Scientific & Technical Instruments: Garmin Ltd. owns the largest revenue base; ESCO Technologies Inc. has the fastest current growth.
The industry itself · before any single company
How has Scientific & Technical Instruments moved against S&P 500?
The line below covers 5.2 years. Over the most recent two of them this industry is 29% ahead of S&P 500. Earnings across its companies grew 10% on average over the last four reported quarters.
FADING · −1 in 4w✓Price and the fundamentals both up5 of 17 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months
Scientific & Technical Instruments, equal-weighted, based at 200S&P 500, same base, same starttrailing 12-month earnings per share risingfalling
Strength anatomyNarrowHow much of the industry is participating, how recently, and whether the movers score well.
Together5 of 17 stocks moving
Fresh0 crossed in the last 4 weeks
Backed by scoresmovers score +2 vs the industry average
Down the cap ladder — bar is now, tick is four weeks ago
Large0/4−1
Mid3/60
Small2/70
Participation is spreading downward — the mid and small companies added more this month than the large ones did.
Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 17 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the industry taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.
Sector relative strength · before individual stocks
Is Scientific & Technical Instruments outperforming S&P 500?
Scientific & Technical Instruments has outperformed S&P 500 by 5.8% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a shortfall of 1.6%. 13 of 19 covered companies currently beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. is the strongest against the sector itself at +48.7%.
-1.6%Sector vs S&P 500 · 13 weeks
+5.8%Sector vs S&P 500 · 52 weeks
13/19Stocks leading S&P 500
10/19Stocks leading sector
Sector metric: — as of latest available · unclassified · direction unavailable.
The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.
Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.
Bottom line
Scientific & Technical Instruments has outperformed S&P 500 by 5.8% over 52 weeks and 1.6% over 13 weeks. 13 of 19 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 10 of 19 beat the sector itself. Garmin Ltd. leads with revenue of $7,464 million, based on 11 of 19 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Is the Scientific & Technical Instruments sector outperforming S&P 500?
Scientific & Technical Instruments has outperformed S&P 500 by 5.8% over 52 weeks and 1.6% over 13 weeks. 13 of 19 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 10 of 19 beat the sector itself.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company is largest by revenue?
Garmin Ltd. leads with revenue of $7,464 million, based on 11 of 19 comparable companies through Mar 2026.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company is growing fastest?
ESCO Technologies Inc. has the fastest current revenue growth at 30.7%, across 10 of 19 comparable companies.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?
Keysight Technologies, Inc. ranks first at 67.8/100 with 86.2% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company reports the most CAPEX?
Coherent Corp. reports the largest latest CAPEX at $290 million, with 19 of 19 companies comparable.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company has the least gross debt?
Badger Meter, Inc. has the lowest comparable gross debt at $0 million. MKS Inc. has the highest at $4,292 million.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company has the lowest comparable PEG?
Sensata Technologies Holding plc has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.3, among 7 of 19 companies that pass the metric’s comparability rules.
How much history does this Scientific & Technical Instruments comparison include?
The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, CAPEX, debt and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.
How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?
The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.
Companies
19
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
$277.8B
Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Revenue growing
7/10
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating S&P 500
13/19
positive Mansfield relative strength
Global company selection
00 · research priority, made explicit
4-Factor Sector Score
An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 86.2% evidence confidence.
Sensata Technologies Holding plc looks inexpensive relative to peers or its own history, but its earnings trajectory has not yet earned the valuation signal.
Ituran Location and Control Ltd. has stronger price confirmation than earnings confirmation; that is a research prompt, not permission to chase.
Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is guarded: positive earnings, positive 5–60% three-year EPS growth, and a positive P/E are required.
Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
17.1/35Growth & earnings
Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change —
2% evidence
13.5/25Capital efficiency
ROCE — · debt/equity 0×
26% evidence
11.5/20Valuation
P/E 0.9× · PEG —
15% evidence
3.5/20Relative strength
RS sector -58% · RS bench -55% · 1Y -88.1%
70% evidence
01 · compare level, then change
Revenue Scale & Growth Durability
Garmin Ltd. has the highest Revenue among the 19 Scientific & Technical Instruments companies compared here, at $7,464 million. Coherent Corp. is next at $6,602 million. ESCO Technologies Inc. has the highest Revenue growth at 30.7%, so level and change sit with different companies. 11 of 19 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Garmin Ltd. is the scale leader at $7,464 million, 13.1% ahead of Coherent Corp.. ESCO Technologies Inc.'s growth is 30.7% from a $1,248 million base, with 19 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.
