What does the company do?
Novellus Systems, Inc., develops, manufactures, sells and supports equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits, which are called chips or semiconductors. Customers manufacture chips for sale or for incorporation in their own products, or provide chip-manufacturing services to third parties. Novellus Systems, Inc., also develops, manufactures, sells and supports grinding, lapping and polishing equipment for a range of industrial applications. The advanced deposition systems use chemical vapor deposition (CVD), physical vapor deposition (PVD), and electrochemical deposition (ECD) processes to form the interconnects in an integrated circuit. The Company’s High-Density Plasma CVD (HDP-CVD) and Plasma-Enhanced CVD (PECVD) systems employ a chemical plasma to deposit dielectric material within the gaps formed by the etching of aluminum, or as a blanket film which can be etched with patterns for depositing conductive materials into the etched dielectric.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Novellus Systems one-year sales: 583.45 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials group: -72.26% - Novellus Systems one-year income: -250.68 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials group: 6.62%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 583.45 Mil | 2.10 Bil | | Income | -250.68 Mil | -268.44 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Novellus Systems one-year sales growth: -52.00%.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials group: -17.80 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -52.00% | -34.20% | | Income Growth | NA | 18.50% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Novellus Systems one-year net profit margin: -43.0%
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials group: -17.8 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | -43.0% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 8.0% | | Industry | -25.2% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Novellus Systems debt/equity ratio: 0.10.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials group: -50.00%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.10 | 0.20 |
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