Novanta Inc. (NOVT)Technology | Scientific & Technical Instruments | Bedford, United States | NasdaqGS
128.85 USD
+2.95
(2.343%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 128.80 -0.05 (-0.050%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:39 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:35 a.m. EDT
Novanta presents a compelling asymmetric risk/reward profile: short-term momentum is financing itself with buyers defending the base and analysts projecting earnings growth from ~$1.47 to ~$4.05, yet the long-dated put volume suggests a deep mechanical floor is being written for downside protection, effectively pricing in a crash while simultaneously rewarding any sustainable breakout. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.085289 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.085526 |
| MSTL | 0.086445 |
| AutoTheta | 0.112419 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 22.67 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.124 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.49 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 23.034 |
| Revenue per Share | 26.8 |
| Market Cap | 4,597,853,696 |
| Trailing P/E | 87.65 |
| Forward P/E | 31.84 |
| Beta | 1.65 |
| Profit Margins | 5.49% |
| Website | https://www.novanta.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:35 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a significant upside move but are hedged against a sharp correction. For the May '29 expiry, there is heavy Iron Condor positioning with 907 OI at the 120 strike (calls) versus only 600 OI at the 120 strike (puts), creating a pin risk zone between 115 and 130. However, for the further-dated Nov '29 expiry, puts dominate significantly with 5,200+ volume written at 95-105 strikes versus virtually no call volume at those levels, indicating a 'bet on the move' with protection underlying the long calls.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.16564143 |
| Address1 | 125 Middlesex Turnpike |
| All Time High | 187.61 |
| All Time Low | 1.29 |
| Ask | 129.25 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 298,100 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 403,204 |
| Average Volume | 403,204 |
| Average Volume10Days | 298,100 |
| Beta | 1.645 |
| Bid | 128.46 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 36.845 |
| City | Bedford |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,735,603,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 128.85 |
| Current Ratio | 3.685 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 132.34 |
| Day Low | 126.85 |
| Debt To Equity | 23.034 |
| Display Name | Novanta |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,587,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,587,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.006 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.061 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,529,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,529,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,529,600 |
| Ebitda | 178,032,992 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.18156 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 25.387 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.609 |
| Enterprise Value | 4,519,717,888 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.56333 |
| Eps Forward | 4.04667 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.47 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 128.867 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.016998291 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.00013190569 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 16.564142 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 149.95 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -21.09999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.14071351 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 98.27 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 30.58001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.31118357 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 98.27 - 149.95 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 922,285,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 35,365,470 |
| Forward Eps | 4.04667 |
| Forward P E | 31.840998 |
| Free Cashflow | 64,270,124 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 3,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.4439 |
| Gross Profits | 435,284,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0101499995 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.15258 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 35,683,769 |
| Industry | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
| Industry Disp | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
| Industry Key | scientific-technical-instruments |
| Ir Website | http://www.gsig.com/investors/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,293,580,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:3 |
| Long Business Summary | Novanta Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides precision medicine, precision manufacturing, medical solutions, robotics and automation solutions, and advanced surgery solutions in the United States and internationally. The company operates Automation Enabling Technologies and Medical Solutions segments. The Precision Medicine and Manufacturing segment designs, manufactures, and markets laser beam steering and scanning solutions, laser sources, robotic and precision motion, robotic end-of-arm tooling, and bearing spindles. This segment serves advanced industrial processes, advanced industrial and medical robotics, other medical and life science automation applications, and medical laser procedures, such as ophthalmology applications. The Medical Solutions segment provides a range of medical grade technologies, including medical insufflators, pumps, and related disposables; imaging, identification and RFID solutions; advanced motion control solutions; and light engines, and integrated operating room technologies. The company was formerly known as GSI Group, Inc. and changed its name to Novanta Inc. in May 2016. Novanta Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is based in Bedford, Massachusetts. |
| Long Name | Novanta Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 4,597,853,696 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_400280 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 53,829,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 4,597,853,635 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 126.85 |
| Operating Cashflow | 64,056,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.116610005 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 781 266 5700 |
| Post Market Change | -0.05000305 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.03880718 |
| Post Market Price | 128.8 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,469,164 |
| Previous Close | 125.9 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 36.16 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.4970825 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 4.6888165 |
| Profit Margins | 0.05489 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.664 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 2.95 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.34313 |
| Regular Market Day High | 132.34 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 126.85 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 126.85 - 132.34 |
| Regular Market Open | 126.85 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 125.9 |
| Regular Market Price | 128.85 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 325,906 |
| Return On Assets | 0.04541 |
| Return On Equity | 0.052259997 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.085 |
| Revenue Per Share | 26.8 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 35,683,769 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1107 |
| Shares Short | 3,949,806 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,557,537 |
| Short Name | Novanta Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.148 |
| Short Ratio | 8.94 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MA |
| Symbol | NOVT |
| Target High Price | 170.0 |
| Target Low Price | 144.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 157.0 |
| Target Median Price | 157.0 |
| Total Cash | 380,871,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 10.674 |
| Total Debt | 302,735,008 |
| Total Revenue | 980,600,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.47 |
| Trailing P E | 87.65306 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 121.2848 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 7.5652084 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.06237557 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 325,906 |
| Website | https://www.novanta.com |
| Zip | 1,730 |