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$149.63 +1.97 (+1.33%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

NOVT vs. RRX, CAE, BE, XCH, FLNC, ATKR, QS, ENR, PLUG, and RUN

Should you be buying Novanta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novanta include Regal Rexnord (RRX), CAE (CAE), Bloom Energy (BE), XCHG (XCH), Fluence Energy (FLNC), Atkore (ATKR), QuantumScape (QS), Energizer (ENR), Plug Power (PLUG), and Sunrun (RUN). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment" industry.

Novanta vs.

Regal Rexnord (NYSE:RRX) and Novanta (NASDAQ:NOVT) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Regal Rexnord has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novanta has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Regal Rexnord had 8 more articles in the media than Novanta. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Regal Rexnord and 2 mentions for Novanta. Regal Rexnord's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Novanta's score of 0.07 indicating that Regal Rexnord is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Regal Rexnord
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Novanta
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

99.7% of Regal Rexnord shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Novanta shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Regal Rexnord shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Novanta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Novanta has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Regal Rexnord. Regal Rexnord is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Novanta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Regal Rexnord$6.25B1.66-$57.40M$3.1749.34
Novanta$881.66M6.10$72.88M$1.6789.60

Novanta has a net margin of 6.52% compared to Regal Rexnord's net margin of 3.41%. Novanta's return on equity of 15.20% beat Regal Rexnord's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Regal Rexnord3.41% 9.48% 4.05%
Novanta 6.52%15.20%7.80%

Regal Rexnord presently has a consensus target price of $202.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.15%. Novanta has a consensus target price of $169.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.95%. Given Regal Rexnord's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Regal Rexnord is more favorable than Novanta.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Regal Rexnord
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Novanta
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Novanta received 252 more outperform votes than Regal Rexnord when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.80% of users gave Novanta an outperform vote while only 62.20% of users gave Regal Rexnord an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Regal RexnordOutperform Votes
51
62.20%
Underperform Votes
31
37.80%
NovantaOutperform Votes
303
71.80%
Underperform Votes
119
28.20%

Summary

Novanta beats Regal Rexnord on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NOVT vs. The Competition

MetricNovantaelectrical machinery, equipment, & supplies IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.37B$976.68M$26.95B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A2.08%2.78%4.04%
P/E Ratio89.6027.66235.8417.33
Price / Sales6.1015.973,187.18136.43
Price / Cash33.9415.6634.2435.97
Price / Book7.954.018.364.80
Net Income$72.88M-$72.40M$669.74M$224.91M
7 Day Performance1.46%0.63%2.06%1.77%
1 Month Performance-9.67%20.85%4.13%2.22%
1 Year Performance-1.29%25.80%27.10%20.67%

Novanta Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NOVT
Novanta
2.5152 of 5 stars
$149.63
+1.3%
$169.00
+12.9%
-1.3%$5.37B$881.66M89.602,900
RRX
Regal Rexnord
4.9255 of 5 stars
$152.02
+1.9%
$203.25
+33.7%
+17.1%$10.07B$6.18B47.9632,100Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
CAE
CAE
0.9764 of 5 stars
$23.53
-0.8%
$25.00
+6.2%
+17.7%$7.50B$4.43B-30.5613,000Short Interest ↑
BE
Bloom Energy
2.9804 of 5 stars
$23.03
-2.3%
$22.45
-2.5%
+113.0%$5.26B$1.26B-41.122,530Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
XCH
XCHG
N/A$1.65
-8.8%
N/AN/A$3.92B$39.07M0.00165Gap Down
FLNC
Fluence Energy
4.3392 of 5 stars
$16.56
+2.9%
$26.65
+60.9%
-25.3%$3.00B$2.70B127.381,595Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
ATKR
Atkore
4.1742 of 5 stars
$84.44
+3.2%
$115.67
+37.0%
-42.8%$2.93B$3.20B6.695,000
QS
QuantumScape
1.0876 of 5 stars
$5.40
-3.7%
$6.26
+15.9%
-21.7%$2.77BN/A-5.68850
ENR
Energizer
4.0498 of 5 stars
$34.95
+0.4%
$37.63
+7.7%
+12.0%$2.52B$2.89B67.215,600Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
PLUG
Plug Power
4.5793 of 5 stars
$2.72
-5.2%
$4.52
+66.2%
-10.8%$2.48B$659.51M-1.272,450Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
RUN
Sunrun
4.479 of 5 stars
$9.73
-3.1%
$19.31
+98.5%
-30.7%$2.18B$2.04B-5.3510,833Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:NOVT) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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