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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CGNX Cognex	$32.50 -0.9%	$30.10	$22.67 ▼ $53.13	$5.50B	1.47	1.63 million shs	1.39 million shs
MKSI MKS	$104.77 +0.1%	$87.09	$54.84 ▼ $147.40	$7.06B	1.88	1.05 million shs	569,731 shs
MLAB Mesa Laboratories	$102.42 +1.8%	$107.86	$87.80 ▼ $155.12	$548.98M	0.86	53,668 shs	69,022 shs
RTEC Rudolph Technologies	$28.50	$28.50	$18.13 ▼ $29.57	$886.92M	1.06	243,990 shs	1.61 million shs
ST Sensata Technologies	$32.20 +0.4%	$26.35	$17.32 ▼ $42.33	$4.69B	1.13	1.67 million shs	914,125 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CGNX Cognex	+2.28%	+6.50%	+10.44%	+21.45%	-30.54%
MKSI MKS	+3.87%	+6.04%	+26.83%	+62.78%	-21.15%
MLAB Mesa Laboratories	+2.99%	+2.69%	+2.73%	-7.16%	+14.70%
RTEC Rudolph Technologies	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
ST Sensata Technologies	+3.17%	+9.92%	+24.78%	+58.38%	-14.88%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
CGNX Cognex	4.7963 of 5 stars	3.3	4.0	3.3	1.7	3.3	1.7	1.9
MKSI MKS	4.2871 of 5 stars	2.5	2.0	1.7	2.9	2.3	1.7	2.5
MLAB Mesa Laboratories	3.0835 of 5 stars	3.0	3.0	0.8	0.0	1.9	2.5	1.3
RTEC Rudolph Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ST Sensata Technologies	4.3269 of 5 stars	2.2	3.0	2.5	2.8	2.7	3.3	1.3

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CGNX Cognex	2.50	Moderate Buy	$39.17	20.51% Upside
MKSI MKS	2.92	Moderate Buy	$130.82	24.86% Upside
MLAB Mesa Laboratories	2.00	Hold	$130.00	26.93% Upside
RTEC Rudolph Technologies	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
ST Sensata Technologies	2.33	Hold	$34.42	6.88% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ST, CGNX, MKSI, MLAB, and RTEC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/1/2025	ST Sensata Technologies	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$26.00 ➝ $30.00
6/24/2025	MKSI MKS	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$110.00 ➝ $120.00
6/16/2025	CGNX Cognex	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$32.00
6/16/2025	CGNX Cognex	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$30.00 ➝ $32.00
6/12/2025	CGNX Cognex	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sell ➝ Sell	$29.00 ➝ $32.00
6/11/2025	CGNX Cognex	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$33.00 ➝ $36.00
5/30/2025	MLAB Mesa Laboratories	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$120.00 ➝ $100.00
5/23/2025	MKSI MKS	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$93.00 ➝ $100.00
5/20/2025	MKSI MKS	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$110.00
5/19/2025	ST Sensata Technologies	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$23.00 ➝ $26.00
5/9/2025	MKSI MKS	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$85.00 ➝ $93.00

(Data available from 7/3/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CGNX Cognex	$914.52M	5.97	$0.69 per share	46.86	$8.93 per share	3.64
MKSI MKS	$3.59B	1.97	$12.23 per share	8.57	$34.50 per share	3.04
MLAB Mesa Laboratories	$240.98M	2.32	$12.47 per share	8.21	$29.42 per share	3.48
RTEC Rudolph Technologies	$273.78M	3.24	$1.69 per share	16.89	$11.71 per share	2.43
ST Sensata Technologies	$3.93B	1.20	$6.64 per share	4.85	$19.33 per share	1.67

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CGNX Cognex	$106.17M	$0.68	47.79	37.36	N/A	12.80%	6.37%	4.81%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)
MKSI MKS	$190M	$3.35	31.27	12.17	1.18	6.21%	20.67%	5.49%	8/6/2025 (Estimated)
MLAB Mesa Laboratories	-$1.97M	-$0.37	N/A	11.74	N/A	-0.82%	27.51%	9.78%	8/4/2025 (Estimated)
RTEC Rudolph Technologies	$45.09M	$1.42	20.07	19.52	2.71	11.55%	8.44%	7.24%	N/A
ST Sensata Technologies	$128.48M	$0.81	39.75	9.23	1.38	3.19%	17.12%	6.72%	8/4/2025 (Estimated)

Latest ST, CGNX, MKSI, MLAB, and RTEC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	CGNX Cognex	$0.23	N/A	N/A	N/A	$246.70 million	N/A
5/8/2025	Q1 2025	ST Sensata Technologies	$0.72	$0.78	+$0.06	$0.47	$878.39 million	$911.26 million
5/7/2025	Q1 2025	MKSI MKS	$1.42	$1.71	+$0.29	$0.77	$913.59 million	$936.00 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CGNX Cognex	$0.32	0.98%	N/A	47.06%	10 Years
MKSI MKS	$0.88	0.84%	N/A	26.27%	N/A
MLAB Mesa Laboratories	$0.64	0.62%	N/A	N/A	N/A
RTEC Rudolph Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ST Sensata Technologies	$0.48	1.49%	N/A	59.26%	N/A

