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Technology · ·
$356.11
▲ $8.04 (+2.3%)
Market data updated: 09/20 06:44 PM
News analyzed: 09/20/2026
Market Cap
$10.43B
Day Range
$343.50 - $357.43
52-Week Range
$266.43 - $615.99
Beta
—
Next Earnings
04.11.2026
Support
$329.57
Resistance
$490.47
NVMI is a stock from the Technology sector — Software, hardware, chip, and computing-services companies — revenue tied to the pace of innovation and upgrade cycles.
+14.6% (1Y)
⚠️ Insufficient data for a reliable StockIQ Score
Only 3 of 7 categories available — Fundamental, Growth, Valuation, Quality unavailable.
Strengths: 2/12 factors positiveRisk: High
This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
Overall Score
🟡 Mixed
Technical Trend
🔴 Bearish
Insiders
🔴 Bearish
Computed directly from the same signals behind the score above — not AI-generated.
Biggest positive driver
MACD
MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
Technical
Biggest negative driver
Daily volatility (ATR)
ATR: 4.8% of price
Risk
What to watch next
When today echoes the past.
NO RELIABLE ECHO FOUND
Only 2 historical analog(s) found after removing overlapping dates — too few for a statistically meaningful comparison.
Historical matches considered: 2
TIME ECHO identifies historical situations that resemble the current market state. Historical outcomes are not guarantees of future performance. Similarity does not imply causation, and results may change as new data becomes available.
🗓️ What Changed This Week
🌱 Building History
We don't have a real data point from a week ago for this stock yet. The weekly comparison will appear once enough history has accumulated.
📊 Score History
51
Today
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30D
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90D
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1Y
🐂🐻 Investment Thesis
🐂 Bull Case
🐻 Bear Case
🔍 What Could Prove This Wrong
This isn't a price-direction forecast — just a synthesis of real, already-computed data, and future conditions that could change the picture.
🧬 STOCK DNA
This stock's profile across 8 real dimensions — a research tool, not a recommendation
Growth
No data available
Quality
No data available
Value
No data available
Momentum
33
Risk
42
Sentiment
100
Fundamental
No data available
Institutional
0
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Recent media coverage of Nova Ltd. (NVMI) has highlighted its strong financial performance and strategic initiatives. The company surpassed $250 million in quarterly sales and saw its stock rise after announcing a $200 million share repurchase program. Analysts have praised its growth potential in semiconductor metrology tools, particularly for AI-driven applications, positioning NVMI as a compelling investment. Comparisons with peers and positive Q2 results further underscored its market position.
AI summary based on English-language news sources only — not investment advice.
Everyone's writing about Nova Ltd.. News trend score: 100. Reason: 12 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 1 negative.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
🌡️ Emotional Temperature
26
🎯 Conviction (vs. Emotion)
50
Psychology
50
Fundamentals
—
Technical
33
Valuation
—
A significant decline over time, but on unusually low trading volume — holders unwilling to accept the loss.
Price, volume, and sentiment accelerating together — a sign investors are chasing the price, not just following it.
The stock is moving in lockstep with its peers at the same intensity, rather than on its own data.
Extreme momentum, price far above its moving average, and a large premium over fair value.
A sharp drop, unusual volume, and negative news sentiment all at once — selling pressure that looks emotional.
Price (3M)
-38%
Market Narrative
71
Fundamental Reality
50
Narrative Gap
+21
🔀 Psychology Acceleration
News attention/sentiment is running well ahead of the price move itself.
🧠 StockIQ Psychologist
The market behavior here suggests a dominant **herding** dynamic, where NVMI’s +4.1% gain today aligns almost perfectly with peer gains (+3.8%), indicating broad-based participation rather than isolated conviction. The narrative-reality gap (9 points) hints at a disconnect between extreme sentiment (98/100) and technical signals (e.g., -22.2% below 200-day average), which may reflect a speculative rally with little fundamental justification. Loss aversion (38) is notable given the 3-month decline (-21.8%), but it’s overshadowed by herding’s dominance. The key open question: *Is this movement driven by momentum chasing or a rebound from over-sold conditions?*
Updated: 09/08/2026, 04:06 PM
What could change this?
👥 What the crowd believes
"Nova (NVMI) Just Blew Past $250M In Quarterly Sales"
"Nova Announces $200M Share Repurchase Program"
"Nova ... Shares Are Falling"
📈 13D Investor Psychology
Signal classification confidence: Medium (confidence in the behavioral read, not a price prediction). Describes observable market behavior, not what any individual investor thinks, and is not a buy/sell signal.
