Novanta (NOVT) Competitors

Frontier Communications Parent (NASDAQ:FYBR) and Novanta (NASDAQ:NOVT) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FYBR or NOVT?

98.4% of Novanta shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Frontier Communications Parent 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate FYBR or NOVT?

Frontier Communications Parent currently has a consensus target price of $27.43, suggesting a potential upside of 16.77%. Novanta has a consensus target price of $161.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.35%. Given Novanta's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Frontier Communications Parent is more favorable than Novanta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Frontier Communications Parent	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Novanta	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FYBR or NOVT?

Novanta received 271 more outperform votes than Frontier Communications Parent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.14% of users gave Novanta an outperform vote while only 55.17% of users gave Frontier Communications Parent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Frontier Communications Parent	Outperform Votes 32 55.17%	Underperform Votes 26 44.83%
Novanta	Outperform Votes 303 72.14%	Underperform Votes 117 27.86%

Is FYBR or NOVT more profitable?

Novanta has a net margin of 8.27% compared to Novanta's net margin of 0.50%. Frontier Communications Parent's return on equity of 17.15% beat Novanta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Frontier Communications Parent	0.50%	0.56%	0.15%
Novanta	8.27%	17.15%	8.94%

Which has more volatility and risk, FYBR or NOVT?

Frontier Communications Parent has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novanta has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FYBR or NOVT?

In the previous week, Frontier Communications Parent had 1 more articles in the media than Novanta. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent and 2 mentions for Novanta. Frontier Communications Parent's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Novanta's score of 0.60 indicating that Novanta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Frontier Communications Parent	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Novanta	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FYBR or NOVT?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Frontier Communications Parent	$5.75B	1.02	$29M	$0.12	195.75
Novanta	$881.66M	6.44	$72.88M	$2.03	78.06

Summary

Novanta beats Frontier Communications Parent on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.