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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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ICLR
ICON PLC
$308.312.74%6.97%-6.55%15.68%28.16%53.48%41.50%124.40%680.14%$344.77$181.9210.58%69.48%0.97715,419-40.20%
FONR
FONAR CORP
$16.27-3.50%-3.21%-25.06%-17.33%29.64%6.55%-8.75%-20.98%7.11%$24.05$12.1332.35%34.13%0.608,979-47.21%
STRR
STAR EQUITY HOLDINGS INC
$0.902.51%4.29%1.01%-10.00%-1.10%25.00%-70.10%-87.92%-97.20%$1.59$0.6543.40%38.25%0.5238,645374.93%
RVTY
REVVITY INC
$101.51-0.57%0.64%-1.85%-7.72%2.59%-21.70%-24.80%7.90%140.89%$132.54$79.5023.41%27.69%0.88820,24677.88%
CRL
CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL INC
$229.030.54%0.99%-13.72%3.97%30.82%22.47%-31.93%60.46%326.98%$275.00$161.6516.72%41.68%1.17322,036-57.79%
NEOG
NEOGEN CORP
$12.141.51%4.57%-19.07%-24.78%-21.58%-27.82%-74.72%-59.00%-22.68%$24.10$11.4649.62%5.93%1.012,032,676-1.58%
QGEN
QIAGEN NV
$41.651.39%4.13%-2.46%-8.39%9.81%-8.04%-21.11%3.99%81.03%$49.18$35.8115.30%16.30%0.421,406,78015.00%
TMO
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC
$573.600.33%5.29%0.84%4.80%30.32%7.59%16.10%109.94%404.97%$603.82$415.605.00%38.02%0.831,437,12821.41%
IDXX
IDEXX LABORATORIES INC
$499.302.06%4.82%-5.90%-4.89%25.63%3.71%-10.59%114.78%704.74%$583.39$372.5014.41%34.04%1.04529,79949.41%
A
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC
$137.741.00%3.77%-4.62%5.15%32.05%3.47%0.29%77.91%156.36%$151.58$96.809.13%42.29%0.97754,945-19.75%
ENZ
ENZO BIOCHEM INC
$1.05-1.87%-3.67%-16.00%-19.23%-22.79%-57.49%-68.56%-69.30%-74.20%$2.74$1.0461.68%0.96%0.46114,91354.75%
DGX
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC
$134.26-0.86%4.53%4.18%2.93%2.29%-8.57%1.50%40.82%140.18%$145.58$119.597.78%12.27%0.61601,724-40.78%
MEDP
MEDPACE HOLDINGS INC
$395.931.58%6.43%-1.69%32.79%54.73%94.15%103.77%574.38%N/A$421.00$197.395.95%100.58%1.23144,658-53.91%
LH
LABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA HOLDINGS
$198.400.03%-1.53%-7.08%-11.79%-3.65%-10.53%-25.03%28.31%100.02%$243.30$195.0118.45%1.74%0.90931,285-55.60%
CSTL
CASTLE BIOSCIENCES INC
$20.344.25%5.33%-5.79%-6.40%55.50%-8.17%-71.05%N/AN/A$26.70$9.2623.82%119.65%1.13112,238-40.25%
SHC
SOTERA HEALTH CO
$11.400.71%4.11%-1.13%-23.90%-10.09%-30.19%-56.51%N/AN/A$19.40$10.7141.24%6.44%1.24737,6522.29%
TWST
TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP
$31.541.48%12.84%-6.55%-2.29%102.31%151.11%-77.55%2.04%N/A$43.21$11.4627.01%175.22%1.73638,428-48.28%
DHR
DANAHER CORP
$246.580.32%4.70%-0.76%5.83%27.31%6.07%-4.46%88.33%235.48%$269.61$182.098.54%35.42%0.852,683,099-6.01%
WAT
WATERS CORP
$311.300.96%5.13%-7.93%-1.52%27.35%4.91%2.28%45.31%187.60%$363.80$231.9014.43%34.24%0.92270,280-29.16%
MTD
METTLER TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL INC
