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BRKR vs. TECH, A, IQV, MTD, RVTY, TMO, WAT, ILMN, CRL, and BIO

Should you be buying Bruker stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bruker include Bio-Techne (TECH), Agilent Technologies (A), IQVIA (IQV), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Revvity (RVTY), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), Waters (WAT), Illumina (ILMN), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), and Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO).

Bruker vs. Its Competitors

Bio-Techne (NASDAQ:TECH) and Bruker (NASDAQ:BRKR) are both mid-cap life sciences tools & services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Bio-Techne has a net margin of 10.89% compared to Bruker's net margin of 2.31%. Bruker's return on equity of 19.47% beat Bio-Techne's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bio-Techne10.89% 13.17% 10.17%
Bruker 2.31%19.47%5.95%

Bio-Techne presently has a consensus price target of $69.58, indicating a potential upside of 18.38%. Bruker has a consensus price target of $52.89, indicating a potential upside of 26.11%. Given Bruker's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bruker is more favorable than Bio-Techne.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bio-Techne
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
Bruker
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Bio-Techne pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Bruker pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Bio-Techne pays out 39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bruker pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Bio-Techne has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bruker has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Bruker had 15 more articles in the media than Bio-Techne. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Bruker and 14 mentions for Bio-Techne. Bio-Techne's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Bruker's score of 0.41 indicating that Bio-Techne is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bio-Techne
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Bruker
8 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Bio-Techne has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bruker. Bio-Techne is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bruker, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bio-Techne$1.16B7.95$168.10M$0.8271.68
Bruker$3.37B1.89$113.10M$0.5280.65

99.0% of Bio-Techne shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.5% of Bruker shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Bio-Techne shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.3% of Bruker shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Bio-Techne beats Bruker on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BRKR vs. The Competition

MetricBrukerINSTRU IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.13B$1.07B$29.03B$9.51B
Dividend Yield0.49%0.49%3.02%4.01%
P/E Ratio80.6532.0134.2120.05
Price / Sales1.891.461,733.0599.42
Price / Cash11.2732.2638.3858.56
Price / Book3.543.517.795.87
Net Income$113.10M$17.67M$782.91M$258.55M
7 Day Performance3.43%4.67%0.96%2.23%
1 Month Performance2.47%8.83%7.50%12.76%
1 Year Performance-34.70%-26.19%53,041.27%19.36%

Bruker Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BRKR
Bruker
4.9676 of 5 stars
$41.94
+3.7%
$52.89
+26.1%
-36.9%$6.13B$3.37B80.6511,396
TECH
Bio-Techne
4.6663 of 5 stars
$52.62
-2.8%
$70.00
+33.0%
-24.7%$8.25B$1.16B64.173,100Analyst Upgrade
A
Agilent Technologies
4.7493 of 5 stars
$120.10
-2.6%
$139.77
+16.4%
-10.3%$34.12B$6.51B29.6517,900Positive News
IQV
IQVIA
4.568 of 5 stars
$160.06
-1.7%
$222.45
+39.0%
-15.8%$27.69B$15.41B21.8188,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MTD
Mettler-Toledo International
4.1421 of 5 stars
$1,195.06
-2.4%
$1,280.90
+7.2%
-8.8%$24.84B$3.83B29.8017,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RVTY
Revvity
3.6847 of 5 stars
$98.51
-2.9%
$123.07
+24.9%
-8.6%$11.61B$2.77B41.9211,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific
4.9194 of 5 stars
$425.44
-2.2%
$600.30
+41.1%
-17.3%$160.60B$42.90B24.95125,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WAT
Waters
4.9104 of 5 stars
$303.93
-13.9%
$388.94
+28.0%
-2.3%$18.09B$2.98B27.587,600Trending News
High Trading Volume
ILMN
Illumina
4.6215 of 5 stars
$98.53
-0.7%
$125.11
+27.0%
-7.4%$15.60B$4.37B-16.239,030Upcoming Earnings
CRL
Charles River Laboratories International
4.454 of 5 stars
$158.09
-0.8%
$174.54
+10.4%
-20.0%$7.77B$4.05B-243.2120,100Positive News
BIO
Bio-Rad Laboratories
4.1713 of 5 stars
$250.92
-2.4%
$324.25
+29.2%
-15.5%$6.83B$2.54B-3.297,700Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:BRKR) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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