MVST vs. NOVT, RUN, EOSE, ATKR, ENR, PLUG, ENVX, FLNC, AMPX, and SLDP
Should you be buying Microvast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Microvast include Novanta (NOVT), Sunrun (RUN), Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE), Atkore (ATKR), Energizer (ENR), Plug Power (PLUG), Enovix (ENVX), Fluence Energy (FLNC), Amprius Technologies (AMPX), and Solid Power (SLDP). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment" industry.
Microvast vs. Its Competitors
Microvast (NASDAQ:MVST) and Novanta (NASDAQ:NOVT) are both electrical equipment companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Novanta has a net margin of 6.41% compared to Microvast's net margin of -26.82%. Novanta's return on equity of 14.70% beat Microvast's return on equity.
20.7% of Microvast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Novanta shares are held by institutional investors. 44.8% of Microvast shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Novanta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Microvast has a beta of 3.12, meaning that its stock price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novanta has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Microvast currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential downside of 29.66%. Novanta has a consensus target price of $133.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.90%. Given Novanta's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Novanta is more favorable than Microvast.
Novanta has higher revenue and earnings than Microvast. Microvast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Novanta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Novanta had 10 more articles in the media than Microvast. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Novanta and 4 mentions for Microvast. Novanta's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Microvast's score of 0.50 indicating that Novanta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Novanta beats Microvast on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:MVST) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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