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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

$TMO·$198B·Medical - Diagnostics & Research·Healthcare
$532.48-2.0%YTD-8.1%1Y+25.3%
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TMTMO
$TMOThermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
$532.48-1.97%1.2k posts+9%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $TMO, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-07-17

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

Life-sciences tools compounder at a market-average P/E — Morningstar picking it while the tape hasn't confirmed.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the largest global life-sciences tools and diagnostics vendor — the specific supplier every biopharma R&D lab and diagnostic operation depends on. The stock is a quiet compounder that has spent 2026 flat while the underlying business has kept executing.

Why the setup is a clean quality setup:

  • Fundamentals are consistently high-quality: 18% operating margin, 7.3% return on invested capital, and a 3.8% free cash flow yield at 25.6x TTM P/E — a market-average multiple on above-average fundamentals.
  • The tape has quietly turned: sitting 12.5% above the 50-day and 2.7% above the 200-day, at 58% of the 52-week range — early stages of a repositioning, not late-stage chase.
  • Analyst positioning is stacked: 12-month average target of $602.5 versus current price implies 27% upside, and Morningstar names TMO among five stocks to buy 'before the market's next big shift' — the specific setup where sell-side is pricing the re-rating early.
  • The category tailwind is durable: biopharma R&D spend recovery plus continued clinical-trials pipeline recovery flows directly through TMO's instruments and consumables lines — a two-year tailwind, not a single catalyst.

July 23 earnings is the trigger. Above-consensus organic-revenue growth plus stable diagnostics commentary extends the repositioning; a soft biopharma segment print with continued weakness in China caps the near-term move.

Agrees with X sentimentX is bullish on the technical support at $456.5 and the Morningstar pick, and the fundamentals genuinely support the quality-compounder read — TMO's biopharma-tools exposure is a durable trend. The check the corpus isn't sizing is the China-biopharma segment — that specific line item has been the recurring source of soft surprises across the sector.

What to watch: The July 23 print — organic-revenue growth versus consensus, China segment recovery, and any commentary on biopharma-tools demand. Above 3% organic growth plus stable China restarts the leg; a China-biopharma soft print caps the move.

On the calendar: 2026-07-23 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-14

Thermo Fisher Scientific posts highlight strong support at $456.5 with the stock knocking on a breakout against a 12-month average analyst price target of $602.5 (+27.4% upside). Posters name TMO among Morningstar's five stocks to buy before the market's next big shift, and frame TMO alongside ISRG, MRK, and MDT as healthcare names offering uncorrelated exposure to tech/AI risk.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Sells life science instruments, reagents, and CDMO services to pharma, biotech, and academic research customers.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Medical - Diagnostics & Research sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $TMO.

Medical - Diagnostics & Research · Healthcare

No material change from last week — pharma R&D spending is recovering and CDMO demand is growing as drug pipelines advance toward clinical trials.

What this means for $TMO

Direct beneficiary — Sells life science instruments, reagents, and CDMO services to pharma, biotech, and academic research customers; core operations sit in the path of the pharma R&D recovery and CDMO outsourcing demand expansion.

Industry benchmark

13-name peer basket
+36.4%YTD
+70.5%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
25.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
7.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
17.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
3.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
3.9Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
13.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
39.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.8Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Apr 23, 2026$5.44$5.25+3.6%
Q4 2025Jan 29, 2026$6.57$6.45+1.9%
Q3 2025Oct 22, 2025$5.79$5.50+5.3%
Q2 2025Jul 23, 2025$5.36$5.23+2.5%
Next earningsThu, Jul 23·consensus EPS $5.71

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$11.0B+6.2%40.7%16.9%$4.44$816.0M
Q4 FY25$12.2B+7.2%38.0%18.8%$5.22$3.0B
Q3 FY25$11.1B+4.9%41.8%17.5%$4.28$1.8B
Q2 FY25$10.9B+3.0%37.3%17.7%$4.28$1.1B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 20 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$47.8B$47.5B – $47.9B$24.86$24.65 – $25.0319
FY27$50.3B$48.8B – $51.0B$27.20$26.27 – $27.9120
FY28$53.5B$53.5B – $53.5B$30.03$27.11 – $32.1316
FY29$56.5B$55.7B – $56.9B$33.78$33.17 – $34.1515
FY30$58.2B$57.4B – $58.7B$37.78$37.09 – $38.1915

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.9×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.58%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+12.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+2.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 370.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.875-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellApr 27Gianluca PettitiCOO400 sh$185KSellMar 11Michael D ShaferPresident1.6K sh$803KSellMar 5Marc N CasperCEO4.0K sh$2.1MSellMar 4Marc N CasperCEO1.1K sh$574KSellMar 3Marc N CasperCEO360 sh$178K
+ 23 other (20 awards · 2 exempts · 1 inkind) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KShareholder voteMay 268-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific held its Annual Meeting on May 20, 2026. Director election results (partial—excerpt truncated): Marc N. Casper (294M for, 20.5M against), Nelson J. Chai (293M for, 21.6M against), Ruby R. Chandy (312M for, 2.5M against), and C. Martin Harris (285.5M for—full tally cut off). Casper and Chai received modestly elevated against votes (~6-7%) but were comfortably elected. Routine annual meeting filing.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 103
8-KMaterial agreementFeb 128-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 8.01: Other event
424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Feb 10424B5
424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Feb 9424B5
+ 15 other (3 proxys · 2 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 25-NSEs) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Thermo Fisher Set to Report Q2 Earnings: What's in the Cards?zacks.com·3d agoTMO Fairly Valued by DCF at $478gurufocus.com·5d agoThermo Fisher Scientific Announces Quarterly Dividendbusinesswire.com·9d agoThermo Fisher Q2 Preview: Buy Before The Recoveryseekingalpha.com·9d agoThermo Fisher Scientific Receives First FBI Approval for Rapid DNA Crime Scene Profiles Eligible for National CODIS Searchesbusinesswire.com·11d ago

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