NOVANTA INC vs SPECTRUM BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC., two Electrical Equipment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where NOVT and SPB diverge most: on revenue growth, NOVT reads +5.6% and SPB reads -3.5%; on fcf yield, NOVT reads 1.4% and SPB reads 14.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What NOVT's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What SPB's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | NOVT | SPB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $142.64 | $88.78 |
| Market cap | $5.1B | $2.1B |
| Sector | Electrical Equipment | Electrical Equipment |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 102.6 | 17.3 |
| P/B | 3.87 | 1.09 |
| P/S | 5.05 | 0.73 |
| EV/EBITDA | 32.5 | 10.1 |
| Revenue growth | +5.6% | -3.5% |
| Gross margin | 44.1% | 38.1% |
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 6.1% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Return on equity | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| Return on assets | 3.0% | 3.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.6% | 3.2% |
| FCF yield | 1.4% | 14.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.18 | 0.31 |
| Current ratio | 3.56 | 2.29 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.25 | 2.80 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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