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Best Diagnostic & Research Stocks to Buy Now (2024)
Top diagnostic & research stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best diagnostic & research stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the diagnostics & research industry.

Industry: Diagnostics & Research
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FONR
FONAR CORP
$17.617.97%9.45%-6.08%-12.39%26.60%6.60%1.15%-11.42%10.55%$24.05$12.1326.78%45.18%0.6125,084121.67%
ICLR
ICON PLC
$315.141.98%3.62%-1.81%18.71%22.21%66.03%41.24%123.08%726.92%$344.77$185.278.59%70.10%0.97491,800-13.31%
STRR
STAR EQUITY HOLDINGS INC
$0.922.22%-1.18%-3.06%-5.15%-1.08%8.24%-66.67%-83.40%-97.30%$1.59$0.7542.14%22.67%0.5211,800-39.84%
RVTY
REVVITY INC
$102.822.20%-2.09%-3.37%-1.34%20.20%-19.67%-25.22%6.31%137.95%$131.96$79.5022.08%29.33%0.88898,1184.56%
CRL
CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL INC
$235.270.77%1.37%-7.71%6.70%29.72%23.90%-30.15%65.31%361.68%$275.00$161.6514.45%45.54%1.16427,369-8.33%
NEOG
NEOGEN CORP
$12.141.00%-2.25%-15.58%-21.73%-23.26%-29.25%-74.36%-60.86%-17.01%$24.10$11.4649.62%5.93%1.011,616,221-24.91%
TMO
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC
$573.550.20%-0.58%-0.91%2.37%26.05%5.71%22.00%105.60%401.27%$603.82$415.605.01%38.01%0.831,134,540-34.66%
IDXX
IDEXX LABORATORIES INC
$476.87-0.78%-5.63%-7.35%-15.90%12.73%-1.78%-10.56%89.32%634.04%$583.39$372.5018.26%28.02%1.04290,614-46.96%
ENZ
ENZO BIOCHEM INC
$1.072.88%0.94%-10.83%-14.40%-20.15%-57.87%-62.59%-69.86%-73.38%$2.74$0.9960.95%8.08%0.46291,250298.42%
DGX
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC
$135.64-1.27%-2.77%4.31%7.43%1.31%0.68%-1.99%37.48%144.09%$145.58$119.596.83%13.42%0.61730,30314.05%
QGEN
QIAGEN NV
$42.58-0.93%0.66%2.60%-4.96%6.04%-10.35%-13.43%6.31%79.64%$49.18$35.8113.41%18.89%0.422,141,79563.77%
SHC
SOTERA HEALTH CO
$11.292.45%-0.79%-0.96%-27.72%-15.68%-24.63%-52.04%N/AN/A$19.40$10.7141.80%5.42%1.24744,480-28.38%
A
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC
$140.610.83%0.73%-2.67%3.50%30.76%6.16%6.20%77.20%155.61%$151.58$96.807.24%45.26%0.971,639,21049.35%
DHR
DANAHER CORP
$247.40-0.39%0.23%1.29%-0.32%26.53%3.41%-3.73%84.92%240.96%$269.61$182.098.24%35.87%0.851,593,898-8.34%
MEDP
MEDPACE HOLDINGS INC
$400.742.08%0.13%-1.95%32.44%48.77%91.27%144.49%584.44%N/A$421.00$197.394.81%103.02%1.23218,92964.23%
FLGT
FULGENT GENETICS INC
$21.49-0.05%4.42%1.13%-16.35%-20.79%-35.08%-70.57%223.16%N/A$44.09$19.8851.26%8.10%1.26200,861-43.52%
WAT
WATERS CORP
$319.86-0.43%1.51%-5.66%-3.18%26.85%7.88%3.51%46.94%214.36%$363.80$231.9012.08%37.93%0.92768,44051.28%
LH
LABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA HOLDINGS
$201.04-0.14%-1.53%-4.32%-9.56%-4.06%-9.67%-27.70%21.52%104.70%$243.30$195.0117.37%3.09%0.90802,49644.46%
SERA
SERA PROGNOSTICS INC
$9.92-8.57%-11.03%2.27%19.37%433.33%183.43%N/AN/AN/A$12.36$1.5219.71%552.63%0.75114,405134.18%
PRE