LeaderGarmin Ltd. · $7,464 million
Gap13.1% versus #2 · Coherent Corp.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage11/19 companies · 346 observations
Investor read: Garmin Ltd. is the scale benchmark; ESCO Technologies Inc. is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.
This conclusion weakens if: Garmin Ltd.'s growth falls below ESCO Technologies Inc.'s for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.
Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Revenuelargest
1Garmin Ltd. GRMN$7.5B
2Coherent Corp. COHR$6.6B
3Keysight Technologies, Inc. KEYS$6.1B
4MKS Inc. MKSI$4.1B
5Sensata Technologies Holding plc ST$3.7B
Revenue growthfastest growers
1ESCO Technologies Inc. ESE31%
2Keysight Technologies, Inc. KEYS19%
3Coherent Corp. COHR18%
4Garmin Ltd. GRMN16%
5MKS Inc. MKSI12%
Revenue · company comparison
11/19 level · 10/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Garmin Ltd. has the highest OPM among the 19 Scientific & Technical Instruments companies compared here, at 24.6%. Keysight Technologies, Inc. is next at 23.7%. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has the highest Margin change at +7.9 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 17 of 19 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Garmin Ltd. leads opm at 24.6%; Keysight Technologies, Inc. leads margin change at +7.9 percentage points.
LeaderGarmin Ltd. · 24.6%
Gap3.8% versus #2 · Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Persistence7/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage17/19 companies · 314 observations
Investor read: Garmin Ltd. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.
Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
OPMhighest
1Garmin Ltd. GRMN25%
2Keysight Technologies, Inc. KEYS24%
3Cognex Corporation CGNX22%
4Ituran Location and Control Ltd. ITRN22%
5Teledyne Technologies Incorporated TDY19%
Margin changefastest expanders
1Keysight Technologies, Inc. KEYS+7.9 pp
2Coherent Corp. COHR+6.3 pp
3Cognex Corporation CGNX+4.9 pp
4Novanta Inc. NOVT+4.5 pp
5Trimble Inc. TRMB+3.7 pp
Operating margin · company comparison
17/19 level · 18/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 18 companies with a series here. The remaining 6 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 18 companies with a series here. The remaining 6 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Garmin Ltd. has the highest Net profit among the 19 Scientific & Technical Instruments companies compared here, at $1,737 million. Keysight Technologies, Inc. is next at $1,073 million. Coherent Corp. has the highest Profit growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies.
What the numbers say: Garmin Ltd. leads with $1,737 million of TTM profit, 61.9% above Keysight Technologies, Inc.. Coherent Corp. shows ≥100% on the scoring scale (469.5% uncapped) growth from a $467 million profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.
LeaderGarmin Ltd. · $1,737 million
Gap61.9% versus #2 · Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Persistence7/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage11/19 companies · 349 observations
Investor read: Garmin Ltd. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.
Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
1Garmin Ltd. GRMN$1.7B
2Keysight Technologies, Inc. KEYS$1.1B
3Coherent Corp. COHR$467M
4Trimble Inc. TRMB$457M
5MKS Inc. MKSI$327M
Profit growthfastest growers
1Coherent Corp. COHR100%
2Keysight Technologies, Inc. KEYS45%
3MKS Inc. MKSI43%
4Garmin Ltd. GRMN18%
5ESCO Technologies Inc. ESE17%
Net profit · company comparison
11/19 level · 8/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 17 companies with a series here. The remaining 5 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Coherent Corp. has the highest CAPEX among the 19 Scientific & Technical Instruments companies compared here, at $290 million. Garmin Ltd. is next at $67 million. The same company also holds the highest CAPEX intensity, at 16.1%. 19 of 19 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Coherent Corp. reports $290 million of CAPEX; Coherent Corp. has the highest covered intensity at 16.1%. Coverage is only 19 of 19 companies and 338 reported observations, so this is partial evidence—not a complete sector rank.
LeaderCoherent Corp. · $290 million
Gap332.8% versus #2 · Garmin Ltd.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage19/19 companies · 338 observations
Investor read: Use the CAPEX rank as a diligence queue. Verify commissioning, utilization, cash conversion and post-investment ROCE before treating spend as value creation.
