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Best Scientific & Technical Instrument Stocks to Buy Now (2022)
Top scientific & technical instrument stocks in 2022 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
GRMN	GARMIN LTD	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$17.46B	$91.08	0.47%	$1.21B	18.14x	0.30
KEYS	KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$31.58B	$176.62	0.33%	$1.56B	29.00x	1.00
SOTK	SONO TEK CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$85.93M	$5.46	-2.33%	$2.10M	68.25x	0.31
LUNA	LUNA INNOVATIONS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$212.93M	$6.46	1.73%	$14.57M	20.19x	0.65
MKSI	MKS INSTRUMENTS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$5.39B	$81.08	-0.41%	$792.90M	10.52x	1.74
WATT	ENERGOUS CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$78.86M	$1.01	-0.98%	-$29.29M	-2.59x	0.18
VNT	VONTIER CORP	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$3.09B	$19.58	0.93%	$749.80M	7.25x	7.57
VPG	VISHAY PRECISION GROUP INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$548.78M	$40.43	0.27%	$58.82M	16.57x	0.59
NOVT	NOVANTA INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$5.69B	$159.52	0.45%	$153.66M	78.20x	1.23
TDY	TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$19.69B	$420.17	0.05%	$1.30B	26.97x	0.80
ST	SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING PLC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$6.92B	$45.26	0.51%	$836.44M	22.86x	1.84
ESE	ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$2.48B	$95.97	1.44%	$142.97M	34.77x	0.61
AATC	AUTOSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$26.98M	$4.99	-0.74%	$1.38M	55.44x	0.17
CGNX	COGNEX CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$8.46B	$48.94	-0.47%	$268.92M	39.47x	0.37
FTV	FORTIVE CORP	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$24.08B	$68.07	0.27%	$1.34B	35.27x	0.69
VLDR	VELODYNE LIDAR INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$242.34M	$1.02	0.00%	-$160.91M	-1.21x	0.33
WRAP	WRAP TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$98.70M	$2.40	-2.83%	-$18.50M	-5.22x	0.09
TRMB	TRIMBLE INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$14.44B	$58.54	-0.29%	$830.90M	30.49x	0.84
ITRI	ITRON INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$2.41B	$53.32	1.08%	-$43.56M	-26.27x	1.10
ELSE	ELECTRO SENSORS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$16.64M	$4.89	-2.00%	$111.00k	489.00x	0.07
MVIS	MICROVISION INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$499.77M	$3.01	-0.99%	-$50.39M	-9.41x	0.28
FARO	FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$594.01M	$31.63	-0.88%	-$2.94M	-10.24x	0.49
MLAB	MESA LABORATORIES INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$941.04M	$176.33	1.46%	$32.48M	-235.11x	0.75
BKSY	BLACKSKY TECHNOLOGY INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$206.32M	$1.70	-2.30%	-$17.99M	4.05x	0.83
GNSS	GENASYS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$116.74M	$3.19	1.92%	$1.23M	-63.80x	0.33
SOBR	SOBR SAFE INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$17.56M	$1.21	3.88%	-$8.41M	-0.57x	0.32
FCUV	FOCUS UNIVERSAL INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$514.95M	$11.83	-1.17%	-$4.43M	-118.30x	0.29
COHR	COHERENT CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$5.11B	$36.82	-0.71%	$675.67M	78.34x	1.33
ZEPP	ZEPP HEALTH CORP	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$53.01M	$1.23	1.49%	N/A	-3.11x	1.10
BNSO	BONSO ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$19.97M	$3.43	1.21%	-$1.21M	-6.01x	0.55
SVRE	SAVERONE 2014 LTD	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$5.76M	$1.27	-6.96%	-$23.62M	-0.09x	0.31
MIND	MIND TECHNOLOGY INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$6.34M	$0.46	3.37%	-$10.60M	-0.39x	0.39
SLNH	SOLUNA HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$13.98M	$0.80	0.50%	-$39.14M	-0.15x	0.62
SATL	SATELLOGIC INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$404.49M	$4.46	-2.41%	-$94.90M	-0.19x	-1.22
SMIT	SCHMITT INDUSTRIES INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$4.14M	$1.07	7.11%	-$2.78M	-1.24x	36.74

Scientific & Technical Instrument Stocks FAQ

What are the best scientific & technical instrument stocks to buy right now in Nov 2022?

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

1. Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS)

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) is the top scientific & technical instrument stock with a Zen Score of 50, which is 20 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 30. It passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Keysight Technologies has seen its stock lose -7.71% over the past year, overperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by 15 percentage points.

Keysight Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $194.40, an upside of 10.07% from Keysight Technologies's current stock price of $176.62.

Keysight Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Keysight Technologies, 63.64% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 9.09% have issued a Buy, 27.27% 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 50, which is 20 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 30. It passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Garmin has seen its stock lose -34.66% over the past year, underperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by -12 percentage points.

Garmin has an average 1 year price target of $123.67, an upside of 35.78% from Garmin's current stock price of $91.08.

Garmin stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Garmin, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Sono Tek (NASDAQ:SOTK)

Sono Tek (NASDAQ:SOTK) is the third best scientific & technical instrument stock with a Zen Score of 49, which is 19 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 30. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Sono Tek has seen its stock lose -9% over the past year, overperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by 13 percentage points.

Sono Tek has an average 1 year price target of $8.00, an upside of 46.52% from Sono Tek's current stock price of $5.46.

Sono Tek stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Sono Tek, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% 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 10 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. Zepp Health (NYSE:ZEPP)

Zepp Health (NYSE:ZEPP) has an annual dividend yield of 8.14%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 2.23%.

Zepp Health's dividend payout ratio of -25.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Autoscope Technologies (NASDAQ:AATC)

Autoscope Technologies (NASDAQ:AATC) has an annual dividend yield of 7.21%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 2.23%.

Autoscope Technologies's dividend payout ratio of 533.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Garmin (NYSE:GRMN)

Garmin (NYSE:GRMN) has an annual dividend yield of 3.07%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 2.23%. 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 55.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are scientific & technical instrument stocks up?

Scientific & technical instrument stocks were up 0.33% in the last day, and up 2.04% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why scientific & technical instrument stocks are up.

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 86, which is 58 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 28. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mks Instruments's stock has dropped -47.7% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -25 percentage points.

2. Vontier (NYSE:VNT)

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) is the second most undervalued scientific & technical instrument stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Vontier has a valuation score of 57, which is 29 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 28. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vontier's stock has dropped -39.7% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -17 percentage points.

3. Luna Innovations (NASDAQ:LUNA)

Luna Innovations (NASDAQ:LUNA) is the third most undervalued scientific & technical instrument stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Luna Innovations has a valuation score of 57, which is 29 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 28. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Luna Innovations's stock has dropped -24.44% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -2 percentage points.

Are scientific & technical instrument stocks a good buy now?

44% of scientific & technical instrument stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect scientific & technical instrument stocks to rise by 20.07% 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 27.85x.

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