Nova Ltd. (NVMI)

Nasdaq: NVMI · Optical Instruments & Lenses · Rehovot, IL · filing with the SEC since 2001

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Grade6.6

◀ Past 6.6● Present 6.0▶ Future 7.5

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The grade of Nova Ltd.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

6.6/10

◀ Past6.630% of the headline

● Present6.040% of the headline

▶ Future7.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 75th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Nova Ltd.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

6.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+20.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Nova Ltd.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $164 million in fiscal 2016 to $881 million in fiscal 2025, up 20.5% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 10% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span20.5%top 20% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 39% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 17% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak10.4%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

5.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.0% a year. 11% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 15 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 49th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Nova Ltd.'s diluted share count grew about 1.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 11% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 15 sales (15 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearsbottom 40% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowtop 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.0/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

5.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 20%: 20¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 44%: owes 44¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 24 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Nova Ltd. earned about 20 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 21 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 44 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 31% of its family
return on equitytop 31% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 28% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

7.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 23% of 23 in its family; net margin 29.4%.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Nova Ltd.'s standing among 23 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $881 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 48% by size; a net margin of 29.4% ranks in the top 7%; revenue growth of 15.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 15% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$881Mtop 48% of its family
net margin29.4%top 7% of its family
three-year revenue growth15.5%top 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

5.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 19 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 19 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Nova Ltd.'s leadership is put at 5.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 19 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

7.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 22% of 23 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 23 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Nova Ltd.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $214 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 9.1% of its assets as net cash, top 36% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 24.7% of revenue (top 20%); a gross margin of 57.4% (top 12%); research spending of 16.3% of revenue (top 17%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets9.1%top 36% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue24.7%top 20% of its family
gross margin57.4%top 12% of its family
research spending against revenue16.3%top 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

7.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 29% of 23 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 23 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Nova Ltd.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 15.5% a year over the last three filed years against 20.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 33% of its family); the newest year grew 31% (top 2%); research spending grew 16.6% a year (top 13%); capital spending grew 9.1% a year (top 33%) (its annual reports). Nova Ltd. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $706 million (80%), Service at $175 million (20%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-5.0 points a yearbottom 33% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth31.0%top 2% of its family
three-year growth of research spending16.6%top 13% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending9.1%top 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

7.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 25% of 22 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Nova Ltd.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $881 million in fiscal 2025 came in 20.7% above the $730 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 2% of its family); net income of $259 million against a prior three-year average of $153 million (top 25%); a net margin of 29.4% against 26.1% before (top 48%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace20.7%top 2% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+69%top 25% of its family
net margin against its prior average+3.4 pointstop 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton NVMI · research, not advice