This conclusion weakens if: CAPEX rises without higher utilization, operating cash flow or incremental returns.
CAPEX is cash spent on property, plant, equipment and other reported capital assets. CAPEX intensity divides that spend by revenue; high intensity is a reinvestment signal, not proof that the reinvestment will earn attractive returns.
CAPEXlargest spenders
1Coherent Corp. COHR$290M
2Garmin Ltd. GRMN$67M
3Teledyne Technologies Incorporated TDY$31M
4Keysight Technologies, Inc. KEYS$29M
5Fortive Corporation FTV$27M
CAPEX intensityhighest reinvestment intensity
1Coherent Corp. COHR16%
2Ituran Location and Control Ltd. ITRN4.9%
3Garmin Ltd. GRMN3.8%
4Vishay Precision Group, Inc. VPG3.6%
5Vontier Corporation VNT2.9%
Capital expenditure · company comparison
19/19 level · 19/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Capacity base is net fixed assets plus capital work in progress, straight off the reported balance sheet. It is not cash spent, so it answers a narrower question than CAPEX — but it is reported for companies whose cash-flow CAPEX is not published, which is why it leads here. Missing years remain blank; annual values are never relabelled as quarters.
Full annual capacity base, operating cash flow, CAPEX and free cash flow history
Capacity base · net fixed assets + CWIP · fiscal-year history
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Badger Meter, Inc. has the lowest Gross debt among the 19 Scientific & Technical Instruments companies compared here, at $0 million. Garmin Ltd. has the lowest Net debt at $2,533 million net cash, so level and change sit with different companies. 19 of 19 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.
What the numbers say: Garmin Ltd. has the clearest covered balance-sheet capacity with $2,533 million net cash and gross debt of $168 million. Absolute debt alone does not identify the strongest balance sheet because company scale differs; net debt and debt-to-equity carry more information.
LeaderBadger Meter, Inc. · $0 million
Gapnull versus #2 · USBC, Inc.
Persistence8/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage19/19 companies · 353 observations
Investor read: Prioritize net-cash capacity and leverage relative to operating scale, not the smallest absolute rupee debt.
This conclusion weakens if: Net debt rises faster than revenue and profit for two consecutive reported periods.
Gross debt shows contractual borrowings. Net debt subtracts reported cash; a negative value means net cash. Lower debt can create capacity, but should be read against the scale and capital intensity of the business.
Gross debtlowest gross debt
1Badger Meter, Inc. BMI$0M
2USBC, Inc. USBC · older report$0M
3Ituran Location and Control Ltd. ITRN$4M
4Vishay Precision Group, Inc. VPG$44M
5MicroVision, Inc. MVIS$53M
Net debtlowest net debt
1Garmin Ltd. GRMN$-2.5B
2Cognex Corporation CGNX$-223M
3Ituran Location and Control Ltd. ITRN$-104M
4Novanta Inc. NOVT$-101M
5Badger Meter, Inc. BMI$-96M
Debt and balance-sheet capacity · company comparison
19/19 level · 19/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Ituran Location and Control Ltd. has the highest ROCE among the 19 Scientific & Technical Instruments companies compared here, at 8.6%. Badger Meter, Inc. is next at 4.8%. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has the highest ROCE change at +1.9 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. Its ROCE series carries 19 reported observations across the 20-quarter window.
What the numbers say: Ituran Location and Control Ltd. leads ROCE at 8.6%, 3.8 percentage points above Badger Meter, Inc.. Keysight Technologies, Inc. has the strongest latest improvement at +1.9 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.
LeaderIturan Location and Control Ltd. · 8.6%
Gap79.2% versus #2 · Badger Meter, Inc.
Persistence1/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage18/19 companies · 328 observations
Investor read: Ituran Location and Control Ltd. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.
ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
ROCEhighest
1Ituran Location and Control Ltd. ITRN8.6%
2Badger Meter, Inc. BMI4.8%
3Garmin Ltd. GRMN4.8%
4Keysight Technologies, Inc. KEYS4.5%
5Vontier Corporation VNT3.6%
ROCE changefastest improvers
1Keysight Technologies, Inc. KEYS+1.9 pp
2Cognex Corporation CGNX+1.0 pp
3Coherent Corp. COHR+0.9 pp
4Novanta Inc. NOVT+0.8 pp
5Ituran Location and Control Ltd. ITRN+0.7 pp
Return on capital · company comparison
18/19 level · 18/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 18 companies with a series here. The remaining 6 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 18 companies with a series here. The remaining 6 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Sensata Technologies Holding plc has the lowest Guarded PEG among the 19 Scientific & Technical Instruments companies compared here, at 0.3×. Itron, Inc. is next at 0.99×. USBC, Inc. has the lowest P/E at 0.95×, so level and change sit with different companies. 7 of 19 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Sensata Technologies Holding plc has the lowest comparable Guarded PEG at 0.3×, 69.7% below Itron, Inc.. Only 7 of 19 companies pass the guard, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.
LeaderSensata Technologies Holding plc · 0.3×
Gap69.7% versus #2 · Itron, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage7/19 companies · 70 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.
PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data sources reconciled. A missing PEG is more honest than a low-base fiction.
Guarded PEGlowest PEG
1Sensata Technologies Holding plc ST0.3
2Itron, Inc. ITRI1.0
3MKS Inc. MKSI1.1
4Keysight Technologies, Inc. KEYS1.4
5Garmin Ltd. GRMN1.4
P/Elowest P/E
1USBC, Inc. USBC · older report1.0
2Vontier Corporation VNT12.5
3Itron, Inc. ITRI14.3
4Ituran Location and Control Ltd. ITRN16.2
5Garmin Ltd. GRMN25.7
Valuation · company comparison
7/19 level · 18/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 18 companies with a series here. The remaining 6 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Ituran Location and Control Ltd. has the lowest EV/EBITDA among the 19 Scientific & Technical Instruments companies compared here, at 8.77×. Vontier Corporation is next at 9.25×. Vishay Precision Group, Inc. has the lowest P/BV at 1.78×, so level and change sit with different companies. 18 of 19 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.
What the numbers say: Ituran Location and Control Ltd. leads ev/ebitda at 8.77×; Vishay Precision Group, Inc. leads p/bv at 1.78×.
LeaderIturan Location and Control Ltd. · 8.77×
Gap5.2% versus #2 · Vontier Corporation
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage18/19 companies · 315 observations
Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.
This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/bv signal.
EV/EBITDA includes debt in enterprise value and is useful across different capital structures. P/BV prices the company against its own book. Both are market multiples on reported figures, not intrinsic-value estimates and not forecasts.
EV/EBITDAlowest EV/EBITDA
1Ituran Location and Control Ltd. ITRN8.8
2Vontier Corporation VNT9.3
3Itron, Inc. ITRI13.5
4Fortive Corporation FTV14.6
5Mesa Laboratories, Inc. MLAB14.7
P/BVlowest P/BV
1Vishay Precision Group, Inc. VPG1.8
2Sensata Technologies Holding plc ST1.8
3Itron, Inc. ITRI2.5
4Teledyne Technologies Incorporated TDY2.6
5Mesa Laboratories, Inc. MLAB2.6
Enterprise and book valuation · company comparison
18/19 level · 19/19 change
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All-company data · latest reported quarter
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Showing the 12 largest of 18 companies with a series here. The remaining 6 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Showing the 12 largest of 19 companies with a series here. The remaining 7 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. has the strongest one-year price move in Scientific & Technical Instruments at +256.1%. It also leads on Mansfield relative strength against the S&P 500 at +51.7%. 13 of 19 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 314 weekly closes through 2026-07-28.
Every price line is indexed to 100 over the chosen window. Mansfield relative strength compares a price ratio with its own 52-week average; zero separates leadership from lagging.
Price and relative strength
Price is rebased to 100 inside the selected window. Pair ratio rebases each selected company against one chosen denominator.
Before the conclusion · check the blind spots
What can make this comparison misleading?
This Scientific & Technical Instruments comparison names 5 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. 1 of the 19 companies reports on an older date than the sector's freshest reporters, so its rank is marked stale. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.
Keep these limits visible
A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
1 company has an older fundamental reporting date than the sector’s freshest reporters; its rank carries a stale marker.
10 · the complete set
Which companies are included?
All 19 companies in the canonical Scientific & Technical Instruments membership are listed below, largest market value first — nothing is silently dropped, even where a company reports too little to rank. The charts above default to a selective view; this register is the complete set, with each company's own latest reporting date beside it.
