Q4 Rundown: Novanta (NASDAQ:NOVT) Vs Other Electronic Components Stocks

As the Q4 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the electronic components industry, including Novanta (NASDAQ:NOVT) and its peers.

Like many equipment and component manufacturers, electronic components companies are buoyed by secular trends such as connectivity and industrial automation. More specific pockets of strong demand include data centers and telecommunications, which can benefit companies whose optical and transceiver offerings fit those markets. But like the broader industrials sector, these companies are also at the whim of economic cycles. Consumer spending, for example, can greatly impact these companies’ volumes.

The 9 electronic components stocks we track reported a very strong Q4. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 3% while next quarter’s revenue guidance was in line.

Thankfully, share prices of the companies have been resilient as they are up 5.2% on average since the latest earnings results.

Weakest Q4: Novanta (NASDAQ:NOVT)

Originally a pioneer in the laser scanning industry during the late 1960s, Novanta (NASDAQ:NOVT) offers medicine and manufacturing technology to the medical, life sciences, and manufacturing industries.

Novanta reported revenues of $258.3 million, up 8.5% year on year. This print fell short of analysts’ expectations by 0.9%. Overall, it was a softer quarter for the company with a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a slight miss of analysts’ revenue estimates.

Novanta delivered the weakest performance against analyst estimates of the whole group. Unsurprisingly, the stock is down 17.4% since reporting and currently trades at $117.59.

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Best Q4: Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT)

Founded in 1962, Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) develops and manufactures precision and specialty-controlled motion components and systems.

Allient reported revenues of $143.4 million, up 17.5% year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 7.5%. The business had an incredible quarter with a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.

Allient delivered the biggest analyst estimates beat among its peers. The market seems happy with the results as the stock is up 6.3% since reporting. It currently trades at $66.01.

Is now the time to buy Allient? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it’s free.

Vishay Precision (NYSE:VPG)

Emerging from Vishay Intertechnology in 2010, Vishay Precision (NYSE:VPG) operates as a global provider of precision measurement and sensing technologies.

Vishay Precision reported revenues of $80.57 million, up 10.9% year on year, exceeding analysts’ expectations by 3.2%. Still, it was a slower quarter as it posted a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.

As expected, the stock is down 13.5% since the results and currently trades at $46.37.

Read our full analysis of Vishay Precision’s results here.

Corning (NYSE:GLW)

Supplying windows for some of the United States’s earliest spacecraft, Corning (NYSE:GLW) provides glass and other electronic components for the consumer electronics, telecommunications, automotive, and healthcare industries.

Corning reported revenues of $4.41 billion, up 13.9% year on year. This print surpassed analysts’ expectations by 1%. Zooming out, it was a mixed quarter as it also produced a narrow beat of analysts’ revenue estimates but revenue guidance for next quarter slightly missing analysts’ expectations.

The stock is up 33.1% since reporting and currently trades at $146.08.

Read our full, actionable report on Corning here, it’s free.

Belden (NYSE:BDC)

With its enamel-coated copper wire used in WWI for the Allied forces, Belden (NYSE:BDC) designs, manufactures, and sells electronic components to various industries.

Belden reported revenues of $720.1 million, up 8.1% year on year. This number topped analysts’ expectations by 3.3%. Overall, it was a very strong quarter as it also put up a solid beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates and an impressive beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.

Belden had the slowest revenue growth among its peers. The stock is down 16.4% since reporting and currently trades at $118.97.

Read our full, actionable report on Belden here, it’s free.

Market Update

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