Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO): stock score 59/100

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO) scores 59 out of 100 (around average among 99 US stocks) on trend, stability, fundamentals, market backdrop and news tone. Every calculation step shown. Educational, not advice.

TMO scores 58.7 out of 100 (around average), up 7.0 points from last week. Its price trend adds the most (+5.9 points: price is +16.0% vs its 100-day average). Its fundamentals weigh on it most (-2.4 points: revenue growth vs a year earlier: +8.4%). Our research found no proven record of these factors predicting returns.

How the score is built

Trend: 79/100 (+5.9 points)

1. Price is +16.0% vs its 100-day average → higher than 95% of the comparison group → 95
2. 12-1 month momentum +19.6% → higher than 63% of the comparison group → 63
3. Average of the two → trend score 79.3

Tested in our research: the trend rule did not hold up out of sample.

Stability: 48/100 (-0.4 points)

1. Forecast 28.0% vs normal 26.9% → ratio 1.04
2. Ratio is higher than 52% of the comparison group → 100 minus 52 → stability 48.0 (bigger expected swings than usual → lower stability)

A machine-learning volatility model beat HAR for the S&P 500 (p = 0.04); not yet tested on single stocks. This component uses HAR.

Fundamentals: 38/100 (-2.4 points)

1. Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +8.4% → higher than 55% of the comparison group → 55
2. Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +0.4 pp → higher than 44% of the comparison group → 44
3. Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: +3.4 pp → higher than 15% of the comparison group (lower is better) → 15
4. Average of available items → fundamentals score 38.2

Not yet tested in our research.

Market backdrop: 51/100 (+0.2 points)

1. VIX in its 5-year range: 60 after inverting (lower VIX → higher)
2. Breadth vs its 5-year range → 45
3. Credit trend vs its 5-year range → 15
4. Yield curve vs its 5-year range → 83
5. Average → backdrop score 50.8 (same for every stock)

Tested in our research: cross-asset indicators did not improve forecasts.

News tone: 77/100 (+5.4 points)

1. Average FinBERT sentiment +0.308 over 34 articles; shrunk towards 0 for few articles → tone +0.269
2. Tone vs this stock's own past year → news score 77.2

Tested in our research: news sentiment made predictions slightly worse.

TMO score history (weekly)

Industrials stocks compared

• UNP: 68/100
• LMT: 64/100
• TMO: 59/100
• DHR: 55/100
• FDX: 52/100
• GD: 51/100
• BA: 48/100
• HON: 48/100
• NKE: 41/100
• UPS: 34/100
• BKNG: 27/100

Questions

What is Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.'s (TMO) Quantooo score today?

TMO scores 59 out of 100 on 2026-10-22, around average among 99 US stocks. It ranks 22nd of 99 overall and 3rd of 11 in Industrials. It was 52 a week earlier.

What raises and lowers TMO's score?

Trend adds the most (79/100, +5.9 points) and fundamentals weighs on it most (38/100, -2.4 points). The score is 50 plus each part's weighted distance from 50.

Is TMO stock volatile right now?

Our volatility model (HAR) expects annualised swings of 28.0% over the next 20 trading days, against a normal level of 26.9% for TMO: bumpier than usual for this stock. Its stability score is 48/100 compared with the other 99 US stocks.

How are Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.'s fundamentals changing?

Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +8.4%; Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +0.4 pp; Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: +3.4 pp. Fundamentals score: 38/100. From the 10-Q filed 2026-07-31 (period to 2026-06-27).

Does the score predict TMO's share price?

No. The score describes the stock's recent data; it is not a forecast of the share price. Our own tests found no reliable ability to rank stocks by future returns, and every test, including the failures, is published. Educational, not investment advice.

Sector: Industrials. Data as of 2026-10-22. Scores describe data; they are not recommendations or predictions. Educational, not investment advice.