AHEAD means the company is beating the index by 5% or more over three months. LAGGING, FUNDAMENTALS UP means it is 20% or more behind over a year while its trailing twelve-month earnings grew 20% or more. Both rules are fixed and applied the same way in every sector.
This comparison is built from the reported filings of 19 Scientific & Technical Instruments companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-07-28. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.
FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-07-28 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes, CAPEX intensity, net debt, guarded PEG and P/BV÷ROE are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
Scientific & Technical Instruments company comparison FAQs
These 18 answers restate the Scientific & Technical Instruments comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 19 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-07-28. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company is the biggest?
Garmin Ltd. is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of $7,464 million, ahead of Coherent Corp. at $6,602 million. That covers 11 of 19 companies with comparable reporting through Mar 2026.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company is growing fastest?
ESCO Technologies Inc. has the fastest revenue growth at 30.7% year on year, across 10 of 19 comparable companies. Fast growth off a small base is not the same as proven scale — check whether the rate holds across several quarters on the chart above before treating it as a trend.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company has the best profit margins?
Garmin Ltd. has the highest operating margin at 24.6%, from 17 of 19 comparable companies. Keysight Technologies, Inc. shows the biggest recent improvement, at +7.9 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company makes the most profit?
Garmin Ltd. earns the most, at $1,737 million of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 11 of 19 comparable companies. Coherent Corp. has the fastest profit growth at 100%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company earns the highest return on capital?
Ituran Location and Control Ltd. leads on return on capital employed at 8.6%, across 18 of 19 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments stock is the cheapest?
On guarded PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — Sensata Technologies Holding plc screens cheapest at 0.3×. Only 7 of 19 companies pass the comparability guard, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company has the strongest balance sheet?
Badger Meter, Inc. carries the lowest comparable gross debt at $0 million, from 19 of 19 companies. Absolute rupee debt alone does not settle it, because company scale differs — net debt and debt-to-equity in the chart above carry more information, and a very low-debt balance sheet can also mean under-investment.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company is investing most in new capacity?
Coherent Corp. reports the largest capital spending at $290 million, across 19 of 19 companies. Spending consumes cash before it earns anything, so treat the ranking as a diligence queue: check commissioning, utilisation and the return earned on the completed assets before reading spend as value creation.
Is the Scientific & Technical Instruments sector beating the market?
Scientific & Technical Instruments has outperformed S&P 500 by 5.8% over the last 52 weeks and 1.6% over 13 weeks, measured on an equal-weight index of its current members. Inside the sector, 13 of 19 covered companies are beating the market on their own. Sector strength does not transfer evenly to every stock in it.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments stock has the strongest price momentum?
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. has the strongest relative strength against S&P 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.
Which Scientific & Technical Instruments company scores highest for research priority?
Keysight Technologies, Inc. scores 67.8 out of 100 with 86.2% evidence confidence, from 30.7 points on growth and earnings, 14.3 on capital efficiency, 10.6 on valuation and 12.2 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.
How many Scientific & Technical Instruments companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?
It compares 19 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals and 6 fiscal years of capital allocation, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
What is the total market cap of the Scientific & Technical Instruments sector?
The 19 Scientific & Technical Instruments companies on this page carry $277,782 million of combined market value. Keysight Technologies, Inc. is the largest at $52,152 million, about 19% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-07-28.
What is the Scientific & Technical Instruments sector's P/E ratio?
The median price-to-earnings ratio across the 19 Scientific & Technical Instruments companies on this page is 48.1×, measured on the 18 that report a comparable figure. A sector-level history for this multiple is not held here, so this is a cross-section of today, not a comparison with the sector’s own past. Figures are as of 2026-07-28.
How is the Scientific & Technical Instruments sector performing?
13 of the 19 covered Scientific & Technical Instruments companies are beating S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength. The sector itself is 5.8% ahead of S&P 500 over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of its current members. Readings are as of 2026-07-28.
How many Scientific & Technical Instruments stocks are listed in the US?
This comparison covers 19 listed Scientific & Technical Instruments companies in the US, each above the size floor the site applies. The full ranked list is on this page, with reported fundamentals through Jun 2026. Membership is the full industry list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.
Why are some values on this page blank?
A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.
Is this investment advice?
No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.