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    Novanta Inc (NOVT)

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    TECHNOLOGY • SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL INSTRUMENTS • NASDAQ

    $140.07
    -5.48 (-3.77%)

    Market Cap: $5.50B

    Last updated: Oct 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM ET

    Earnings

    Performance (10Y)

    Beat Rate
    100%(39/39)
    Avg Surprise
    +16.16%
    Streak
    50 Q

    Upcoming Estimates

    Period ending Sep 30, 2026
    EPS Consensus$0.97
    Range$0.96 - $0.97
    3 analysts
    EPS Revisions
    2
    0
    7d
    2
    0
    30d
    EPS Estimate DriftChange to current
    90d ago$0.94+2.8%
    60d ago$0.970.0%
    30d ago$0.970.0%
    7d ago$0.970.0%
    Current$0.97
    Revenue Consensus
    $301M
    Range$300M - $302M
    3 analysts
    Period ending Dec 31, 2026
    EPS Consensus$1.12
    Range$1.12 - $1.13
    3 analysts
    Revenue Consensus
    $317M
    Range$313M - $320M
    3 analysts
    PeriodReportedEst.SurpriseB/MYoY
    Dec 26EST
    		-$1.12---
    Sep 26EST
    		-$0.97---
    Jun 26
    Reported Aug 5
    		$0.89$0.83+7.23%Beat+17.1%
    Mar 26
    Reported May 11
    		$0.81$0.78+3.85%Beat+9.5%
    Dec 25
    Reported Feb 23
    		$0.91$0.88+3.41%Beat+19.7%
    Sep 25
    Reported Nov 3
    		$0.87$0.82+6.10%Beat+2.4%
    Jun 25
    Reported Aug 5
    		$0.76$0.73+4.11%Beat+4.1%
    Mar 25
    Reported May 6
    		$0.74$0.67+10.45%Beat+0.0%
    Dec 24
    Reported Feb 25
    		$0.76$0.71+6.55%Beat+20.6%
    Sep 24
    Reported Nov 5
    		$0.85$0.85+0.00%Beat+0.0%
    Jun 24
    Reported Aug 6
    		$0.73$0.69+5.80%Beat-8.8%
    Mar 24
    Reported May 7
    		$0.74$0.58+27.59%Beat+0.0%
    Dec 23
    Reported Feb 28
    		$0.63$0.63+0.00%Beat-16.0%
    Sep 23
    Reported Nov 7
    		$0.85$0.74+14.86%Beat+4.9%
    Jun 23
    Reported Aug 8
    		$0.80$0.73+9.59%Beat+2.6%
    Mar 23
    Reported May 9
    		$0.74$0.64+15.63%Beat+1.4%
    Dec 22
    Reported Mar 1
    		$0.75$0.72+4.17%Beat+11.9%
    Sep 22
    Reported Nov 8
    		$0.81$0.74+9.46%Beat+8.0%
    Jun 22
    Reported Aug 9
    		$0.78$0.72+8.33%Beat+25.8%
    Mar 22
    Reported May 10
    		$0.73$0.63+15.87%Beat+25.9%
    Dec 21
    Reported Mar 1
    		$0.67$0.64+4.69%Beat+26.4%
    Sep 21
    Reported Nov 9
    		$0.75$0.60+25.00%Beat+78.6%
    Jun 21
    Reported Aug 10
    		$0.62$0.51+21.57%Beat+29.2%
    Mar 21
    Reported May 11
    		$0.58$0.39+48.72%Beat+13.7%
    Dec 20
    Reported Mar 1
    		$0.53$0.44+20.45%Beat-3.6%
    Sep 20
    Reported Nov 10
    		$0.42$0.39+7.69%Beat-20.8%
    Jun 20
    Reported Aug 6
    		$0.48$0.23+108.70%Beat-11.1%
    Mar 20
    Reported May 12
    		$0.51$0.32+59.38%Beat-3.8%
    Dec 19
    Reported Feb 26
    		$0.55$0.54+1.85%Beat-1.8%
    Sep 19
    Reported Nov 5
    		$0.53$0.52+1.92%Beat-13.1%
    Jun 19
    Reported Aug 6
    		$0.54$0.54+0.00%Beat+5.9%
    Mar 19
    Reported May 7
    		$0.53$0.48+10.42%Beat+12.8%
    Dec 18
    Reported Feb 27
    		$0.56$0.51+9.80%Beat+27.3%
    Sep 18
    Reported Nov 6
    		$0.61$0.52+17.31%Beat+35.6%
    Jun 18
    Reported Aug 8
    		$0.51$0.49+4.08%Beat+24.4%
    Mar 18
    Reported May 8
    		$0.47$0.40+17.50%Beat+51.6%
    Dec 17
    Reported Feb 28
    		$0.44$0.41+7.32%Beat+25.7%
    Sep 17
    Reported Nov 1
    		$0.45$0.34+32.35%Beat-
    Jun 17
    Reported Aug 3
    		$0.41$0.33+24.24%Beat-
    Mar 17
    Reported May 8
    		$0.31$0.24+29.17%Beat-
    Dec 16
    Reported Mar 6
    		$0.35$0.28+25.00%Beat-

