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HBIO vs. TMO, A, MTD, WAT, ILMN, TECH, CRL, BIO, BRKR, and PACB

Should you be buying Harvard Bioscience stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Harvard Bioscience include Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), Agilent Technologies (A), Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Waters (WAT), Illumina (ILMN), Bio-Techne (TECH), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), Bruker (BRKR), and Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB). These companies are all part of the "life sciences tools & services" industry.

Harvard Bioscience vs. Its Competitors

Harvard Bioscience (NASDAQ:HBIO) and Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO) are both life sciences tools & services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has higher revenue and earnings than Harvard Bioscience. Harvard Bioscience is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Thermo Fisher Scientific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Harvard Bioscience$94.14M0.21-$12.40M-$1.32-0.34
Thermo Fisher Scientific$42.88B3.83$6.34B$17.0525.51

80.9% of Harvard Bioscience shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of Thermo Fisher Scientific shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Harvard Bioscience shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Thermo Fisher Scientific shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Thermo Fisher Scientific had 49 more articles in the media than Harvard Bioscience. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Thermo Fisher Scientific and 21 mentions for Harvard Bioscience. Thermo Fisher Scientific's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Harvard Bioscience's score of -0.21 indicating that Thermo Fisher Scientific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Harvard Bioscience
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Thermo Fisher Scientific
47 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Harvard Bioscience currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 574.61%. Thermo Fisher Scientific has a consensus target price of $600.30, indicating a potential upside of 37.99%. Given Harvard Bioscience's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Harvard Bioscience is more favorable than Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Harvard Bioscience
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Thermo Fisher Scientific
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Harvard Bioscience has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Thermo Fisher Scientific has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has a net margin of 15.19% compared to Harvard Bioscience's net margin of -63.51%. Thermo Fisher Scientific's return on equity of 17.15% beat Harvard Bioscience's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Harvard Bioscience-63.51% -4.96% -2.24%
Thermo Fisher Scientific 15.19%17.15%8.47%

Summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific beats Harvard Bioscience on 13 of the 16 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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HBIO vs. The Competition

MetricHarvard BioscienceINSTRU IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$20.32M$1.14B$27.76B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A0.46%3.11%4.01%
P/E Ratio-0.3433.2236.8520.25
Price / Sales0.211.381,883.2599.65
Price / Cash4.5526.0338.1558.16
Price / Book0.313.117.275.49
Net Income-$12.40M$17.67M$767.31M$250.27M
7 Day Performance-0.29%5.13%-0.14%4.78%
1 Month Performance-23.12%9.94%4.24%7.20%
1 Year Performance-86.44%-9.52%52,442.29%17.27%

Harvard Bioscience Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HBIO
Harvard Bioscience
4.2433 of 5 stars
$0.44
-3.2%
$3.00
+574.6%
-84.0%$20.32M$94.14M-0.34490Trending News
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific
4.9925 of 5 stars
$418.76
-2.5%
$604.05
+44.2%
-19.6%$162.07B$42.88B24.56125,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
A
Agilent Technologies
4.7472 of 5 stars
$119.21
-1.8%
$140.92
+18.2%
-2.3%$34.48B$6.51B29.4317,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MTD
Mettler-Toledo International
4.1325 of 5 stars
$1,188.28
-1.7%
$1,300.36
+9.4%
-6.3%$25.13B$3.83B29.6317,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WAT
Waters
4.3669 of 5 stars
$346.35
-1.1%
$388.00
+12.0%
+22.5%$20.84B$2.96B31.437,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ILMN
Illumina
4.8432 of 5 stars
$97.15
-3.6%
$127.39
+31.1%
-11.6%$15.96B$4.37B-16.009,030Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TECH
Bio-Techne
4.8852 of 5 stars
$51.53
-3.0%
$72.00
+39.7%
-24.5%$8.33B$1.16B62.843,100Analyst Forecast
CRL
Charles River Laboratories International
4.5497 of 5 stars
$153.93
-2.0%
$171.85
+11.6%
-19.3%$7.72B$4.05B-236.8220,100Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
BIO
Bio-Rad Laboratories
4.588 of 5 stars
$247.45
-1.6%
$324.25
+31.0%
-7.1%$6.85B$2.54B-3.257,700News Coverage
Analyst Revision
BRKR
Bruker
4.8861 of 5 stars
$41.27
-2.8%
$52.89
+28.2%
-28.8%$6.43B$3.37B79.3711,396Positive News
High Trading Volume
PACB
Pacific Biosciences of California
1.8342 of 5 stars
$1.47
-8.1%
$2.06
+40.2%
+15.4%$480.14M$154.01M-0.53730Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:HBIO) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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