PRENETICS GLOBAL LTD
$5.7810.52%29.89%52.91%31.21%19.97%-54.66%N/AN/AN/A$15.90$2.8563.65%102.81%0.6030,67936.10%
CSTL
CASTLE BIOSCIENCES INC
$24.410.33%13.38%17.02%1.75%35.16%7.82%-56.60%N/AN/A$26.70$9.268.58%163.61%1.13434,643-48.25%
IQV
IQVIA HOLDINGS INC
$227.041.64%-3.58%-5.99%5.40%14.44%19.61%-1.81%63.61%385.65%$261.73$167.4213.25%35.61%1.18684,424-34.49%
PSNL
PERSONALIS INC
$1.593.25%16.91%12.77%28.23%50.00%-29.96%-92.61%N/AN/A$2.60$0.8938.85%78.45%1.58307,969-13.38%
PRPO
PRECIPIO INC
$5.983.07%1.32%-8.17%-10.78%-30.93%-50.18%-93.36%-96.12%-99.98%$14.80$4.7559.61%25.80%0.751,26137.51%
NTRA
NATERA INC
$97.210.24%3.37%1.87%38.44%125.55%83.07%0.93%398.51%N/A$98.82$36.901.63%163.44%1.38926,415-1.41%
MTD
METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC
$1,250.80-0.09%-0.35%-4.10%3.19%21.00%-10.27%-3.68%64.41%430.40%$1.43k$928.5012.35%34.71%1.01202,778112.78%
DRIO
DARIOHEALTH CORP
$1.601.91%8.11%11.89%-13.98%23.08%-56.64%-91.16%-90.30%-99.94%$4.58$0.6865.07%135.29%1.17161,727208.05%
OLK
OLINK HOLDING AB (PUBL)
$23.150.61%-0.86%-0.39%-5.63%-7.03%4.99%-21.94%N/AN/A$26.01$14.1011.00%64.18%1.5135,773-84.33%
ACRS
ACLARIS THERAPEUTICS INC
$1.31-3.68%7.38%10.08%14.91%-76.09%-84.40%-94.50%-80.15%N/A$11.12$0.5988.22%122.03%1.03631,436-8.25%
STIM
NEURONETICS INC
$3.75-1.57%6.08%-9.64%6.53%189.58%70.45%-71.48%-78.11%N/A$5.07$1.0326.04%264.08%1.29146,169250.05%
DMTK
DERMTECH INC
$0.63-0.32%5.38%-3.39%-52.14%-57.05%-74.82%-98.12%-96.97%N/A$3.90$0.5783.91%9.62%1.2376,987-47.85%
NEO
NEOGENOMICS INC
$15.511.37%1.91%4.44%7.11%5.87%0.71%-63.12%-34.22%395.53%$21.22$11.0326.91%40.62%1.43553,539-36.80%
TWST
TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP
$44.678.40%39.46%35.49%20.83%152.09%233.36%-57.17%83.45%N/A$44.90$11.810.51%278.24%1.742,112,037-52.58%
EXAS
EXACT SCIENCES CORP
$63.352.06%7.77%-11.19%-1.93%-2.84%-7.59%-41.35%-39.50%454.73%$100.77$56.0537.13%13.02%1.312,643,85264.04%
OCX
ONCOCYTE CORP
$2.774.14%9.70%-4.48%-4.81%24.77%-48.34%-96.88%-96.89%N/A$5.88$2.0852.91%33.17%1.2122,39345.92%
BNR
BURNING ROCK BIOTECH LTD
$0.810.74%-2.87%14.35%-2.05%-19.50%-72.53%-97.13%N/AN/A$3.04$0.5773.26%42.13%1.0118,792-87.12%
BGLC
BIONEXUS GENE LAB CORP
$0.60-1.49%-0.83%-5.56%36.78%50.25%N/A-67.84%N/AN/A$9.49$0.3193.73%91.94%6.7576,118-35.61%
RDNT
RADNET INC
$52.001.56%6.12%6.40%40.43%82.20%80.87%126.88%293.94%864.75%$52.59$25.111.12%107.09%1.34525,02511.11%
APDN
APPLIED DNA SCIENCES INC
$3.63-3.20%-5.71%-54.22%-67.90%-79.14%-82.46%-96.92%-99.30%-99.94%$37.20$3.5990.24%1.11%0.1938,829-73.38%
LAB
STANDARD BIOTOOLS INC
$2.48-1.20%0.00%-13.89%3.77%21.57%50.30%-45.97%-78.55%-92.43%$3.16$1.5421.52%61.04%1.301,847,85614.58%
GH
GUARDANT HEALTH INC
$19.101.17%5.00%2.36%-15.22%-31.15%-18.83%-85.81%-72.52%N/A$41.06$15.8153.48%20.81%1.341,037,9161.38%
XGN
EXAGEN INC
$1.38-1.43%-2.13%-7.13%-31.34%-21.14%-50.73%-90.76%N/AN/A$3.92$1.3064.82%6.15%1.3414,84942.48%
XWEL
XWELL INC
$1.800.56%2.27%20.00%19.21%16.13%-64.77%-92.74%-98.76%-100.00%$6.40$1.2671.88%42.86%1.186,842-21.72%