$1,238.090.42%4.17%-5.85%1.69%26.04%-15.30%-5.70%68.00%437.20%$1.53k$928.5018.82%33.34%1.0194,9484.18%
SERA
SERA PROGNOSTICS INC
$10.753.97%10.26%13.16%61.65%503.93%228.75%N/AN/AN/A$11.32$1.525.04%607.24%0.7659,110-19.76%
IQV
IQVIA HOLDINGS INC
$234.880.38%2.98%-5.19%8.70%27.36%23.63%0.63%69.34%394.28%$261.73$167.4210.26%40.29%1.19635,995-39.93%
EXAS
EXACT SCIENCES CORP
$58.850.10%-3.46%-9.79%-8.45%-4.12%-6.11%-57.74%-39.76%384.36%$100.77$56.0541.60%5.00%1.312,018,854-23.74%
PSNL
PERSONALIS INC
$1.271.20%-1.94%-11.54%-7.66%25.25%-38.89%-94.78%N/AN/A$2.60$0.8951.35%41.98%1.5949,108-66.64%
XGN
EXAGEN INC
$1.410.14%3.07%-8.31%-27.59%-9.49%-44.41%-91.44%N/AN/A$3.92$1.3064.01%8.62%1.343,511-79.56%
PRPO
PRECIPIO INC
$6.03-2.43%-2.82%-0.97%-6.42%-28.74%-48.15%-84.55%-93.72%-99.99%$14.80$4.7559.29%26.79%0.739,30914.76%
NTRA
NATERA INC
$91.660.42%7.48%1.84%40.07%134.72%84.17%-20.93%380.15%N/A$98.82$36.907.25%148.40%1.38568,372-32.39%
DRIO
DARIOHEALTH CORP
$1.480.68%27.59%-2.31%-37.82%2.07%-54.60%-92.93%-90.39%-99.94%$4.58$0.6867.69%117.65%1.1673,06564.39%
FLGT
FULGENT GENETICS INC
$20.100.35%-1.28%-7.07%-21.48%-16.34%-30.93%-77.08%193.43%N/A$44.09$19.8854.41%1.11%1.2677,980-57.65%
OLK
OLINK HOLDING AB (PUBL)
$22.84-1.00%4.44%-5.07%-9.00%-7.90%8.50%-42.00%N/AN/A$26.01$14.1012.19%61.99%1.5178,698-73.34%
ACRS
ACLARIS THERAPEUTICS INC
$1.200.84%-3.23%1.69%-2.44%-73.80%-86.50%-95.40%-83.00%N/A$11.12$0.5989.21%103.39%1.03445,216-72.62%
NEO
NEOGENOMICS INC
$14.142.09%4.51%-6.73%-9.42%-2.55%-1.81%-72.64%-30.92%318.34%$21.22$11.0333.36%28.20%1.42808,06515.47%
DMTK
DERMTECH INC
$0.603.08%-6.37%-7.23%-53.26%-48.90%-82.87%-98.53%-97.03%N/A$3.90$0.5884.53%3.97%1.2386,255-51.75%
GH
GUARDANT HEALTH INC
$17.351.11%7.97%-1.92%-24.89%-32.15%-17.14%-89.53%-74.26%N/A$41.06$15.8157.74%9.74%1.34697,950-58.62%
STIM
NEURONETICS INC
$3.49-0.85%-8.16%-26.68%4.18%232.38%56.50%-70.25%-79.51%N/A$5.07$1.0331.16%238.83%1.2944,573-15.90%
OCX
ONCOCYTE CORP
$2.481.64%-0.80%-17.28%-20.77%3.77%-49.90%-97.52%-97.14%N/A$6.20$2.0860.00%19.23%1.2117,519-33.28%
BGLC
BIONEXUS GENE LAB CORP
$0.590.17%-1.00%-14.90%12.08%35.31%N/A-70.15%N/AN/A$9.49$0.3193.74%91.61%6.9334,475-15.96%
BNR
BURNING ROCK BIOTECH LTD
$0.850.00%18.06%21.43%-0.82%-20.56%-71.09%-97.14%N/AN/A$3.14$0.5772.93%48.60%1.0030,331-28.95%
RDNT
RADNET INC
$48.40-0.92%4.04%0.19%29.90%88.40%77.42%118.02%290.01%856.52%$49.94$25.113.09%92.75%1.34289,532-7.62%
LAB
STANDARD BIOTOOLS INC
$2.443.39%-3.17%-7.58%2.95%23.23%47.88%-50.10%-81.95%-93.10%$3.16$1.4622.78%67.12%1.303,639,350-9.82%
APDN
APPLIED DNA SCIENCES INC
$4.37-12.60%-36.32%-49.85%-64.87%-70.87%-77.75%-96.83%-99.06%-99.92%$37.20$4.0788.25%7.37%0.2084,030-16.56%
PRE
PRENETICS GLOBAL LTD
$4.61-7.24%58.97%29.49%-0.43%-20.17%-62.06%N/AN/AN/A$15.90$2.8571.01%61.75%0.6169,005-63.40%
XWEL
XWELL INC
$1.800.00%30.43%4.65%21.62%9.76%-67.11%-93.71%-98.70%-100.00%$6.40$1.2671.88%42.86%1.188,021-50.06%
BDSX