Latest ST, CGNX, MKSI, MLAB, and RTEC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
4/7/2025	MLAB Mesa Laboratories	quarterly	$0.16	0.59%	5/30/2025	5/30/2025	6/16/2025
5/12/2025	MKSI MKS	quarterly	$0.22	0.96%	5/27/2025	5/27/2025	6/6/2025
4/30/2025	CGNX Cognex	quarterly	$0.08	1.1%	5/15/2025	5/15/2025	5/29/2025
4/21/2025	ST Sensata Technologies	quarterly	$0.12	2.54%	5/14/2025	5/14/2025	5/28/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CGNX Cognex	N/A	3.14	2.31
MKSI MKS	1.87	3.11	1.96
MLAB Mesa Laboratories	0.48	0.63	0.47
RTEC Rudolph Technologies	0.03	8.07	5.70
ST Sensata Technologies	1.12	2.64	1.81

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CGNX Cognex	88.12%
MKSI MKS	99.79%
MLAB Mesa Laboratories	90.60%
RTEC Rudolph Technologies	95.62%
ST Sensata Technologies	99.42%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CGNX Cognex	1.60%
MKSI MKS	0.57%
MLAB Mesa Laboratories	4.40%
RTEC Rudolph Technologies	2.20%
ST Sensata Technologies	0.89%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CGNX Cognex	2,914	167.87 million	165.18 million	Optionable
MKSI MKS	10,200	67.45 million	67.06 million	Optionable
MLAB Mesa Laboratories	680	5.46 million	5.22 million	Not Optionable
RTEC Rudolph Technologies	651	31.12 million	N/A	Optionable
ST Sensata Technologies	19,000	146.29 million	144.99 million	Optionable

ST, CGNX, MKSI, MLAB, and RTEC Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

ST - Sensata Technologies Holding PLC Trailing Returns - Morningstar

2 hours ago | morningstar.comM

Wells Fargo & Company Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) Stock

July 3 at 4:43 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. Cuts Holdings in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST)

July 3 at 4:02 AM | marketbeat.com

Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) Shares Bought by Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC

July 3 at 3:15 AM | marketbeat.com

ST - Sensata Technologies Holding PLC Executives - Morningstar

July 2 at 1:24 PM | morningstar.comM

Summit Trail Advisors LLC Buys Shares of 46,540 Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST)

July 2 at 6:37 AM | marketbeat.com

Sensata Technologies Releases Sustainability Report 2024

July 1 at 5:09 PM | aftermarketnews.comA

Moody’s affirms Sensata’s Ba2 rating, changes outlook to stable

July 1 at 5:09 PM | investing.com

ST Stock Price Quote | Morningstar

July 1 at 5:09 PM | morningstar.comM

ST - Sensata Technologies Holding PLC Chart - Morningstar

July 1 at 12:09 PM | morningstar.comM

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) Price Target Raised to $30.00 at Wells Fargo & Company

July 1 at 10:46 AM | marketbeat.com

Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Raises Stake in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST)

July 1 at 4:33 AM | marketbeat.com

5 Revealing Analyst Questions From Sensata Technologies’s Q1 Earnings Call

June 30 at 4:07 PM | msn.com

Analog Semiconductors Stocks Q1 In Review: Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) Vs Peers

June 30 at 6:45 AM | msn.com

Copeland Capital Management LLC Purchases 76,794 Shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST)

June 28, 2025 | marketbeat.com

ST Sensata Technologies Holding plc - Seeking Alpha

June 26, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

Sensata Technologies' Fifth Sustainability Report Highlights Efforts Supporting Innovation, Operations and Community Impact

June 26, 2025 | businesswire.com

39,769 Shares in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) Acquired by Lecap Asset Management Ltd.

June 26, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) Shares Purchased by Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.

June 26, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) vs. Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) Financial Survey

June 26, 2025 | americanbankingnews.com

Sensata Technologies Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach

June 20, 2025 | news.bloomberglaw.comN

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ST, CGNX, MKSI, MLAB, and RTEC Company Descriptions

Cognex NASDAQ:CGNX

$32.50 -0.28 (-0.85%)

Closing price 03:42 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$32.55 +0.05 (+0.15%)

As of 04:40 PM Eastern

Cognex Corporation provides machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information to automate manufacturing and distribution tasks worldwide. Its machine vision products are used to automate the manufacturing and tracking of discrete items, including mobile phones, electric vehicle batteries, and e-commerce packages by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them during the manufacturing or distribution process. The company offers VisionPro software, a suite of patented vision tools for advanced programming; QuickBuild that allows customers to build vision applications with a graphical, flowchart-based programming interface; and Cognex deep learning vision software. It also provides a range of inspection tasks, including part location, identification, measurement, assembly verification, and robotic guidance; vision sensors for vision applications, such as checking the presence and size of parts; and the In-Sight product line of vision systems and sensors. In addition, the company offers DataMan, an image-based barcode readers and barcode verifiers. It sells its products to automotive, logistics, consumer electronics, medical-related, semiconductor, consumer products, food and beverage, and others, as well as through a network of distributors and integrators. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts.