BDSX
BIODESIX INC
$1.528.57%24.59%7.80%-24.75%4.83%-6.17%-89.24%N/AN/A$2.21$1.0331.22%47.57%1.12230,75352.81%
CDNA
CAREDX INC
$10.184.73%24.15%6.82%13.11%57.10%24.00%-85.99%-66.55%N/A$12.93$4.8021.27%112.08%1.52670,230-20.82%
ME
23ANDME HOLDING CO
$0.49-2.99%-5.62%2.53%-33.65%-45.16%-77.45%-95.13%N/AN/A$2.21$0.3577.96%39.14%1.674,761,201116.05%
CHEK
CHECK-CAP LTD
$2.200.18%-0.72%-14.90%4.95%-40.43%57.54%-92.50%-95.63%N/A$4.63$1.3052.35%69.54%0.556,040-7.94%
ULS
UL SOLUTIONS INC
$36.071.89%3.29%3.23%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A$36.07$33.150.00%8.81%0.37295,99831.29%
PRPH
PROPHASE LABS INC
$5.34-1.48%15.84%-19.09%2.89%16.59%-36.20%-4.64%79.19%171.07%$9.94$4.0546.28%31.85%0.2940,4165.27%
OPK
OPKO HEALTH INC
$1.321.54%6.45%-5.71%34.97%-1.49%-29.03%-67.00%-46.99%-83.82%$2.24$0.8541.07%54.93%1.203,113,483-30.46%
AWH
ASPIRA WOMEN's HEALTH INC
$3.210.00%-3.60%13.83%-29.91%-31.85%-29.97%-95.65%-83.41%-93.33%$6.75$2.3152.44%39.02%0.9427,877-3.69%
NDRA
ENDRA LIFE SCIENCES INC
$0.32-1.22%20.97%-8.76%-68.94%-65.64%-79.75%-99.25%-98.93%N/A$2.79$0.2288.42%46.15%0.9275,16223.09%
NOTV
INOTIV INC
$4.7711.71%27.54%-34.92%27.54%175.72%-24.41%-82.57%142.13%82.76%$11.42$1.6158.22%196.27%1.12398,554-4.88%
VNRX
VOLITIONRX LTD
$0.78-12.57%-9.31%6.71%-30.51%-6.03%-61.05%-75.58%-75.81%-61.63%$2.07$0.5562.37%41.64%0.98170,17059.22%
MDXH
MDXHEALTH SA
$3.13-0.32%25.20%22.27%-12.96%3.64%-21.75%N/AN/AN/A$4.64$2.1532.54%45.58%0.4346,098-72.79%
MYGN
MYRIAD GENETICS INC
$19.972.57%0.86%-1.82%-11.09%22.22%9.01%-25.65%-42.94%-51.15%$24.21$13.8217.51%44.50%1.37593,02421.01%
GENE
GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES LTD
$2.385.54%3.03%-15.60%25.26%-96.68%-97.43%-99.37%-99.16%-99.91%$118.00$1.8097.98%32.22%0.6934,68426.69%
ISPC
ISPECIMEN INC
$0.284.94%-7.69%31.43%-35.96%-52.41%-82.64%N/AN/AN/A$1.89$0.2085.37%38.00%0.753,891,6411,163.18%
BIAF
BIOAFFINITY TECHNOLOGIES INC
$1.97-5.74%-22.13%-25.66%26.28%43.80%-1.01%N/AN/AN/A$3.62$0.9645.58%106.28%0.86149,04127.67%
ILMN
ILLUMINA INC
$118.980.89%-4.61%-8.56%-17.88%5.44%-39.20%-68.45%-63.36%-14.73%$213.91$89.0044.38%33.69%1.101,783,442-39.72%
PMD
PSYCHEMEDICS CORP
$2.54-0.39%-1.17%-11.81%-16.17%12.39%-52.70%-63.24%-75.27%-83.53%$5.49$2.0653.73%23.30%0.462,043183.36%
TRIB
TRINITY BIOTECH PLC
$1.73-4.00%-2.81%-10.36%-39.30%-24.78%-65.05%-88.91%-87.77%-98.57%$5.50$1.6668.55%4.22%0.3515,47011.49%
MYNZ
MAINZ BIOMED NV
$0.740.41%-14.65%-31.48%-15.91%-73.09%-85.32%N/AN/AN/A$6.00$0.7287.67%2.78%0.6963,109-62.78%
MMA
ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LTD
$3.27-7.91%3.48%-10.90%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A$5.25$2.8737.71%13.94%0.378,854-13.49%
CNTG
CENTOGENE NV
$0.451.58%-2.17%-34.78%-57.39%-64.20%-47.06%-95.24%N/AN/A$1.98$0.4177.27%10.29%0.4177,5711,036.40%
TTOO
T2 BIOSYSTEMS INC
$3.63-2.42%23.47%28.72%-18.06%-32.15%-87.44%-99.94%-99.97%N/A$70.00$2.6094.81%39.62%1.08195,511-1.21%