BIODESIX INC
$1.24-1.98%-1.20%-14.83%-37.31%-15.99%-31.39%-92.89%N/AN/A$2.21$1.0344.12%19.90%1.1113,931-11.48%
MDXH
MDXHEALTH SA
$2.470.00%10.76%-0.80%-36.34%4.22%-37.78%N/AN/AN/A$4.64$2.1546.77%14.88%0.4126,967-33.43%
CDNA
CAREDX INC
$7.560.00%-9.03%-21.00%-16.19%50.00%-3.08%-90.59%-73.36%N/A$12.93$4.8041.53%57.50%1.52492,964-11.22%
ME
23ANDME HOLDING CO
$0.461.09%-3.93%-4.92%-37.97%-37.47%-75.19%-95.36%N/AN/A$2.21$0.3579.00%32.57%1.682,619,0618.77%
CHEK
CHECK-CAP LTD
$2.290.66%1.11%-7.49%4.82%-32.20%69.89%-92.99%-95.58%N/A$4.63$1.2750.59%79.92%0.5622,716-28.59%
NDRA
ENDRA LIFE SCIENCES INC
$0.254.55%2.43%-74.02%-75.20%-73.92%-84.48%-99.50%-99.17%N/A$2.79$0.2290.93%14.48%0.9211,072-68.75%
ULS
UL SOLUTIONS INC
$34.020.38%0.50%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A$35.50$33.154.17%2.62%0.12459,36619.31%
PRPH
PROPHASE LABS INC
$4.71-4.85%-10.46%-25.12%-4.66%4.67%-39.07%-18.37%57.00%137.88%$9.94$4.0552.62%16.30%0.2959,960393.46%
AWH
ASPIRA WOMEN's HEALTH INC
$3.331.43%-4.67%-4.94%-37.11%-31.26%-30.69%-96.39%-83.32%-92.98%$6.75$2.3150.71%44.09%0.9416,905166.14%
OPK
OPKO HEALTH INC
$1.263.28%2.44%24.75%27.92%0.00%-9.35%-70.83%-48.78%-84.41%$2.24$0.8543.75%47.89%1.211,945,283-59.03%
NOTV
INOTIV INC
$4.05-5.59%-6.25%-59.66%23.10%104.55%-24.86%-81.15%105.58%58.82%$11.42$1.6164.53%151.55%1.12328,199-37.26%
VNRX
VOLITIONRX LTD
$0.912.70%48.38%21.87%-14.58%24.35%-42.88%-72.88%-73.12%-64.44%$2.10$0.5556.48%66.18%0.99208,977-56.98%
ISPC
ISPECIMEN INC
$0.27-5.00%-7.64%12.71%-46.80%-55.67%-81.59%N/AN/AN/A$1.89$0.2085.90%33.00%0.74183,23246.47%
GENE
GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES LTD
$2.221.88%-4.27%-18.04%5.76%-96.75%-97.76%-99.46%-99.32%-99.92%$118.00$1.8098.12%23.39%0.6820,122-36.91%
MYGN
MYRIAD GENETICS INC
$18.181.11%-1.73%-15.40%-18.18%27.94%-13.35%-40.00%-42.74%-53.42%$24.21$13.8224.91%31.55%1.37518,695-10.36%
BIAF
BIOAFFINITY TECHNOLOGIES INC
$2.37-1.66%-14.75%13.40%44.51%59.06%16.18%N/AN/AN/A$3.62$0.9634.53%148.17%0.9194,845-15.39%
PMD
PSYCHEMEDICS CORP
$2.550.39%-0.78%-15.00%-19.56%8.05%-52.78%-63.26%-78.17%-83.65%$5.59$2.0654.39%23.79%0.47648-78.38%
ILMN
ILLUMINA INC
$122.281.02%4.13%-8.61%-13.05%9.54%-42.04%-70.94%-61.06%-8.58%$213.91$89.0042.84%37.39%1.10818,737-14.88%
MYNZ
MAINZ BIOMED NV
$0.82-4.55%-9.61%-19.01%-19.80%-59.90%-76.36%N/AN/AN/A$6.00$0.7886.37%4.87%0.69306,582-71.70%
TRIB
TRINITY BIOTECH PLC
$1.830.00%1.39%-9.41%-12.86%-18.49%-64.47%-89.81%-87.16%-98.52%$5.50$1.7966.73%2.23%0.354,235-66.11%
MMA
ALTA GLOBAL GROUP LTD
$3.08-2.53%-1.44%-26.32%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A$5.25$2.8741.33%7.32%-0.092,042-4.89%
CNTG
CENTOGENE NV
$0.491.88%7.24%-29.13%-57.11%-53.61%-64.82%-95.69%N/AN/A$1.98$0.4375.30%13.46%0.416,941-1.60%
TTOO
T2 BIOSYSTEMS INC
$2.843.65%-4.05%-0.70%-32.70%-49.38%-91.39%-99.96%-99.98%N/A$70.00$2.6095.94%9.23%1.09137,643-66.56%

