NASDAQ:NOVT - Novanta Stock Price, Price Target & More

Novanta trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "NOVT."

Novanta Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVT) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 8th. The technology company reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.07. The technology company had revenue of $147 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $139.55 million. Novanta had a net margin of 5.14% and a return on equity of 20.02%. Novanta's quarterly revenue was up 34.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.31 earnings per share. View Novanta's Earnings History.

Novanta is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Novanta.

Novanta issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.93 to $2.02 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.89. The company issued revenue guidance of $590-605 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $592.91 million.Novanta also updated its Q2 guidance to $0.47-0.50 EPS.

2 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Novanta's stock. Their predictions range from $54.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect Novanta's stock price to reach $54.00 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Novanta.

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Media coverage about NOVT stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Novanta earned a coverage optimism score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the technology company an impact score of 46.69 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Novanta's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.90%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (5.86%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (3.80%), Paradice Investment Management LLC (3.71%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.05%) and Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (2.20%). Company insiders that own Novanta stock include Peter L Chang, Robert Buckley and Stephen W Bershad. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Novanta.

NOVT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, ClariVest Asset Management LLC, Federated Investors Inc. PA, Comerica Bank, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC, A.R.T. Advisors LLC and Bamco Inc. NY. Company insiders that have sold Novanta company stock in the last year include Robert Buckley and Stephen W Bershad. View Insider Buying and Selling for Novanta.

NOVT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OppenheimerFunds Inc., Stifel Financial Corp, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Legal & General Group Plc, Sandler Capital Management, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Lisanti Capital Growth LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Novanta.

Shares of NOVT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NOVT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.15.

Novanta has a market capitalization of $2.16 billion and generates $521.29 million in revenue each year. The technology company earns $60.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.60 on an earnings per share basis. Novanta employs 2,034 workers across the globe.

Novanta's mailing address is 125 MIDDLESEX TURNPIKE, BEDFORD MA, 01730. The technology company can be reached via phone at 781-266-5618 or via email at [email protected]