Novanta Inc cash flow statement

In fiscal 2025, Novanta Inc's operations generated $64.1m of cash; it spent $15.6m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $48.4m. It returned $39.3m through buybacks.

Cash flow statement

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Novanta Inc: cash flow statement, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJul 2026
Cash from operations	−26	−5	45	28	49	42	33	48	63	90	63	140	95	91	120	159	64	134
Depreciation and amortisation	17	16	15	14	20	24	20	21	31	37	38	38	43	53	47	56	62	62
Stock-based pay	2	2	3	5	5	4	4	4	5	8	9	23	26	23	26	23	30	35
Capital spending	1	3	4	4	5	5	6	8	9	15	11	11	20	20	20	17	16	20
Free cash flow	−27	−7	41	25	44	37	28	39	54	75	53	130	75	71	100	141	48	114
Free cash flow after stock pay	−29	−9	38	20	39	33	23	35	49	67	43	107	49	48	75	118	19	80
Share buybacks	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	2	0	6	10	6	—	10	—	—	39	52
Shares issued	—	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Novanta Inc: cash flow statement, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q3Sept 2024	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Apr 2026	2026 Q2Jul 2026
Cash from operations	23	62	32	15	8	9	52	65
Depreciation and amortisation	14	14	14	16	16	17	14	15
Stock-based pay	6	5	7	7	7	8	10	10
Capital spending	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	7
Free cash flow	19	59	27	12	4	5	47	57
Free cash flow after stock pay	13	55	20	4	−2	−3	38	48

Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Free cash flow after stock pay also subtracts stock-based compensation, a real cost to shareholders that the cash flow statement adds back. Dividends, buybacks and shares issued are cash amounts for the period.

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Figures from Novanta Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Novanta Inc.