MKS NASDAQ:MKSI

$104.77 +0.15 (+0.14%)

Closing price 03:35 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$100.94 -3.83 (-3.66%)

As of 04:47 PM Eastern

MKS Instruments, Inc. provides foundational technology solutions to semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications in the United States, Germany, China, South Korea, and internationally. It operates through Vacuum Solutions Division (VSD), Photonics Solutions Division (PSD), and Material Solutions Division (MSD) segments. The VSD segment provides foundational technology solutions, including pressure measurement and control, flow measurement and control, gas and vapor delivery, gas composition analysis, electronic control technology, reactive gas generation and delivery, power generation and delivery, and vacuum technology. The PSD segment offers range of solutions, which include lasers, beam measurement and profiling, precision motion control, vibration isolation systems, photonics instruments, temperature sensing, opto-mechanical components, optical elements, systems for flexible PCB laser processing, and laser-based systems, as well as high density interconnect PCB and package manufacturing. The MSD segment develops, process, and manufactures technologies comprising advanced surface modification, electroless and electrolytic plating, and surface finishing for chemistry, equipment, software, and services markets, as well as high-technology applications. In addition, the company sells its products and services through direct sales, network of independent distributors, and sales representatives, as well as websites, including product catalogs. The company was incorporated in 1961 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts.

Mesa Laboratories NASDAQ:MLAB

$102.42 +1.79 (+1.77%)

Closing price 02:25 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$102.42 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 04:20 PM Eastern

Mesa Laboratories, Inc. develops, designs, manufactures, sells, and services life sciences tools and quality control products and services in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The Sterilization and Disinfection Control segment offers biological, chemical, and cleaning indicators, used to assess the effectiveness of sterilization decontamination, disinfection, and cleaning processes in the pharmaceutical, medical device, and healthcare industries. This segment also provides testing and laboratory services to the dental and pharmaceutical industries. The Clinical Genomics segment offers MassARRAY, a genetic analysis tool system, and related consumables, including chips, panels, and chemical reagent solutions used by clinical labs to analyze DNA samples for inherited genetic disease testing, pharmacogenetics, oncology testing, infectious disease testing, doping and toxicology testing, and other differentiated applications for use in research. The Biopharmaceutical Development segment provides automated systems, such as Gyrolab xPand and Gyrolab xPlore hardware and software, Gyrolab Bioaffy consumable microfluidic disks, Gyrolab kits and Rexxip buffers for protein analysis; PurePep Chorus and Symphony instruments for peptide synthesis; and PurePep EasyClean products for purifying peptides. The Calibration Solutions segment offers quality control products to measure and calibrate critical parameters in applications, such as environmental and process monitoring, dialysis, gas flow, air quality, and torque testing in medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturing, laboratory, and hospital environments. This segment's products include continuous monitoring systems, dialysate meters and consumables, data loggers, gas flow calibration and air sampling equipment, and torque testing systems, offered under DialyGuard, ViewPoint, DataTrace, DryCal, and BGI brands. The company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado.

Rudolph Technologies NYSE:RTEC

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and supports process control defect inspection and metrology, advanced packaging lithography, and process control software systems used by microelectronic device manufacturers. It offers process and yield management solutions used in bare silicon wafer production and processing facilities, and device packaging and test facilities through standalone systems for macro-defect inspection, packaging lithography, probe card test and analysis, and transparent and opaque thin film measurements. The company also provides spare parts and software licensing services. It markets and sells its products to analog, logic, memory, radio frequency, complimentary metaloxide semiconductor image sensors, microelectromechanical systems, and flat panel display manufacturers in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Austria, Japan, Germany, and China, as well as other European and Asian countries. The company was formerly known as Rudolph Research Corporation. Rudolph Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

Sensata Technologies NYSE:ST

$32.20 +0.14 (+0.44%)

Closing price 03:39 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$32.20 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 04:42 PM Eastern

Sensata Technologies Holding plc develops, manufactures, and sells sensors and sensor-rich solutions, electrical protection components and systems, and other products used in mission-critical systems and applications in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Performance Sensing and Sensing Solutions. The Performance Sensing segment offers pressure, temperature, and position sensors, high-voltage solutions, and other solutions used in mission-critical systems and applications, such as tire pressure monitoring, thermal management, electrical protection, regenerative braking, powertrain for engine/transmission, and exhaust management for automobiles, on-road trucks, and off-road equipment customers. The Sensing Solutions segment provides application-specific sensor and electrical protection products, such as pressure, temperature, and position sensors; motor and compressor protectors; high-voltage contactors; solid state relays; bimetal electromechanical controls; power inverters; charge controllers; battery management systems; operator controls; and power conversion systems. It serves automotive, on-road truck, construction, and original equipment manufacturers in agriculture, control, appliance, medical, energy and charging infrastructure, data/telecom, and aerospace and defense industries, as well as systems integrators, aerospace, and motor and compressor distributors. Sensata Technologies Holding plc was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Attleboro, Massachusetts.

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