Diagnostic & Research Stocks FAQ

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

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

1. Icon (NASDAQ:ICLR)


Icon (NASDAQ:ICLR) is the top diagnostic & research stock with a Zen Score of 50, which is 22 points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 28. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Icon has seen its stock return 53.48% over the past year, overperforming other diagnostic & research stocks by 54 percentage points.

Icon has an average 1 year price target of $344.38, an upside of 11.7% from Icon's current stock price of $308.31.

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.

2. Fonar (NASDAQ:FONR)


Fonar (NASDAQ:FONR) is the second best diagnostic & research stock with a Zen Score of 47, which is 19 points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 28. It passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Fonar has seen its stock return 6.55% over the past year, overperforming other diagnostic & research stocks by 7 percentage points.

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 18 points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 28. It passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Star Equity Holdings has seen its stock return 25% over the past year, overperforming other diagnostic & research stocks by 26 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 3.07%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 1.38%.

Qiagen Nv's dividend payout ratio of 85.3% 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 2.15%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 1.38%. 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 1.45%, which is the same as the diagnostic & research industry average of 1.38%. 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 60% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are diagnostic & research stocks up?

Diagnostic & research stocks were up 0.75% in the last day, and up 4.09% 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 50 points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Star Equity Holdings's stock has gained 25% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the diagnostic & research industry by 26 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 50 points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Enzo Biochem's stock has dropped -57.49% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the diagnostic & research industry by -57 percentage points.

3. Icon (NASDAQ:ICLR)


Icon (NASDAQ:ICLR) is the third most undervalued diagnostic & research stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Icon has a valuation score of 71, which is 50 points higher than the diagnostic & research industry average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Icon's stock has gained 53.48% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the diagnostic & research industry by 54 percentage points.

Are diagnostic & research stocks a good buy now?

48.94% of diagnostic & research stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect diagnostic & research stocks to rise by 10.85% 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 38.49x.
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