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Best Scientific & Technical Instrument Stocks to Buy Now (2024)
Top scientific & technical instrument stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best scientific & technical instrument stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the scientific & technical instruments industry.

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Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E
BMI	BADGER METER INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$5.61B	$190.61	-0.88%	$177.85M	49.51x	0.39
GRMN	GARMIN LTD	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$34.63B	$180.17	-0.34%	$1.53B	25.09x	0.27
TDY	TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$19.73B	$421.77	-2.02%	$1.33B	22.63x	0.53
ITRI	ITRON INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$4.35B	$96.74	-1.76%	$314.25M	23.60x	1.63
SOTK	SONO TEK CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$63.79M	$4.05	-2.41%	$2.72M	40.50x	0.41
ESE	ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$2.96B	$114.87	-0.11%	$192.80M	29.61x	0.52
ELSE	ELECTRO SENSORS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$12.86M	$3.75	-1.70%	$397.00k	62.50x	0.05
KEYS	KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$24.84B	$143.11	-2.69%	$1.23B	27.36x	0.78
MKSI	MKS INSTRUMENTS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$7.03B	$104.43	-3.75%	$696.00M	745.93x	2.97
VPG	VISHAY PRECISION GROUP INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$330.44M	$24.93	-3.03%	$51.32M	16.08x	0.42
CGNX	COGNEX CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$6.56B	$38.23	-1.70%	$128.52M	83.11x	0.33
NOVT	NOVANTA INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$6.05B	$168.40	-2.48%	$151.97M	97.34x	0.99
VNT	VONTIER CORP	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$5.00B	$32.55	-1.69%	$707.00M	12.42x	3.16
SOBR	SOBR SAFE INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$3.58M	$0.10	-2.83%	-$8.03M	-0.18x	0.38
FTV	FORTIVE CORP	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$24.76B	$70.67	-2.93%	$1.64B	27.93x	0.65
CPTN	CEPTON INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$48.80M	$3.04	-0.43%	-$25.36M	-1.76x	-0.39
BKSY	BLACKSKY TECHNOLOGY INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$115.55M	$0.78	-12.12%	$28.53M	-4.08x	1.93
LUNA	LUNA INNOVATIONS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$74.37M	$2.19	4.29%	$5.03M	-27.38x	0.75
MLAB	MESA LABORATORIES INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$638.06M	$117.96	-1.67%	-$234.41M	-2.54x	1.92
ST	SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING PLC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$5.31B	$35.19	-2.95%	$512.22M	502.71x	1.72
TRMB	TRIMBLE INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$13.30B	$54.15	-2.92%	$768.60M	42.98x	1.12
COHR	COHERENT CORP	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$10.51B	$68.54	-7.70%	$703.20M	-37.25x	1.26
MVIS	MICROVISION INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$207.64M	$0.98	0.62%	-$85.16M	-2.12x	0.31
GNSS	GENASYS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$134.70M	$3.02	1.68%	-$19.85M	-4.14x	1.09
WATT	ENERGOUS CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$5.37M	$0.79	1.15%	-$19.38M	-0.23x	1.39
FARO	FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$326.18M	$16.73	-2.05%	$5.21M	-21.45x	0.88
SVRE	SAVERONE 2014 LTD	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$3.75M	$0.19	-14.55%	-$30.26M	-0.06x	1.29
MIND	MIND TECHNOLOGY INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$4.55M	$3.24	-0.31%	$3.59M	-1.88x	0.48
WRAP	WRAP TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$64.66M	$1.41	-3.42%	-$29.22M	-1.96x	8.01
FCUV	FOCUS UNIVERSAL INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$24.00M	$0.37	10.45%	-$4.98M	-4.63x	3.19
KNW	KNOW LABS INC	NYSEMKT	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$26.70M	$0.27	-1.47%	-$14.34M	-1.28x	-1.60

Scientific & Technical Instrument Stocks FAQ

What are the best scientific & technical instrument stocks to buy right now in Sep 2024?

According to Zen Score, the 3 best scientific & technical instrument stocks to buy right now are:

1. Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI)

Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) is the top scientific & technical instrument stock with a Zen Score of 57, which is 29 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 28. It passed 23 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Badger Meter has seen its stock return 16.46% over the past year, overperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by 8 percentage points.

Badger Meter has an average 1 year price target of $198.00, an upside of 3.88% from Badger Meter's current stock price of $190.61.

Badger Meter stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Badger Meter, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Garmin (NYSE:GRMN)

Garmin (NYSE:GRMN) is the second best scientific & technical instrument stock with a Zen Score of 55, which is 27 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 28. It passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Garmin has seen its stock return 73.81% over the past year, overperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by 65 percentage points.

Garmin has an average 1 year price target of $175.25, a downside of -2.73% from Garmin's current stock price of $180.17.

Garmin stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Garmin, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 25% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY)

Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) is the third best scientific & technical instrument stock with a Zen Score of 47, which is 19 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 28. It passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Teledyne Technologies has seen its stock return 1.87% over the past year, underperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by -7 percentage points.

Teledyne Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $450.50, an upside of 6.81% from Teledyne Technologies's current stock price of $421.77.

Teledyne Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Teledyne Technologies, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the scientific & technical instrument stocks with highest dividends?

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

1. Garmin (NYSE:GRMN)

Garmin (NYSE:GRMN) has an annual dividend yield of 1.63%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.78%. Garmin's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Garmin's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Garmin's dividend payout ratio of 40.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Sensata Technologies Holding (NYSE:ST)

Sensata Technologies Holding (NYSE:ST) has an annual dividend yield of 1.36%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.78%.

Sensata Technologies Holding's dividend payout ratio of 685.7% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Mks Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI)

Mks Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) has an annual dividend yield of 0.84%, which is the same as the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.78%. Mks Instruments's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Mks Instruments's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Mks Instruments's dividend payout ratio of 628.6% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are scientific & technical instrument stocks down?

Scientific & technical instrument stocks were down -2.07% in the last day, and down -6.24% over the last week. Blacksky Technology was the among the top losers in the scientific & technical instruments industry, dropping -12.12% yesterday.

BlackSky Technology shares are trading higher after BlackSky Geospatial Solutions was named in a NASA Commercial SmallSat Services Award.

What are the most undervalued scientific & technical instrument stocks?

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued scientific & technical instrument stocks right now are:

1. Mks Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI)

Mks Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) is the most undervalued scientific & technical instrument stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Mks Instruments has a valuation score of 43, which is 24 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 19. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mks Instruments's stock has gained 6.67% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -2 percentage points.

2. Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY)

Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY) is the second most undervalued scientific & technical instrument stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Teledyne Technologies has a valuation score of 43, which is 24 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 19. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Teledyne Technologies's stock has gained 1.87% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -7 percentage points.

3. Sobr Safe (NASDAQ:SOBR)

Sobr Safe (NASDAQ:SOBR) is the third most undervalued scientific & technical instrument stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Sobr Safe has a valuation score of 43, which is 24 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 19. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sobr Safe's stock has dropped -92.64% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -101 percentage points.

Are scientific & technical instrument stocks a good buy now?

47.83% of scientific & technical instrument stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect scientific & technical instrument stocks to rise by 13.79% over the next year.

What is the average p/e ratio of the scientific & technical instruments industry?

The average P/E ratio of the scientific & technical instruments industry is 72.02x.

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