    Key Metrics

    Valuation
    P/E Ratio40.25EV/EBITDA34.35x
    Price/FCF50.26xFCF Yield1.99%
    Profitability
    Profit Margin6.00%Operating Margin11.50%
    ROE5.11%ROIC3.80%
    Financial Health
    Debt/Equity0.17xInterest CoverageN/A
    Current Ratio4.57xQuick Ratio3.79x
    Trading Statistics
    Beta1.73Avg Volume445.94K
    52-Week High$176.3852-Week Low$98.27

    Technical Indicators Dashboard

    Moving Averages

    SMA 10$144.45
    SMA 20$142.25
    SMA 50$147.19
    SMA 200$141.28
    EMA 10$143.13
    EMA 20$143.30
    EMA 50$145.09
    EMA 200$140.71

    MACD

    Line: -0.45Signal: -0.54Hist: 0.09

    ADX

    ADX: 11.3+DI: 23.3-DI: 23.8

    Aroon & PSAR

    Aroon Up76.0
    Aroon Down28.0
    PSAR$152.11

    Bollinger Bands

    Upper Band$152.13
    Lower Band$132.37
    %B Position1389%(Upper)
    Band Width0.39

    RSI (14-Day)

    Neutral
    45.7

    Momentum Oscillators

    Stoch %K49.5
    Stoch %D46.5
    Williams %R-67.9
    ROC (10d)-1.5%
    Momentum-2.12
    CCI (20d)-4.6
    MFI (14d)66.0

    Volatility Measures

    ATR (14d)$6.38(4.6%)
    StdDev (20d)4.94
    Hist Vol45.3%(High)

    Volume Flow

    VWAP$141.95
    OBV-7.1M
    AD Line-1.1M
    CMF (20d)0.153

    Volume Metrics

    Avg Vol (20d)446.8K
    Vol Ratio0.7x
    VWMA (20d)$141.99

    Pivot Points

    R3$156.06
    R2$152.33
    R1$148.94
    Pivot Point$145.21
    S1$141.82
    S2$138.09
    S3$134.70

