Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI) Updates Q4 2025 Earnings Guidance

Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI) updated its fourth quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.020-2.200 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.040. The company issued revenue guidance of $215.0 million-$225.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $217.7 million. Nova also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 2.020-2.200 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Nova in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $282.50.

Nova Stock Down 8.2%

Shares of NVMI stock traded down $28.20 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $314.02. 608,112 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 316,954. The firm has a market cap of $9.23 billion, a PE ratio of 42.72, a PEG ratio of 2.44 and a beta of 1.79. Nova has a 1 year low of $153.99 and a 1 year high of $361.32. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $311.39 and a 200 day moving average of $263.02.

Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 6th. The semiconductor company reported $2.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.12 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $224.61 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $221.61 million. Nova had a net margin of 29.10% and a return on equity of 24.36%. The company’s revenue was up 25.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.74 EPS. Nova has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.020-2.200 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 2.020-2.200 EPS. Analysts expect that Nova will post 7.52 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Nova

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NVMI. Vident Advisory LLC lifted its stake in Nova by 63.7% in the second quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 3,392 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $933,000 after buying an additional 1,320 shares during the last quarter. Scott Marsh Financial LLC bought a new stake in Nova in the second quarter valued at $778,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. lifted its stake in Nova by 506.7% in the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 2,815 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $775,000 after buying an additional 2,351 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its stake in Nova by 8.4% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,070 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $570,000 after buying an additional 161 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisory Services Network LLC lifted its stake in Nova by 81.3% in the second quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 2,085 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $548,000 after buying an additional 935 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.99% of the company’s stock.

About Nova

Nova Ltd. designs, develops, produces, and sells process control systems used in the manufacture of semiconductors in Israel, Taiwan, the United States, China, Korea, and internationally. Its product portfolio includes a set of metrology platforms for dimensional, films, and materials and chemical metrology measurements for process control for various semiconductor manufacturing process steps, including lithography, etch, chemical mechanical planarization, deposition, electrochemical plating, and advanced packaging.