Scientific & Technical Instruments industry stocks

The Scientific & Technical Instruments industry has 33 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Technology sector, with a combined market value of $246.9B. Garmin Ltd. (GRMN) is the largest at $55.2B, followed by Keysight Technologies Inc. and Coherent Corp.. The median Scientific & Technical Instruments stock trades at 28.2× trailing earnings, above the market median of 17.8×, with a median net margin of 1.92% (market: 1.14%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 9.26%. 10 of the 33 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 0.62%.

Scientific & Technical Instruments medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 28.2× 17.8×
P/S 4.5× 1.9×
P/B 3.1× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 24.1× 14.0×
EV/EBITDA 18.3× 10.9×
EV/Sales 4.6× 2.1×
Earnings yield 0.68% 1.54%
Free cash flow yield 1.98% 0.92%
Gross margin 47.2% 46.0%
Operating margin 8.96% 0.00%
Net margin 1.92% 1.14%
Free cash flow margin 10.6% 0.00%
Return on equity 2.66% 1.01%
Return on assets 1.12% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 4.79% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.26% 7.71%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.2% 14.0%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.89% 8.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.0× 0.1×
Current ratio 2.3× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 0.5× 0.6×
Dividend yield 0.62% 2.22%
Payout ratio 0.2× 0.3×
Market cap $549.1M $649.5M

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
GRMN Garmin Ltd. 55.19b 285.13 (0.44%) 27.24 25.58% 13.59% 1.37%
KEYS Keysight Technologies Inc. 44.37b 271.48 4.17% 36.94 19.14% 25.54% —
COHR Coherent Corp. 33.43b 193.35 13.90% 38.25 12.16% 30.84% —
TDY Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 27.24b 617.30 4.32% 28.21 15.75% 8.57% —
FTV Fortive Corporation 19.47b 65.27 (0.23%) 30.73 14.83% 6.98% 0.38%
TRMB Trimble Inc. 12.51b 54.12 0.89% — (4.08%) 6.88% —
MKSI MKS Inc. 11.96b 191.74 8.44% 21.51 12.61% 24.56% 0.51%
CGNX Cognex Corporation 7.99b 47.33 (0.36%) 32.78 21.50% 15.82% 0.72%
ESE ESCO Technologies Inc. 7.00b 230.54 2.10% 18.99 24.39% 34.33% 0.14%
ST Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. 5.61b 39.19 1.74% 15.58 9.53% 4.12% 1.22%
VNT Vontier Corporation 5.39b 41.99 5.24% 17.05 11.28% 0.29% 0.24%
NOVT Novanta Inc. 4.99b 134.44 1.99% 84.55 6.00% 7.61% —
BMI Badger Meter, Inc. 4.56b 157.74 (1.13%) 36.26 14.36% (2.21%) 1.04%
ITRI Itron, Inc. 4.36b 98.16 (1.31%) 15.61 12.05% (3.63%) —
ITRN Ituran Location and Control Ltd. 990.39m 49.80 (0.26%) 15.37 16.28% 15.79% 6.02%
MLAB Mesa Laboratories, Inc. 667.58m 127.18 6.61% 147.88 1.92% 3.04% 0.50%
VPG Vishay Precision Group, Inc. 549.07m 44.35 7.59% — (1.00%) 11.58% —
USBC USBC, INC. 139.70m 0.37 2.78% — 0.00% 148.31% —
LGL LGL Group, Inc. (The) 82.61m 6.64 1.37% — (5.04%) 9.26% —
SOTK Sono-Tek Corporation 68.36m 4.37 0.69% 36.42 9.32% 4.37% —
WRAP Wrap Technologies, Inc. 63.24m 1.16 13.73% — (239.35%) 87.26% —
GNSS Genasys Inc. 59.66m 1.39 6.11% — (10.86%) 86.72% —
ARBE Arbe Robotics Ltd. 52.58m 0.44 7.32% — (2,183.42%) 250.00% —
MVIS Microvision, Inc. 38.82m 1.17 2.63% — (2,230.59%) 90.93% —
ACFN Acorn Energy Inc. 36.46m 14.68 1.03% 16.49 23.04% (23.33%) —
ODYS Odysight.ai Inc. 35.23m 1.77 1.72% — (1,669.72%) (78.30%) —
MIND MIND Technology, Inc. 29.72m 3.37 3.06% — (6.77%) (28.46%) —
ASTC Astrotech Corporation 8.37m 4.20 5.79% — (1,580.18%) (12.96%) —
ARAI Arrive AI Inc. 4.91m 0.10 11.11% — (52,884.48%) — —
AIMD Ainos, Inc. 4.64m 0.69 9.52% — (105,507.30%) (90.96%) —
FCUV Focus Universal, Inc. 2.88m 2.85 (2.73%) — (727.58%) 73.81% —
SVRE SaverOne 2014 Ltd. Sponsored ADR 1.80m 0.84 16.67% — (1,977.77%) — —
SOBR SOBR Safe, Inc. 1.09m 0.05 0.00% — (2,940.82%) 17.72% —

Updated 6 November 2026