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Nova (NVMI) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 52.39 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Nova Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-30), Nova's share price is $174.09. Nova's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.32. Hence, Nova's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 52.39.

The historical rank and industry rank for Nova's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

NVMI' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.12   Med: 28.45   Max: 91.05
Current: 52.39

During the past 13 years, Nova's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 91.05. The lowest was 10.12. And the median was 28.45.

NVMI's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
68.18% of 484 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 29.09 vs NVMI: 52.39

Nova's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.68. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $3.32.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Nova was 7.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 21.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 35.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, Nova's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 73.50% per year. The lowest was -41.40% per year. And the median was 21.30% per year.


Nova Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nova's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Nova Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Nova Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 55.63 37.98 34.28 26.50 41.46

Nova Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.50 30.37 34.09 28.52 41.46

Competitive Comparison of Nova's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Nova's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Nova's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Nova's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nova's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Nova Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Nova's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=174.09/3.323
=52.39

Nova's Share Price of today is $174.09.
Nova's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.32.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Nova  (NAS:NVMI) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Nova (NVMI) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5 David Fikes Street, Rehovot, ISR, 7632805
Nova Ltd is a semiconductor equipment manufacturer. The company provides metrology solutions for process control used in semiconductor manufacturing. The company offers in-line optical and x-ray stand-alone metrology systems, as well as integrated optical metrology systems. The product range consists of Nova 2040, Nova 3090Next, Nova i500 and i500 Plus, Nova T500, Nova T600, Nova V2600, HelioSense 100, Nova Hybrid Metrology solution, NovaMars. The company generates majority of its revenue from Taiwan, R.O.C. Geographically the company has its business spread across the region of Taiwan, Korea, China, the United States, and Europe.
Executives
Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M 10 percent owner C/O SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUNDS, 527 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 2600, NEW YORK NY 10022