🏛️ Investor DNA — Historical Investors
A Historical Strategy Simulation: assuming each investor follows their documented principles, how would they rate this stock today? This is not a prediction of what they would actually do.
🟢 Best match
Jack Schwager — 83/100
🔴 Weakest match
Morgan Housel — 0/100
🗣️ Why do they disagree?
This stock sparks a sharp divide among methodologies, with some seeing strong potential while others flag it as risky or overvalued. Jack Schwager’s high score suggests a disciplined setup with favorable risk-reward dynamics, aligning with his trend-following and volatility-based principles. Meanwhile, Charles Mackay and Howard Marks (Market Cycle) also lean positive, avoiding crowd mania or overextension, though Marks’ score is slightly lower, hinting at cautious optimism. In contrast, the mid-cycle neutrality of Samuel Armstrong Nelson and the outright negative verdicts from Livermore, Loeb, and Veblen reveal deep disagreement—Livermore’s low score reflects a direct conflict with the stock’s trend, while Loeb and Veblen warn of excessive risk or speculative growth. The cluster of ‘50’ scores (Graham, Fisher, Lynch, etc.) underscores a fundamental data gap, leaving core value, growth, or balance-sheet analysis inconclusive, while Morgan Housel’s zero score highlights volatility as a psychological hurdle for patient investors.
Jack Schwager
Market Wizards (1989)
🟢 83
A real, disciplined setup with favorable reward/risk
Key question
What's the risk/reward here, and where is my exit point?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks (Market Cycle)
Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟢 76
Looks early-to-mid cycle, not overextended
Key question
Where are we in the cycle right now — near a hot extreme, or a cold one?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Charles Mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
🟢 73
No obvious signs of crowd mania
Key question
Am I being swept along with the crowd, or thinking for myself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Samuel Armstrong Nelson
The ABC of Stock Speculation (1903)
🟡 64
Mid-cycle — no strong signal either way
Key question
Is the price overextended, or is there still room to move?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham
Security Analysis (1934) / The Intelligent Investor (1949)
🟡 50
Not enough balance-sheet/valuation data for a real Graham read
Key question
Where is my margin of safety?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Philip Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (1958)
🟡 50
Not enough fundamentals data for a real Fisher read
Key question
How exceptional is this business, really?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Peter Lynch
One Up on Wall Street (1989)
🟡 50
Not enough growth data for a real Lynch read
Key question
Is the growth worth the price?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing (2011) / Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟡 50
Mixed — a good business, but expectations may already be high
Key question
What is the market probably misunderstanding about the risk here?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street (1873)
🟡 50
Not enough balance-sheet data for a real Bagehot read
Key question
Does this company have enough liquidity to survive real stress?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor)
The Intelligent Investor (1949) — the Enterprising Investor chapters
🟡 50
Not enough valuation data for a real Enterprising-Graham read
Key question
Is the stock statistically cheap enough to justify the extra risk?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 0%
Jesse Livermore
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) / How to Trade in Stocks (1940)
🟡 47
No clear trend — Livermore preferred to stay out of this
Key question
What is the price telling me right now?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Burton Malkiel & John Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) / The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)
🔴 32
Weak case — Malkiel/Bogle would say a low-cost index is the simpler bet
Key question
Do I actually have an edge here, or do I just think I do?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Gerald M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival (1935)
🔴 26
Risk profile Loeb would flag as a real threat to capital
Key question
How much capital could I lose here if I'm wrong?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Thorstein Veblen
The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904)
🔴 20
Pattern Veblen would flag as growth pursued for its own sake
Key question
Is management building real value, or just building itself?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 30%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Edgar Lawrence Smith
Common Stocks as Long-Term Investments (1924)
🔴 15
Not enough dividend/growth data for a real Smith read
Key question
Is this a stock I'd be happy to hold and forget about for a decade?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 25%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (2020)
🔴 0
The kind of volatility that tends to shake patient holders out
Key question
Could I live with this volatility long enough for compounding to actually work?
⚠️ Partial data for this stock — score is less reliable — Data availability: 30%
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Based on the last 280 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🔴 Most indicators support a downtrend (2 bullish · 6 bearish · 2 neutral)
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
Low confidence
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 12 positive, 7 neutral, 1 negative out of the last 20 articles.
