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Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) just logged one of the sharpest score jumps in Stoxcraft's Semiconductor coverage this week. Shares are up 12% today alone, extending a bounce that started August 3. The real story is what moved underneath the ticker.
Navitas Semiconductor's (NVTS) performance jump in numbers
NVTS's performance reading climbed from 3.1 to 6.3 between August 4 and August 9. That's a 3.2 point move in five trading days, one of the fastest climbs Stoxcraft logged in the group this month. It's since eased back to 6.0.
The price backs it up. Shares gained more than 6% on August 3 alone, then kept climbing toward today's pop. Behind that move, Q2 revenue rose 22% sequentially to $10.5M, and management guided Q3 revenue toward $13.5M.
That guidance leans on gallium nitride and silicon carbide chips built for AI data centers. Navitas is pivoting away from mobile chargers into higher-margin power hardware.
What the scores say about NVTS
The scorecard tells two very different stories depending on which number you check.
Health and risk: the fragile side of the setup
NVTS's Health Score sits at 1.4 out of 10, the sixth lowest of every stock in Stoxcraft's Semiconductor coverage. The company is still burning cash on the way to that AI pivot.
Risk sits at the opposite extreme. A Risk Score of 10.0 is the ceiling of the scale, a level shared with more than 50 other stocks across the whole universe. That score means high beta, high volatility, not high quality.
Performance and entry signal: what's actually moving
Performance is the strongest link, up to 6.0 after this week's climb. It still trails most of its group: names like Tower Semiconductor (TSEM) and Marvell (MRVL) sit near 9.5 or higher.
The entry signal still reads Sell, even after the price move. That gap is the part worth watching.
NVTS vs. Diodes and Power Integrations
Two other power-chip names show how differently this setup can play out. Diodes Incorporated (DIOD) carries a stronger Health Score at 5.9 and an easier Risk Score of 7.3, with an entry signal currently on Buy. Power Integrations (POWI) sits weaker across nearly every number, with performance down at 1.6 and its own entry signal on Sell.
Check the Stoxcraft Screener to see where the rest of the Semiconductor group stacks up.
The score pattern to watch
This setup lines up closest with a Momentum Play: a fast-climbing performance number paired with a maxed-out Risk Score. That's the same combination behind past runs in names like Palantir.
The catch is the entry signal disagrees with the price. That's unusual for a clean momentum setup, and it's the tension the next earnings report needs to resolve.
Navitas' next real test isn't the chart, it's Q3
Wednesday's candle isn't the test. The Q3 print is. Management guided revenue toward $13.5M, and AI infrastructure demand needs to keep pulling weight the mobile business used to carry.
Until that report lands, the entry signal and the price chart are going to keep disagreeing with each other.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Stoxcraft scores are quantitative indicators, not buy or sell recommendations. Always do your own research before making investment decisions.