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Best Scientific & Technical Instrument Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top scientific & technical instrument stocks in 2025 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...

Overview Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment

Scientific & Technical Instruments is Zen Rated A and is the 29th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Shares	Institutional %	Insider %	Net Insider (L12M)	Net Insider (L3M)
MLAB	MESA LABORATORIES INC	$665.18M	5,433,607	85.74%	14.26%	Net Selling	Net Buying
VNT	VONTIER CORP	$5.48B	147,900,000	96.42%	0.96%	Net Selling	Net Selling
KEYS	KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC	$28.58B	172,810,514	84.50%	1.12%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ESE	ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.74B	25,824,491	95.61%	4.08%	Net Selling	Net Buying
MKSI	MKS INSTRUMENTS INC	$6.08B	67,072,198	70.76%	29.24%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MIND	MIND TECHNOLOGY INC	$53.95M	7,969,421	33.53%	26.94%
ITRI	ITRON INC	$5.23B	45,588,071	82.83%	17.17%	Net Selling	Net Selling
COHR	COHERENT CORP	$12.22B	155,440,611	89.88%	10.12%	Net Buying	Net Selling
ST	SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING PLC	$3.97B	146,290,196	43.85%	56.15%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TDY	TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC	$23.39B	46,859,346	90.14%	5.10%	Net Selling	Net Selling
NOVT	NOVANTA INC	$4.72B	35,970,832	75.81%	24.19%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BMI	BADGER METER INC	$7.22B	29,453,307	91.55%	4.30%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GRMN	GARMIN LTD	$39.52B	192,541,456	49.05%	50.95%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TRMB	TRIMBLE INC	$17.15B	238,586,919	91.12%	1.19%	Net Buying	Net Selling
FTV	FORTIVE CORP	$24.88B	339,882,279	86.70%	13.30%	Net Selling	Net Selling
WRAP	WRAP TECHNOLOGIES INC	$75.36M	50,577,168	8.72%	43.89%	Net Buying	Net Buying
CGNX	COGNEX CORP	$5.30B	167,864,778	89.87%	3.77%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BKSY	BLACKSKY TECHNOLOGY INC	$374.45M	31,652,390	30.20%	69.80%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SOBR	SOBR SAFE INC	$4.76M	1,516,145	0.29%	99.71%	Net Selling
VPG	VISHAY PRECISION GROUP INC	$355.16M	13,257,340	70.27%	29.73%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GNSS	GENASYS INC	$76.31M	45,154,504	33.45%	66.55%	Net Buying
MVIS	MICROVISION INC	$279.17M	249,261,553	27.11%	11.41%	Net Selling
SVRE	SAVERONE 2014 LTD	$6.21M	415,103,076	0.02%	0.00%
KNW	KNOW LABS INC	$3.53M	7,500,000	0.11%	99.89%	Net Buying	Net Buying
WATT	ENERGOUS CORP	$9.15M	34,136,303	1.91%	33.85%
ODYS	ODYSIGHTAI INC	$88.60M	16,316,455	30.62%	48.38%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SOTK	SONO TEK CORP	$60.48M	15,751,153	7.04%	24.14%	Net Selling
FCUV	FOCUS UNIVERSAL INC	$29.35M	7,124,013	1.90%	98.10%	Net Buying
ELSE	ELECTRO SENSORS INC	$13.11M	3,449,021	6.33%	93.67%
FARO	FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC	$812.89M	19,226,240	89.79%	10.21%	Net Selling	Net Selling

Scientific & Technical Instrument Stocks FAQ

What are the best scientific & technical instrument stocks to buy right now in May 2025?

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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Mesa Laboratories (NASDAQ:MLAB) has a Due Diligence Score of 23, which is -7 points lower than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MLAB as a "A".

MLAB passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Mesa Laboratories has seen its stock return 1.5% over the past year, underperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by -8 percentage points.

2. Vontier (NYSE:VNT)

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) is the #2 top scientific & technical instrument stock out of 30 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 Vontier (NYSE:VNT) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: A, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is 1 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 30.

VNT passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Vontier has seen its stock lose -7.67% over the past year, underperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by -17 percentage points.

Vontier has an average 1 year price target of $43.50, an upside of 17.35% from Vontier's current stock price of $37.07.

Vontier stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Vontier, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS)

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) is the #3 top scientific & technical instrument stock out of 30 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 Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 7 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 30.

KEYS passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Keysight Technologies has seen its stock return 5.5% over the past year, underperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by -4 percentage points.

Keysight Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $182.13, an upside of 10.11% from Keysight Technologies's current stock price of $165.40.

Keysight Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Keysight Technologies, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 12.5% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 12.5% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% 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 1.46%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.71%. 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 39.2% 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 1.32%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.71%.

Sensata Technologies Holding's dividend payout ratio of 43.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX)

Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) has an annual dividend yield of 1%, which is the same as the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.71%. Cognex's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Cognex's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cognex's dividend payout ratio of 44.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are scientific & technical instrument stocks up?

Scientific & technical instrument stocks were up 0.65% in the last day, and up 5.08% 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 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 29, which is 14 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 15. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vontier's stock has dropped -7.67% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -17 percentage points.

2. Mks Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI)

Mks Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) is the second 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.

Mks Instruments has a valuation score of 43, which is 28 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 15. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mks Instruments's stock has dropped -29.25% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -38 percentage points.

3. Fortive (NYSE:FTV)

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

Fortive has a valuation score of 29, which is 14 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 15. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fortive's stock has dropped -5.35% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -14 percentage points.

Are scientific & technical instrument stocks a good buy now?

55% 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 11.58% over the next year.

4.55% of scientific & technical instrument stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 22.73% of scientific & technical instrument stocks are rated B (Buy), 63.64% are rated C (Hold), 9.09% are rated D (Sell), and 0% 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 2.38x.

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