Nova Stock Options

NVMI Stock  USD 219.13  3.91  1.82%   
Nova's latest option contracts expiring on May 16th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.67 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.6 over 66 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on May 16th 2025. The total put volume is at 2.0, with calls trading at the volume of 251. This yields a 0.01 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against May 16th 2025 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Nova's distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. Nova's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Nova's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

Nova Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-05-16 Option Contracts

Nova's max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Nova

Analyzing Nova's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Nova regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Nova's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Nova's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Nova's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.

Nova In The Money Call Balance

When Nova's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Nova stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Nova's options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Nova are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.

Nova Current Options Market Mood

Nova's open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Nova Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.

Put-to-Call Open Interest

Put-to-Call Volume

Unfortunately, most Nova's options investors are not very successful. Nova's option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.

Rule 16 of the current Nova contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Nova will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0419% per day over the life of the 2025-05-16 option contract. With Nova trading at USD 219.13, that is roughly USD 0.0918. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Nova's daily price movement you should consider buying Nova options at the current volatility level of 0.67%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Nova options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" Nova calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Nova stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Nova Option Chain

When Nova's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Nova stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Nova's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Nova. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Nova. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Nova against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone.
Open IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
NVMI250516C003900004390.00.0 - 2.150.36Out
Call
NVMI250516C0038000017380.00.0 - 2.050.46Out
Call
NVMI250516C0037000011370.00.0 - 2.050.95Out
Call
NVMI250516C003600009360.00.0 - 1.41.75Out
Call
NVMI250516C0035000085350.00.0 - 1.50.6Out
Call
NVMI250516C003400007340.00.0 - 1.65.2Out
Call
NVMI250516C0033000085330.00.1 - 2.555.5Out
Call
NVMI250516C00320000365320.00.2 - 2.91.3Out
Call
NVMI250516C003100001671310.00.0 - 3.33.7Out
Call
NVMI250516C0030000018300.00.65 - 3.82.55Out
Call
NVMI250516C0029000054290.01.55 - 4.32.6Out
Call
NVMI250516C002800006280.02.5 - 5.05.0Out
Call
NVMI250516C002700001557270.03.6 - 6.56.8Out
Call
NVMI250516C00260000894260.05.0 - 9.07.1Out
Call
NVMI250516C0025000037250.07.1 - 10.916.6Out
Call
NVMI250516C00240000753240.010.1 - 13.815.6Out
Call
NVMI250516C00230000638230.013.5 - 17.414.55Out
Call
NVMI250516C0022000036220.018.2 - 21.619.4Out
Call
NVMI250516C00210000237210.023.1 - 26.424.2In
Call
NVMI250516C002000005200.028.6 - 32.144.5In
Call
NVMI250516C001950001195.031.8 - 35.224.42In
Call
NVMI250516C00190000830190.035.1 - 38.452.0In
Call
NVMI250516C001850006185.038.5 - 42.656.0In
Call
NVMI250516C001800001180.042.3 - 45.958.1In
Call
NVMI250516C001750002175.046.2 - 49.991.86In
Call
NVMI250516C001650007165.053.8 - 57.3104.4In
Call
NVMI250516C001600008160.058.3 - 61.973.5In
Call
NVMI250516C001550001155.062.6 - 66.151.9In
Call
NVMI250516C00150000802150.066.9 - 70.067.16In
Call
NVMI250516C001300001130.085.0 - 89.7155.0In
Call
NVMI250516C001200001120.094.5 - 99.4165.0In
Call
NVMI250516C001000005100.0114.0 - 118.8130.5In
 Put
NVMI250516P003900000390.0172.2 - 177.0172.2In
 Put
NVMI250516P003800000380.0162.2 - 167.0162.2In
 Put
NVMI250516P003700000370.0152.1 - 157.0152.1In
 Put
NVMI250516P003600000360.0142.3 - 147.0142.3In
 Put
NVMI250516P003500000350.0132.3 - 137.0132.3In
 Put
NVMI250516P003400000340.0122.3 - 127.069.9In
 Put
NVMI250516P003300000330.0112.3 - 117.0112.3In
 Put
NVMI250516P003200000320.0102.2 - 107.052.6In
 Put
NVMI250516P003100000310.092.5 - 97.492.5In
 Put
NVMI250516P003000001300.083.0 - 86.740.05In
 Put
NVMI250516P002900001290.073.6 - 77.433.8In
 Put
NVMI250516P002800002280.064.5 - 68.452.0In
 Put
NVMI250516P0026000034260.048.0 - 51.126.6In
 Put
NVMI250516P00250000479250.040.0 - 43.436.0In
 Put
NVMI250516P002400001240.033.0 - 36.451.96In
 Put
NVMI250516P00230000270230.026.5 - 30.018.6In
 Put
NVMI250516P00220000644220.021.1 - 24.317.8In
 Put
NVMI250516P0021000058210.015.6 - 19.218.5Out
 Put
NVMI250516P00200000381200.011.5 - 14.912.45Out
 Put
NVMI250516P00195000534195.09.7 - 13.05.8Out
 Put
NVMI250516P00190000304190.08.0 - 11.79.35Out
 Put
NVMI250516P001850002185.06.7 - 9.75.9Out
 Put
NVMI250516P00180000897180.05.6 - 8.75.9Out
 Put
NVMI250516P0017500021175.04.3 - 7.14.58Out
 Put
NVMI250516P0017000013170.03.0 - 6.02.3Out
 Put
NVMI250516P00160000502160.01.4 - 4.60.7Out
 Put
NVMI250516P00155000309155.00.55 - 3.92.55Out
 Put
NVMI250516P001500004150.00.1 - 3.39.4Out
 Put
NVMI250516P001450003145.00.0 - 3.74.75Out
 Put
NVMI250516P00125000402125.00.0 - 2.40.6Out
 Put
NVMI250516P0012000020120.00.0 - 2.30.69Out
 Put
NVMI250516P0011500030115.00.0 - 2.251.4Out
 Put
NVMI250516P0010500010105.00.0 - 2.152.15Out
 Put
NVMI250516P0010000010100.00.0 - 2.151.4Out

Nova Selling And Marketing Expenses Over Time

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Nova Market Cap Over Time

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Nova Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

974.18 Million

As of now, Nova's Total Stockholder Equity is increasing as compared to previous years.

Nova Corporate Management

Gabi SharonCorporate VP of OperationsProfile
Thomas LarsonVice DevelopmentProfile
Guy KiznerChief OfficerProfile
Eitan OppenhaimExecutive BoardProfile
Adrian WilsonGeneral Manager Material Metrology divisionProfile
Gabriel WaismanChief Business OfficerProfile
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Is Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Nova. If investors know Nova will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Nova listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.298
Earnings Share
5.75
Revenue Per Share
23.096
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.451
Return On Assets
0.0929
The market value of Nova is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Nova that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Nova's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Nova's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Nova's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Nova's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Nova's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Nova is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Nova's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.