Novanta Inc.

NOVT Technology Scientific & Technical Instruments

Novanta Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $980.6 million, up 3.30% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+10.3%
EPS
+158.3%
Free cash flow
+391.8%
Total debt
−50.0%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

144.88 2.61 −1.77%
Market cap
$5.6B
P/E
92.5×
Fwd P/E
80.1×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
6.64
Beneish M
−2.25
Dividend safety
n/a

Novanta Inc. (NOVT) Price to free cash flow

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As of 3 November 2026, Novanta Inc. (NOVT) trades at a price to free cash flow of 55.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.9× (April 2015) to 111× (February 2026); the current reading is higher than 68% of that period. That is above the Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median of 28.5× and above the Technology sector median of 20.0×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 89.9× 131.37%
FY2024 38.9× (33.95%)
FY2023 58.8× (12.78%)
FY2022 67.4× (19.12%)
FY2021 83.4× 160.34%
FY2020 32.0× (45.67%)
FY2019 59.0× 97.44%
FY2018 29.9× (7.73%)
FY2017 32.4× 83.46%
FY2016 17.6× 4.84%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 61.0× (19.13%)
Mar 2026 75.4× (16.10%)
Dec 2025 89.9× 169.90%
Sep 2025 33.3× (11.50%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 10.9× High 111×
Ten-year median 40.2×
Current reading's percentile 68

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
ST Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. compare 9.4×
ITRI Itron, Inc. compare 11.7×
VNT Vontier Corporation compare 13.3×
TRMB Trimble Inc. compare 20.0×
MKSI MKS Inc. compare 30.2×
BMI Badger Meter, Inc. compare 30.8×
ESE ESCO Technologies Inc. compare 33.1×
CGNX Cognex Corporation compare 36.8×
NOVT Novanta Inc. 55.3×
Scientific & Technical Instruments industry median 28.5×
Technology sector median 20.0×
Market median 14.2×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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