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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 +32.52% 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 45th ranked industry out of 146 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	$569.61M	$103.10	13.55%	$49.70M	153.88x	1.33	United States
MKSI	MKS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$21.84B	$323.41	-1.40%	$894.00M	66.55x	2.11	United States
ST	SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING PLC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$7.33B	$50.38	-0.26%	$537.95M	157.44x	1.39	United Kingdom
CGNX	COGNEX CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$10.99B	$66.01	-1.03%	$246.86M	77.66x	0.36	United States
KEYS	KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$58.16B	$339.13	-2.45%	$1.48B	60.67x	0.85	United States
TRMB	TRIMBLE INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$12.80B	$54.92	0.07%	$833.50M	28.60x	0.60	United States
VPG	VISHAY PRECISION GROUP INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$1.67B	$125.25	-0.53%	$27.64M	278.33x	0.36	United States
GRMN	GARMIN LTD	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$45.58B	$236.35	-0.68%	$2.29B	26.20x	0.18	Switzerland
NOVT	NOVANTA INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$5.67B	$159.33	-1.35%	$149.78M	113.81x	0.37	United States
ESE	ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$7.89B	$304.72	0.65%	$464.76M	25.54x	0.52	United States
ITRI	ITRON INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$3.71B	$83.59	-2.00%	$415.61M	13.12x	1.46	United States
COHR	COHERENT CORP	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$73.75B	$376.95	-0.85%	$1.24B	166.79x	0.59	United States
FTV	FORTIVE CORP	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$18.04B	$59.17	-1.24%	$1.15B	35.43x	0.90	United States
WATT	ENERGOUS CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$151.01M	$27.45	4.10%	-$7.75M	-6.88x	0.07	United States
VNT	VONTIER CORP	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$4.04B	$28.89	-1.13%	$701.20M	10.14x	2.28	United States
TDY	TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$29.38B	$634.06	3.52%	$1.53B	31.73x	0.45	United States
ACFN	ACORN ENERGY INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$42.31M	$16.87	-0.12%	$1.68M	21.35x	0.56	United States
BCHT	BIRCHTECH CORP	NYSEMKT	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$47.35M	$1.80	15.38%	-$2.20M	-12.00x	0.92	United States
BMI	BADGER METER INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$3.64B	$124.74	-0.63%	$209.56M	27.97x	0.41	United States
MIND	MIND TECHNOLOGY INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$62.81M	$6.91	-1.85%	$3.77M	76.78x	0.19	United States
MVIS	MICROVISION INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$210.58M	$0.64	-0.78%	-$76.31M	-1.98x	1.79	United States
WRAP	WRAP TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$78.03M	$1.40	-1.41%	-$14.72M	-4.67x	0.16	United States
BKSY	BLACKSKY TECHNOLOGY INC	NYSE	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$1.92B	$51.63	1.24%	-$38.52M	-20.57x	3.60	United States
ELSE	ELECTRO SENSORS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$27.09M	$7.67	0.00%	$377.00k	95.88x	0.08	United States
SVRE	SAVERONE 2014 LTD	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$0.00	$4.12	1.23%	-$25.48M	-0.01x	0.71	Israel
GNSS	GENASYS INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$97.00M	$2.13	0.95%	-$1.81M	-12.53x	19.35	United States
SOBR	SOBR SAFE INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$3.48M	$1.24	11.71%	-$8.87M	-0.22x	0.43	United States
USBC	USBC INC	NYSEMKT	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$143.61M	$0.37	0.82%	-$89.08M	0.20x	0.21	United States
ODYS	ODYSIGHTAI INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$79.02M	$4.71	-4.66%	-$17.83M	-4.28x	0.16	United States
SOTK	SONO TEK CORP	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$76.37M	$4.86	-8.47%	$2.94M	44.18x	0.34	United States
FCUV	FOCUS UNIVERSAL INC	NASDAQ	Scientific & Technical Instruments	$1.64M	$0.79	6.88%	-$4.81M	-0.12x	0.32	United States

Scientific & Technical Instrument Stocks FAQ

What are the best scientific & technical instrument stocks to buy right now in May 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 31 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is -2 points lower than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 36. 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 0.03% over the past year, underperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by -45 percentage points.

Mesa Laboratories has an average 1 year price target of $94.00, a downside of -8.83% from Mesa Laboratories's current stock price of $103.10.

Mesa Laboratories stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Mesa Laboratories, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI)

Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI) is the #2 top scientific & technical instrument stock out of 31 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 10 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 36.

MKSI passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Mks has seen its stock return 279.19% over the past year, overperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by 234 percentage points.

Mks has an average 1 year price target of $306.85, a downside of -5.12% from Mks's current stock price of $323.41.

Mks stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 13 analysts covering Mks, 69.23% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 15.38% have issued a Buy, 7.69% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 7.69% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Sensata Technologies Holding (NYSE:ST)

Sensata Technologies Holding (NYSE:ST) is the #3 top scientific & technical instrument stock out of 31 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Sensata Technologies Holding (NYSE:ST) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Sensata Technologies Holding (NYSE:ST) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is -5 points lower than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 36. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ST as a "B".

ST passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Sensata Technologies Holding has seen its stock return 91.41% over the past year, overperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by 46 percentage points.

Sensata Technologies Holding has an average 1 year price target of $47.44, a downside of -5.83% from Sensata Technologies Holding's current stock price of $50.38.

Sensata Technologies Holding stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Sensata Technologies Holding, 44.44% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 11.11% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 11.11% 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. Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI)

Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) has an annual dividend yield of 1.28%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.62%. 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 34.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Garmin (NYSE:GRMN)

Garmin (NYSE:GRMN) has an annual dividend yield of 1.14%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.62%. 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 39.9% 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 0.95%, which is the same as the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.62%. 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 150% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are scientific & technical instrument stocks up?

Scientific & technical instrument stocks were up 0.38% in the last day, and up 2.57% over the last week. Sobr Safe was the among the top gainers in the scientific & technical instruments industry, gaining 11.71% yesterday.

Shares of companies within the broader technology sector are trading higher amid an ongoing AI-driven rally and possible influence from Snowflake's recent Q1 financial results. The sector may be seeing strength alongside recent optimism about continued U.S.-Iran negotiations.

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 36 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 21. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vontier's stock has dropped -19.37% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -65 percentage points.

2. Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI)

Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI) 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.

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

Itron's stock has dropped -26.21% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -72 percentage points.

3. Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB)

Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB) 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.

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

Mesa Laboratories's stock has gained 0.03% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -45 percentage points.

Are scientific & technical instrument stocks a good buy now?

60% 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 7.24% over the next year.

4.35% of scientific & technical instrument stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 26.09% of scientific & technical instrument stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.17% are rated C (Hold), 13.04% 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 77.86x.

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Scientific & Technical Instrument Stocks FAQ

1. Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB)

2. Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI)

3. Sensata Technologies Holding (NYSE:ST)

1. Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI)

2. Garmin (NYSE:GRMN)

3. Sensata Technologies Holding (NYSE:ST)

1. Vontier (NYSE:VNT)

2. Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI)

3. Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB)

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