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Best Scientific & Technical Instrument Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top scientific & technical instrument stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best scientific & technical instrument stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Scientific & Technical In...

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Scientific & Technical Instruments is Zen Rated B and is the 35th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
MLAB	MESA LABORATORIES INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$558.07M	$101.01	-1.57%	$45.98M	82.80x	1.30	United States
SOTK	SONO TEK CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$85.18M	$5.42	0.56%	$3.28M	41.69x	0.26	United States
MKSI	MKS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$19.68B	$291.31	-6.96%	$894.00M	59.94x	2.11	United States
ST	SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING PLC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$6.74B	$46.33	-2.65%	$554.57M	75.95x	1.23	United Kingdom
TRMB	TRIMBLE INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$13.65B	$58.55	-0.05%	$833.50M	30.49x	0.60	United States
KEYS	KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$57.58B	$336.96	0.28%	$1.62B	54.88x	0.85	United States
CGNX	COGNEX CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$11.21B	$67.38	-4.71%	$246.86M	79.27x	0.36	United States
NOVT	NOVANTA INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$6.18B	$163.32	6.66%	$154.25M	102.72x	0.32	United States
VNT	VONTIER CORP	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$4.94B	$35.28	4.94%	$701.20M	12.38x	2.28	United States
ITRI	ITRON INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$4.50B	$102.82	-2.60%	$419.52M	16.91x	1.46	United States
GRMN	GARMIN LTD	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$58.22B	$301.87	-0.22%	$2.46B	30.96x	0.27	Switzerland
FTV	FORTIVE CORP	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$18.38B	$60.87	-0.77%	$1.12B	35.81x	0.92	United States
ESE	ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$8.50B	$328.03	0.12%	$464.76M	27.50x	0.52	United States
TDY	TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$31.87B	$687.52	0.55%	$1.59B	32.83x	0.40	United States
COHR	COHERENT CORP	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$65.39B	$334.22	1.83%	$1.24B	147.88x	0.59	United States
MIND	MIND TECHNOLOGY INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$46.72M	$5.14	-2.65%	$4.52M	32.13x	0.22	United States
WATT	ENERGOUS CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$98.52M	$17.91	0.17%	-$7.75M	-4.49x	0.07	United States
VPG	VISHAY PRECISION GROUP INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$906.46M	$68.05	-7.49%	$24.95M	226.83x	0.36	United States
BMI	BADGER METER INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$3.98B	$137.17	-1.63%	$204.56M	31.90x	0.46	United States
MVIS	MICROVISION INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$72.07M	$3.26	2.68%	-$76.31M	-0.69x	1.79	United States
WRAP	WRAP TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$108.69M	$1.95	1.04%	-$14.72M	-6.50x	0.16	United States
SOBR	SOBR SAFE INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$1.49M	$0.53	-1.48%	-$8.87M	-0.09x	0.43	United States
BKSY	BLACKSKY TECHNOLOGY INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$1.03B	$27.79	10.37%	-$38.52M	-11.07x	3.60	United States
GNSS	GENASYS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$80.15M	$1.76	1.73%	-$1.81M	-10.35x	19.35	United States
FCUV	FOCUS UNIVERSAL INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$4.25M	$8.21	-19.59%	-$4.81M	-0.30x	0.32	United States
ODYS	ODYSIGHTAI INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$73.82M	$4.40	-0.68%	-$17.83M	-4.00x	0.16	United States
SVRE	SAVERONE 2014 LTD	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$0.00	$3.86	4.04%	-$25.48M	-0.01x	0.71	Israel
USBC	USBC INC	NYSEMKT	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$134.69M	$0.35	-4.67%	-$89.08M	0.19x	0.21	United States
ELSE	ELECTRO SENSORS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$27.34M	$7.74	0.00%	$377.00k	96.75x	0.08	United States
ACFN	ACORN ENERGY INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$47.53M	$18.95	-1.04%	$1.68M	23.99x	0.56	United States

Scientific & Technical Instrument Stocks FAQ

What are the best scientific & technical instrument stocks to buy right now in Aug 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best scientific & technical instrument stocks to buy right now are:

1. Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB)

Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB) is the #1 top scientific & technical instrument stock out of 30 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is -1 points lower than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 37. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MLAB as a "A".

MLAB passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Mesa Laboratories has seen its stock return 62.89% over the past year, overperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by 23 percentage points.

2. Sono Tek (NASDAQ:SOTK)

Sono Tek (NASDAQ:SOTK) is the #2 top scientific & technical instrument stock out of 30 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Sono Tek (NASDAQ:SOTK) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Sono Tek (NASDAQ:SOTK) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 10 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 37.

SOTK passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sono Tek has seen its stock return 62.76% over the past year, overperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by 23 percentage points.

3. Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI)

Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI) is the #3 top scientific & technical instrument stock out of 30 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 12 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 37.

MKSI passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Mks has seen its stock return 225.05% over the past year, overperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by 185 percentage points.

Mks has an average 1 year price target of $411.43, an upside of 41.23% from Mks's current stock price of $291.31.

Mks stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 14 analysts covering Mks, 64.29% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 21.43% have issued a Buy, 7.14% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 7.14% have issued a Strong Sell.

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

Out of 9 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 1.24%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.63%. 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 38.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI)

Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) has an annual dividend yield of 1.17%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.63%. Badger Meter's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Badger Meter's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Badger Meter's dividend payout ratio of 37.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Sensata Technologies Holding (NYSE:ST)

Sensata Technologies Holding (NYSE:ST) has an annual dividend yield of 1.04%, which is the same as the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.63%. Sensata Technologies Holding's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Sensata Technologies Holding's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Sensata Technologies Holding's dividend payout ratio of 78.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are scientific & technical instrument stocks down?

Scientific & technical instrument stocks were down -0.5% in the last day, and up 6.87% over the last week. Cognex was the among the top losers in the scientific & technical instruments industry, dropping -4.71% yesterday.

Cognex shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 adjusted EPS results and issued Q3 guidance above estimates. Also, the company issued FY26 guidance above estimates.

What are the most undervalued scientific & technical instrument stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued scientific & technical instrument stocks right now are:

1. Vontier (NYSE:VNT)

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) is the most undervalued scientific & technical instrument stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Vontier has a valuation score of 57, which is 35 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vontier's stock has dropped -13% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -53 percentage points.

2. Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB)

Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB) is the second most undervalued scientific & technical instrument stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Mesa Laboratories has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mesa Laboratories's stock has gained 62.89% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by 23 percentage points.

3. Sono Tek (NASDAQ:SOTK)

Sono Tek (NASDAQ:SOTK) is the third most undervalued scientific & technical instrument stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Sono Tek has a valuation score of 57, which is 35 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sono Tek's stock has gained 62.76% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by 23 percentage points.

Are scientific & technical instrument stocks a good buy now?

55.56% of scientific & technical instrument stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect scientific & technical instrument stocks to rise by 14.4% over the next year.

13.04% of scientific & technical instrument stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.74% of scientific & technical instrument stocks are rated B (Buy), 39.13% are rated C (Hold), 21.74% are rated D (Sell), and 4.35% are rated F (Strong Sell).

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 65.95x.

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