    Advanced Oscillators

    TSI-2.13
    Ultimate Osc42.7
    KST-4.08

    Financial Data

    QuarterJun 2026Mar 2026Dec 2025Sep 2025Jun 2025Mar 2025Dec 2024Sep 2024Jun 2024Mar 2024Dec 2023Sep 2023
    Total Revenue$265.81M$257.71M$258.35M$247.84M$241.05M$233.37M$238.06M$244.41M$235.86M$230.92M$211.57M$221.50M
    Cost of Revenue$144.89M$144.13M$145.09M$136.91M$134.30M$129.01M$129.84M$135.19M$132.18M$130.50M$115.01M$119.91M
    Gross Profit$120.92M$113.58M$113.26M$110.92M$106.75M$104.35M$108.22M$109.22M$103.69M$100.42M$96.56M$101.59M
    Operating Expenses$102.85M$86.04M$88.43M$89.07M$91.83M$71.93M$81.52M$76.66M$77.97M$74.81M$74.88M$71.28M
    R&D$23.97M$23.25M$22.87M$24.09M$25.29M$23.24M$25.29M$23.25M$23.73M$23.25M$23.45M$22.02M
    SG&A$59.97M$54.41M$51.58M$51.38M$47.10M$45.60M$43.30M$44.32M$44.79M$43.53M$41.70M$39.65M
    Operating Income$18.06M$27.54M$24.83M$21.85M$14.91M$32.42M$26.71M$32.55M$25.71M$25.61M$21.68M$30.31M
    Interest Income$-1,106,000$-1,843,000$-3,999,000$-6,014,000$-5,815,000$-5,644,000$-6,890,000$-8,079,000$-8,266,000$-8,254,000$-5,920,000$-6,756,000
    Interest Expense$2.16M$1.19M$3.15M$6.09M$9.12M$6.00M$5.91M$8.33M$8.59M$8.69M$5.93M$7.32M
    Income Before Tax$15.90M$26.35M$21.68M$15.76M$5.79M$26.42M$20.80M$24.23M$17.13M$16.92M$15.75M$22.99M
    Income Tax Expense$3.36M$5.25M$4.21M$5.11M$1.29M$5.21M$4.33M$5.03M$3.38M$2.24M$3.23M$1.77M
    Net Income$12.54M$21.10M$17.47M$10.65M$4.50M$21.21M$16.46M$19.19M$13.76M$14.68M$12.51M$21.22M
    EBITDA$31.65M$42.36M$42.75M$37.48M$27.61M$45.63M$42.05M$46.46M$39.51M$38.10M$33.21M$41.15M
    EBIT$17.00M$28.20M$25.68M$21.77M$11.60M$32.06M$27.68M$32.30M$25.40M$25.17M$21.67M$29.75M
    * Some calculated fields are derived from available data when not provided by source

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    NOVT Valuation and Fair Value

    P/E
    40.3x
    Forward P/E
    8.4x
    EV/EBITDA
    34.4x
    P/FCF
    50.3x
    PEG
    2.1x
    P/B
    3.6x
    See GNG's fair value

    NOVT Profitability: Margins, ROIC and FCF

    Gross margin
    44.5%
    Operating margin
    11.5%
    Net margin
    6.0%
    ROIC
    3.8%
    ROE
    5.1%
    FCF margin
    11.1%
    FCF yield
    2.0%

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    Sector: Technology

    NOVT Analyst Ratings

    Consensus
    Buy
    Analysts
    3
    Strong Buy
    1
    Buy
    2
    Hold
    0
    Sell
    0
    Strong Sell
    0

    NOVT Bull Case vs Bear Case

    Bull case

    • NOVT beat EPS estimates in 87.5% of its last 8 reported quarters.
    • NOVT grew quarterly revenue 10.3% year over year.

    Bear case

    • NOVT trades at 40.3x trailing earnings.

    NOVT Earnings: Beat Rate and Next Report

    Beat rate
    7 of 8 quarters (87.5%)
    Average surprise
    5.2%
    EPS estimate (fiscal period ending Sep 30, 2026)
    $0.97
    Estimate revisions (30 days, fiscal period ending Sep 30, 2026)
    2 up, 0 down

    Frequently Asked Questions About NOVT

    Does NOVT pay dividends?

    Novanta Inc (NOVT) does not currently pay a regular dividend.

    What is NOVT's P/E ratio?

    Novanta Inc has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 40.25.

    What is NOVT's market cap?

    Novanta Inc (NOVT) has a market capitalization of $5.50B with a current stock price of $140.07.

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