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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)
MKSI	MKS INC	$10.94B	67,169,474	71.31%	28.69%	Net Selling	Net Selling
KEYS	KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC	$36.17B	171,856,249	88.65%	1.13%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MIND	MIND TECHNOLOGY INC	$81.61M	7,969,421	15.43%	26.94%
VPG	VISHAY PRECISION GROUP INC	$518.02M	13,279,084	71.53%	28.47%	Net Selling
ESE	ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC	$5.06B	25,846,125	96.02%	3.98%	Net Selling	Net Selling
TRMB	TRIMBLE INC	$19.87B	237,920,962	95.47%	1.15%	Net Selling	Net Selling
MLAB	MESA LABORATORIES INC	$428.70M	5,522,299	84.86%	15.14%	Net Buying
ST	SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING PLC	$4.89B	145,678,735	44.41%	55.59%	Net Selling	Net Selling
COHR	COHERENT CORP	$28.57B	157,153,611	90.14%	9.86%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ITRI	ITRON INC	$4.48B	45,801,371	84.42%	15.58%	Net Selling	Net Selling
CGNX	COGNEX CORP	$6.44B	167,598,049	95.49%	3.77%	Net Selling	Net Buying
VNT	VONTIER CORP	$5.25B	145,100,000	98.15%	1.01%	Net Selling	Net Buying
GRMN	GARMIN LTD	$39.16B	192,334,806	47.97%	52.03%	Net Selling
FTV	FORTIVE CORP	$17.07B	317,611,636	86.22%	13.78%	Net Selling	Net Selling
ACFN	ACORN ENERGY INC	$37.57M	2,504,626	0.59%	99.41%	Net Buying
TDY	TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC	$24.52B	46,950,987	92.74%	5.05%	Net Selling	Net Selling
BMI	BADGER METER INC	$5.31B	29,469,785	95.57%	4.29%	Net Selling
WRAP	WRAP TECHNOLOGIES INC	$143.82M	51,549,094	9.93%	42.88%	Net Buying
WATT	ENERGOUS CORP	$13.62M	2,175,137	1.74%	98.26%	Net Buying
NOVT	NOVANTA INC	$4.15B	35,775,123	75.66%	24.34%	Net Selling
MVIS	MICROVISION INC	$280.97M	305,397,269	27.67%	9.70%	Net Selling	Net Selling
GNSS	GENASYS INC	$106.11M	45,154,504	46.08%	53.92%	Net Buying
USBC	USBC INC	$6.37M	7,497,948	0.35%	99.65%	Net Buying
BKSY	BLACKSKY TECHNOLOGY INC	$658.30M	35,992,596	35.32%	64.68%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SOBR	SOBR SAFE INC	$3.03M	1,516,255	0.38%	99.62%
ELSE	ELECTRO SENSORS INC	$15.87M	3,480,521	6.33%	93.67%
FCUV	FOCUS UNIVERSAL INC	$27.26M	7,386,705	1.60%	98.40%	Net Buying	Net Buying
SVRE	SAVERONE 2014 LTD	$44.03M	3,741,252,546	0.00%	0.00%
ODYS	ODYSIGHTAI INC	$55.44M	16,355,243	31.54%	47.48%	Net Selling	Net Selling
SOTK	SONO TEK CORP	$59.84M	15,707,062	6.88%	24.06%	Net Selling	Net Selling

Scientific & Technical Instrument Stocks FAQ

What are the best scientific & technical instrument stocks to buy right now in Dec 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. Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI)

Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI) 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 Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 4 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 32.

MKSI passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Mks has seen its stock return 43.72% over the past year, overperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by 44 percentage points.

Mks has an average 1 year price target of $152.11, a downside of -6.65% from Mks's current stock price of $162.94.

Mks stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Mks, 55.56% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 22.22% have issued a Buy, 11.11% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 11.11% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS)

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Keysight Technologies (NYSE:KEYS) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 5 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 32.

KEYS passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Keysight Technologies has seen its stock return 24.09% over the past year, overperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by 24 percentage points.

Keysight Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $215.11, an upside of 2.2% from Keysight Technologies's current stock price of $210.49.

Keysight Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Keysight Technologies, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 11.11% have issued a Buy, 22.22% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Mind Technology (NASDAQ:MIND)

Mind Technology (NASDAQ:MIND) 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 Mind Technology (NASDAQ:MIND) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: D.

Mind Technology (NASDAQ:MIND) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 9 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 32.

MIND passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Mind Technology has seen its stock return 163.24% over the past year, overperforming other scientific & technical instrument stocks by 164 percentage points.

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 1.18%, which is the same as the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.69%. 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 40.4% 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 1.07%, which is the same as the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.69%.

Sensata Technologies Holding's dividend payout ratio of -240% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX)

Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) has an annual dividend yield of 0.85%, which is the same as the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 0.69%. 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 48.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are scientific & technical instrument stocks up?

Scientific & technical instrument stocks were up 0.27% in the last day, and up 2.79% over the last week. Coherent was the among the top gainers in the scientific & technical instruments industry, gaining 2.5% yesterday.

Coherent shares are trading higher after JP Morgan raised the price target from $180 to $215.

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 7 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 22. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vontier's stock has dropped -6% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -6 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 21 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Itron's stock has dropped -15.48% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by -15 percentage points.

3. Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI)

Mks (NASDAQ:MKSI) 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.

Mks has a valuation score of 29, which is 7 points higher than the scientific & technical instrument industry average of 22. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mks's stock has gained 43.72% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the scientific & technical instrument industry by 44 percentage points.

Are scientific & technical instrument stocks a good buy now?

38.89% 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 15.67% over the next year.

8.33% of scientific & technical instrument stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 33.33% of scientific & technical instrument stocks are rated B (Buy), 50% are rated C (Hold), 4.17% are rated D (Sell), and 4.17% 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 61.87x.

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