Diagnostic & Research Stocks FAQ

What are the best diagnostic & research stocks to buy right now in May 2024?

According to Zen Score, the 3 best diagnostic & research stocks to buy right now are:

1. Fonar (NASDAQ:FONR)


Fonar (NASDAQ:FONR) is the top diagnostic & research stock with a Zen Score of 47, which is 20 points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 27. It passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Fonar has seen its stock return 6.6% over the past year, overperforming other diagnostic & research stocks by 5 percentage points.

2. Icon (NASDAQ:ICLR)


Icon (NASDAQ:ICLR) is the second best diagnostic & research stock with a Zen Score of 47, which is 20 points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 27. It passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Icon has seen its stock return 66.03% over the past year, overperforming other diagnostic & research stocks by 64 percentage points.

Icon has an average 1 year price target of $344.38, an upside of 9.28% from Icon's current stock price of $315.14.

Icon stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Icon, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Star Equity Holdings (NASDAQ:STRR)


Star Equity Holdings (NASDAQ:STRR) is the third best diagnostic & research stock with a Zen Score of 46, which is 19 points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 27. It passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Star Equity Holdings has seen its stock return 8.24% over the past year, overperforming other diagnostic & research stocks by 7 percentage points.

What are the diagnostic & research stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 7 diagnostic & research stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 diagnostic & research stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Qiagen Nv (NYSE:QGEN)


Qiagen Nv (NYSE:QGEN) has an annual dividend yield of 3.01%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 1.37%.

Qiagen Nv's dividend payout ratio of 87.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX)


Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX) has an annual dividend yield of 2.12%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 1.37%. Quest Diagnostics's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Quest Diagnostics's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Quest Diagnostics's dividend payout ratio of 38.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Laboratory Of America Holdings (NYSE:LH)


Laboratory Of America Holdings (NYSE:LH) has an annual dividend yield of 1.43%, which is the same as the diagnostic & research industry average of 1.37%. Laboratory Of America Holdings's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Laboratory Of America Holdings's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Laboratory Of America Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 56.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are diagnostic & research stocks up?

Diagnostic & research stocks were up 0.47% in the last day, and down -0.04% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why diagnostic & research stocks are up.

What are the most undervalued diagnostic & research stocks?

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued diagnostic & research stocks right now are:

1. Star Equity Holdings (NASDAQ:STRR)


Star Equity Holdings (NASDAQ:STRR) is the most undervalued diagnostic & research stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Star Equity Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 53 points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 18. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Star Equity Holdings's stock has gained 8.24% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the diagnostic & research industry by 7 percentage points.

2. Enzo Biochem (NYSE:ENZ)


Enzo Biochem (NYSE:ENZ) is the second most undervalued diagnostic & research stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Enzo Biochem has a valuation score of 71, which is 53 points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 18. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Enzo Biochem's stock has dropped -57.87% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the diagnostic & research industry by -59 percentage points.

3. Fonar (NASDAQ:FONR)


Fonar (NASDAQ:FONR) is the third most undervalued diagnostic & research stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Fonar has a valuation score of 71, which is 53 points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 18. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fonar's stock has gained 6.6% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the diagnostic & research industry by 5 percentage points.

Are diagnostic & research stocks a good buy now?

50% of diagnostic & research stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect diagnostic & research stocks to rise by 10.22% over the next year.

What is the average p/e ratio of the diagnostics & research industry?

The average P/E ratio of the diagnostics & research industry is 38.56x.
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