
Operating cash flow margin 24.1% – –
Return on equity 19.0% 4.2% 8.1%
Return on assets 11.0% 2.7% 4.3%
Return on invested capital – 1.8% –
Return on capital employed 17.9% 2.0% 9.9%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.2x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x – –
Stock comp / revenue 2.8% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNVMISNPSCAMT
Debt / assets – 21.0% –
Debt / equity – 0.3x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.8x –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 41.1% 34.7% 47.0%
Equity / assets 58.9% 65.3% 53.0%
Interest coverage – 1.3x –
Current ratio 1.6x 1.3x 7.4x
Quick ratio 0.9x 1.0x 3.6x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.7x 2.4x
Altman Z-score – 3.90 7.48

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNVMISNPSCAMT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – – 0.0%
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.

ConsensusNVMISNPSCAMT
Forward P/E 29.0xFY2026 32.6xFY2026 37.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $11.30FY2026 $14.56FY2026 $3.46FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +31.1%FY2026 +12.8%FY2026 +6.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.2% +21.4% +53.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.15BFY2026 $10.20BFY2026 $568.64MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +30.3%FY2026 +44.6%FY2026 +14.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +23.9% +12.8% +42.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNVMISNPSCAMT
Held by institutions 69.0% 92.3% 41.7%
Institutions holding 343 1,440 234
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.1% +5.6% -12.5%
Institutions buying 175 772 126
Institutions selling 129 493 68
Buyers to sellers 1.36 1.57 1.85

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.

NVMISNPSCAMT
NVMI 1.00 0.39 0.81
SNPS 0.39 1.00 0.32
CAMT 0.81 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NVMI, SNPS and CAMT?

Synopsys (SNPS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nova (NVMI) $10.41B, Synopsys (SNPS) $90.90B, Camtek (CAMT) $5.91B.

Which stock is cheaper, NVMI, SNPS and CAMT?

Nova (NVMI) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nova (NVMI) 36.5x, Synopsys (SNPS) 69.8x, Camtek (CAMT) 156.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nova (NVMI) is cheapest (Nova (NVMI) 29.0x, Synopsys (SNPS) 32.6x, Camtek (CAMT) 37.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Synopsys (SNPS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Nova (NVMI) +16.2%, Synopsys (SNPS) +38.0%, Camtek (CAMT) +7.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nova (NVMI) has the highest net margin (Nova (NVMI) 28.8%, Synopsys (SNPS) 14.7%, Camtek (CAMT) 7.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Camtek (CAMT) returned the most: Nova (NVMI) -6.7%, Synopsys (SNPS) +1.9%, Camtek (CAMT) +6.9%. Over five years, Camtek (CAMT) compounded fastest (Nova (NVMI) +25.6%/yr, Synopsys (SNPS) +7.7%/yr, Camtek (CAMT) +27.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Synopsys (SNPS) has been the steadiest (Nova (NVMI) 59.5%, Synopsys (SNPS) 44.7%, Camtek (CAMT) 71.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NVMI, SNPS and CAMT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Nova (NVMI) 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.