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Novanta PE ratio NOVT

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
90.3×
10-year median
78.6×
Against its 10-year history
68th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
20.5× to 147×
Peer median
27.6×

Novanta's PE ratio is 90.3× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $140.80 against $1.56 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 78.6×, higher than on 68% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 20.5× in May 2017 to 147× in Nov 2021.

The median for 10 industrial machinery stocks of a similar size is 27.6×.

PE ratio over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far90.3×75.6×117×
202583.5×58.5×91.0×
202492.7×73.3×109×
202380.2×58.7×89.8×
202266.9×64.2×116×
2021128×102×147×
2020102×58.5×108×
201973.6×45.1×76.4×
201846.0×36.7×116×
201736.8×20.5×45.7×
201636.2×13.1×36.9×
201539.6×39.6×46.7×
201447.8×19.2×71.8×
201320.1×13.4×45.5×
201237.3×13.2×38.2×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Machinery nearest Novanta's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPE ratio
NOVTNovanta90.3×
POWLPowell Industries29.0×
JBTMJBT MAREL29.5×
AAONAaon35.9×
TEXTerex26.2×
ENSEnerSys17.8×
GTESGates Industrial17.8×
ALHAlliance Laundry23.4×
ESABESAB22.4×
TKRTimken29.6×
MIRMirion Technologies165×
Peer median27.6×

Where Novanta ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.