Jacobs & Co. CA Acquires 2,090 Shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $TMO

Key Points

• Jacobs & Co. CA increased its stake in Thermo Fisher Scientific by 13.6%, acquiring an additional 2,090 shares, bringing its total holdings to 17,507 shares valued at approximately $7.1 million.
• Insider trading activity shows that CAO Joseph R. Holmes and EVP Gianluca Pettiti sold shares recently, with Holmes decreasing his ownership by 14.24% after selling 385 shares.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific reported a Q2 EPS of $5.36, surpassing estimates, with revenues of $10.86 billion, and provided guidance for future earnings per share for Q3 2025 between 5.460-5.510.

Jacobs & Co. CA raised its holdings in shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO - Free Report) by 13.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 17,507 shares of the medical research company's stock after acquiring an additional 2,090 shares during the period. Jacobs & Co. CA's holdings in Thermo Fisher Scientific were worth $7,098,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Bernard Wealth Management Corp. bought a new position in Thermo Fisher Scientific during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific by 137.5% during the first quarter. CBIZ Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 57 shares of the medical research company's stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 33 shares during the period. Ameriflex Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Anderson Financial Strategies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific during the first quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Finally, Keystone Global Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific during the first quarter valued at approximately $31,000. 89.23% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Thermo Fisher Scientific

In other Thermo Fisher Scientific news, CAO Joseph R. Holmes sold 385 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $492.63, for a total transaction of $189,662.55. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 2,319 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,142,408.97. This trade represents a 14.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Gianluca Pettiti sold 400 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, July 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $479.98, for a total value of $191,992.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 22,367 shares of the company's stock, valued at $10,735,712.66. The trade was a 1.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 30,066 shares of company stock valued at $14,182,963. 0.33% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Stock Performance

Shares of TMO stock opened at $479.48 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.50, a current ratio of 1.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The firm has a market capitalization of $181.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.73, a PEG ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 0.75. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $466.86 and a 200 day moving average of $451.65. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has a 52 week low of $385.46 and a 52 week high of $623.77.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 23rd. The medical research company reported $5.36 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $5.22 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $10.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.68 billion. Thermo Fisher Scientific had a return on equity of 16.82% and a net margin of 15.24%.The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $5.37 earnings per share. Thermo Fisher Scientific has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 5.460-5.510 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 22.220-22.840 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. will post 23.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. Thermo Fisher Scientific's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 9.95%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

TMO has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. UBS Group increased their price objective on Thermo Fisher Scientific from $460.00 to $500.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. HSBC reissued a "hold" rating and set a $510.00 price objective on shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. William Blair initiated coverage on Thermo Fisher Scientific in a research note on Monday, August 18th. They set an "outperform" rating for the company. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on Thermo Fisher Scientific from $553.00 to $567.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Thermo Fisher Scientific from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Sunday, September 7th. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $592.24.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Company Profile

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc provides life sciences solutions, analytical instruments, specialty diagnostics, and laboratory products and biopharma services in the North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company's Life Sciences Solutions segment offers reagents, instruments, and consumables for biological and medical research, discovery, and production of drugs and vaccines, as well as diagnosis of infections and diseases; and solutions include biosciences, genetic sciences, and bio production to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agricultural, clinical, healthcare, academic, and government markets.

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