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Profile - Nova Measuring Instrument (NasdaqNM:NVMI)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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July 31Price hit new 52-week low ($3.80)
Location
Weizmann Scientific Park, P.O. Box 266
Rehovoth 76100, Israel
Phone: (602) 553-8899
Fax: (602) 553-8898
Email: info@nova.co.il
Employees (last reported count): 303
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 78%
·Institutional: 19% (86% of float)
(16 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 169.0K shares (+6.54%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (Nova) develops, produces and markets monitoring and measurement systems for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The Company pioneered the Integrated Metrology concept and is now expanding its activities by developing Integrated Monitoring and Process Control systems for other IC manufacturing processes. The Company's Integrated Thickness Monitoring (ITM) systems for CMP process control, delivering wafer-to-wafer Closed Loop Control, measured more wafers than all other metrology companies combined. The NovaReady open architecture policy enables installation of Integrated Monitoring systems on all process equipment and delivers advanced Integrated Process Control for the entire fab along with rapid advancement of the semiconductor manufacturing processes.
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Financial Summary
Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. designs, develops and produces integrated process control systems used in the manufacture of semiconductors. For the three months ended 3/31/01, revenues rose 6% to $9.3 million. Net loss totaled $2.3 million, up from $188 thousand. Revenues reflect strong demand for the Company's products. Earnings were offset by the expenses for aggressive research and development activities and sales/marketing efforts.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]

Position
Mendy EradChairman
Giora DishonPres, CEO
Moshe FinarovVP
Ronen FrishVP
Chai TorenVP
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:NVMIAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 31-July-2001
$3.80 
Recent Price$4.40 
52-Week High
on 5-Sep-2000
$14.00 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)51.9K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)3,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-67.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-56.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$63.5M
Shares Outstanding14.4M
Float3.20M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$4.22 
Earnings (ttm)$0.03 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.16 
Sales (ttm)$3.25 
Cash (mrq)$3.95 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)1.04 
Price/Earnings (ttm)151.72 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.35 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$49.0M
EBITDA (ttm)-$3.07M
Income available to common (ttm)$684.0K
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)1.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)-6.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter31-Mar-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)0.90%
Return on Equity (ttm)1.13%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)5.11 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0 
Total Cash (mrq)$57.1M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short2,000 
Percent of Float0.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
4,000 
Short Ratio0.25 
Daily Volume8,000 
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-Mar-2001)

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