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Envista Holdings Corp NVST

$23.46 +1.30% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.82B

High qualityInexpensive vs sectorLow risk

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.58, up 84.4% year over year.
  2. Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 8 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +18.9%).
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $2.86B, up 11.9% from a year earlier.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Healthcare sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth49Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 15%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 28%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 50%
Quality85Strong

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 28%
  • Gross marginBottom 41%
  • Operating marginTop 27%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 10%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 32%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 47%
  • Interest coverTop 14%
Value83Strong

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 22%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 15%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 13%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 18%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 28%
Momentum49Neutral

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 42%
  • 6-month returnBottom 33%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 47%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 36%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 38%
Revisions52Neutral

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 25%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 8%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 8%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 29%
Stability81Strong

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 9%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 21%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 41%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 47%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)12.1%11.9%↓
Gross margin54.7%55.5%↑
Operating margin6.1%9.9%↑
FCF margin10.1%8.1%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)11.9%12.1%↓Top 44%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)84.4%—Top 15%
Gross margin55.5%54.7%↑Bottom 41%
Operating margin9.9%6.1%↑Top 27%
Net margin3.3%2.1%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin8.1%10.1%↓—
Return on invested capital2.4%—Top 28%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR1.9%—Bottom 28%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-3.7%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.5%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-8.6 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
1.32×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
13.8×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
5.30%
Shareholder yield
5.30%
Share count change, 1 year
-3.4%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-2.4%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
8
Beats in the last 8 reports
8 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+18.9%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+1.3%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$29.11
Target vs current price
+24.1%
Analysts with a rating
20
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
40%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026+22.3%+2.4%+2.0%-4.7%—
May 6, 2026+16.1%+3.4%-7.3%-14.5%+4.3%
Feb 5, 2026+18.8%+4.4%+27.9%+18.0%+11.3%
Oct 29, 2025+18.5%-0.4%+0.4%+4.9%+19.9%
Jul 31, 2025+8.3%-5.4%-1.3%+6.4%+1.3%
May 1, 2025+20.0%+1.6%+4.7%+14.8%+29.0%
Feb 5, 2025+4.3%+2.2%+4.4%-9.4%-18.8%
Oct 30, 2024+33.3%+2.3%+12.3%+17.1%+15.9%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026$0.41$0.34+22.3%$730.5M
May 6, 2026$0.36$0.31+16.1%$705.5M
Feb 5, 2026$0.38$0.32+18.8%$750.6M
Oct 29, 2025$0.32$0.27+18.5%$669.9M
Jul 31, 2025$0.26$0.24+8.3%$682.1M
May 1, 2025$0.24$0.20+20.0%$616.9M
Feb 5, 2025$0.24$0.23+4.3%$652.9M
Oct 30, 2024$0.12$0.09+33.3%$601.0M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)40.4×30.0×67thTop 22%
P/E (forward)15.3×———
EV / EBITDA12.2×——Top 13%
EV / Sales1.50×——Top 18%
Free-cash-flow yield6.08%——Top 15%
Earnings yield2.47%——Top 22%

P/E over the past five years

Range 21.3× – 231.8× since Jul 2, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+15.2%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+84.4%
Change in P/E multiple
-17.8%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-3.1%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+1.6%
Distance from 50-day average
-11.0%
Distance from 200-day average
-8.6%
RSI (14)
35.4
Relative volume
0.76×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
29.6%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
16th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.96
Correlation with S&P 500
0.39
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-22.5%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-47.5%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Mar 21, 2022Apr 8, 2025-71.0%765 daysNot yet recovered
May 7, 2021Oct 27, 2021-17.0%120 days40 days (Dec 23, 2021)
Feb 16, 2022Mar 7, 2022-11.5%12 days9 days (Mar 18, 2022)
Dec 27, 2021Jan 27, 2022-11.4%22 days10 days (Feb 10, 2022)
Oct 23, 2020Oct 28, 2020-11.4%3 days8 days (Nov 9, 2020)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$3.82B
P/E (TTM)
40.4
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$0.58
Revenue (TTM)
$2.86B
52-week range
$18.77 – $30.42
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$2.51B$2.57B$2.57B$2.51B$2.72B
Gross profit$1.46B$1.49B$1.45B$1.39B$1.50B
Operating income$306.2M$319.2M$31.5M-$1.04B$225.7M
Net income$340.5M$243.1M-$100.2M-$1.12B$47.0M
EPS (diluted)$1.48$1.34-$0.60-$6.50$0.28
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$601.0M$652.9M$616.9M$682.1M$669.9M$750.6M$705.5M$730.5M
Net income$8.2M$1.2M$18.0M$26.4M-$30.3M$32.9M$38.7M$53.7M
EPS (diluted)$0.05$0.01$0.10$0.16-$0.18$0.20$0.23$0.33
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$361.6M$182.7M$275.7M$336.5M$275.7M
Capital expenditure-$54.7M-$75.7M-$58.2M-$33.8M-$45.3M
Free cash flow$306.9M$107.0M$217.5M$302.7M$230.4M
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0$0
Net share buybacks$19.5M$21.8M$11.3M$2.4M-$163.8M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$1.13B
Total assets
$5.60B
Total liabilities
$2.52B
Total debt
$1.59B
Net debt
$462.4M
Shareholders’ equity
$3.08B

As of Jul 3, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Short interest

Shares sold short
10,210,406
Days to cover
3.97
Change vs previous report
-10.3%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.