Yahoo · 17.9.2026
Yahoo · 15.9.2026
Yahoo · 15.9.2026
Benzinga · 14.9.2026
Yahoo · 9.9.2026
StockStory · 9.9.2026
SeekingAlpha · 8.9.2026
Yahoo · 7.9.2026
Insider Monkey · 7.9.2026
Yahoo · 3.9.2026
StockStory · 3.9.2026
MT Newswires · 2.9.2026
Yahoo · 2.9.2026
PR Newswire · 2.9.2026
Benzinga · 2.9.2026
Yahoo · 1.9.2026
StockStory · 1.9.2026
Yahoo · 31.8.2026
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StockIQ doesn't currently have enough real data to compute a reliable score for Nova Ltd. (NVMI) — only 3 of 7 categories are available right now. Rather than show a misleading number, this page shows which data is missing instead.
StockIQ doesn't give buy/sell recommendations — and for NVMI specifically, there currently isn't enough real data (only 3 of 7 categories available) to state even a factual score reliably. Check back once more data is available.
NVMI's technical score is 33/100, which currently reads as bearish — based on real price/volume signals (moving averages, RSI, MACD, and more), not a prediction of what happens next.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum; ROC 12 days: 5.5%.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: ATR: 4.8% of price; Price is below the 50-day average; Price is below the 200-day average.
StockIQ has no recorded dividend payment history for NVMI.
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 15 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waisman Gabriel | Open Market Sale | 1.9.2026 | 1,500 | -1,500 | $342.27 |
| Kizner Guy | Grant/Award from Employer | 1.9.2026 | 1,297 | +1,297 | — |
| Wolfing Shay | Grant/Award from Employer | 1.9.2026 | 1,259 | +1,259 | — |
| Waisman Gabriel | Open Market Sale | 2.7.2026 | 2,966 | -2,966 | $501.30 |
| Waisman Gabriel | Open Market Sale | 2.7.2026 | 28,714 | -2,966 | $501.30 |
| Waisman Gabriel | Grant/Award from Employer | 1.7.2026 | 7,056 | +7,056 | — |
| Waisman Gabriel | Grant/Award from Employer | 1.7.2026 | 31,680 | +7,056 | — |
| Sagiv Sarit | Open Market Sale | 23.6.2026 | 454 | -454 | $536.52 |
| Simon Zehava | Open Market Sale | 23.6.2026 | 454 | -454 | $536.52 |
| Sagiv Sarit | Open Market Sale | 23.6.2026 | 1,951 | -454 | $536.52 |
| Simon Zehava | Open Market Sale | 23.6.2026 | 1,951 | -454 | $536.52 |
| Simon Zehava | Open Market Sale | 22.6.2026 | 366 | -366 | $581.20 |
| Oppenhaim Eitan | Open Market Sale | 22.6.2026 | 1,290 | -1,290 | $581.20 |
| Sagiv Sarit | Open Market Sale | 22.6.2026 | 366 | -366 | $581.20 |
| Garty Yaniv | Open Market Sale | 22.6.2026 | 366 | -366 | $581.20 |
| Oppenhaim Eitan | Open Market Sale | 22.6.2026 | 6,421 | -1,290 | $581.20 |
| Sagiv Sarit | Open Market Sale | 22.6.2026 | 2,405 | -366 | $581.20 |
| Simon Zehava | Open Market Sale | 22.6.2026 | 2,405 | -366 | $581.20 |
| Garty Yaniv | Open Market Sale | 22.6.2026 | 2,006 | -366 | $581.20 |
| COHEN AVI | Grant/Award from Employer | 18.6.2026 | 334 | +334 | — |
| Garty Yaniv | Grant/Award from Employer | 18.6.2026 | 334 | +334 | — |
| Cohen Raanan | Grant/Award from Employer | 18.6.2026 | 334 | +334 | — |
| Oppenhaim Eitan | Grant/Award from Employer | 18.6.2026 | 1,043 | +1,043 | — |
| Simon Zehava | Grant/Award from Employer | 18.6.2026 | 334 | +334 | — |
| Sagiv Sarit | Grant/Award from Employer | 18.6.2026 | 334 | +334 | — |
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
2,109,733 shares short as of 2026-08-31 · vs. 1,454,004 on 2026-07-31
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
64.0% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 64.2% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
Full breakdown of every data type and its source: Data Sources · Methodology