Bruker Corporation (BRKR)
OvervaluedFundamental
33
Price
$64.75
Market Cap
$9.87B
Part 1 · What the company is worth
Overview
Bruker Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and distributes scientific instruments, and analytical and diagnostic solutions. It operates through four segments: Bruker Scientific Instruments (BSI) BioSpin, BSI CALID, BSI Nano, and Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies. The company offers magnetic resonance spectroscop, preclinical imaging, biopharma and applied, services and lifecycle support, integrated data solution, and automation; life science tools; innovative nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) products; solutions for in-vivo processes and drug discovery; aftermarket solutions; solutions for lab automation and digitalization; mass spectrometry solution and test kits, DNA test strips, and fluorescence-based PCR technologies; genotype and fluorotype molecular diagnostics kits; and research, analytical, and process analysis instruments and solutions. It also provides range of portable analytical and bioanalytical detection systems, and related products; X-ray instruments; analytical tools for electron microscopes, as well as handheld, portable, and mobile X-ray fluorescence spectrometry instruments; atomic force microscopy instrumentation; non-contact nanometer resolution solution topography; and automated X-ray metrology, automated AFM defect-detection, and photomask repair and cleaning equipment. In addition, the company offers advanced optical fluorescence microscopy instruments; services for transcriptional profiling and multiomic analysis; superconducting materials, such as metallic low temperature superconductors; multifilament round and rectangular LTS wires in both monolithic and wire-in-channel formats; designs and manufactures Cuponal; metallic low temperature superconductors; and non-superconducting high technology tools, such as synchrotron and beamline instrumentation. Bruker Corporation was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts.
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Direct competitors
Who this company fights with for the same customers
Generated on September 18, 2026 with claude-haiku-4-5 — shared with all users
Named by Bruker in its own 10-K, Thermo Fisher sells mass spectrometers, molecular spectroscopy and electron microscopy systems to the same pharmaceutical, academic and industrial laboratories Bruker serves worldwide.
Agilent competes head-on in mass spectrometry, chromatography coupling and molecular spectroscopy for life-science and applied-chemistry labs, the core of Bruker's CALID business.
Waters sells LC-MS platforms to the same pharmaceutical QC, proteomics and food-safety customers that buy Bruker's timsTOF and triple-quadrupole instruments.
Through SCIEX and Leica Microsystems, Danaher bids against Bruker for the same mass-spectrometry and high-end microscopy budgets in research and clinical laboratories.
Shimadzu offers a full analytical-instrument catalogue — mass spectrometry, spectrophotometry, surface analysis — and is Bruker's main Japanese rival in Asian academic and industrial accounts.
JEOL is the main alternative supplier of NMR and electron-microscopy systems, the market where Bruker's BioSpin division holds its strongest position.
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Revenue
$3.50B
Trailing 12 months (through 6/30/2026)
Net Income
$-71M
Trailing 12 months (through 6/30/2026)
Free Cash Flow
$43M
Total Equity
$2.46B
Total Liabilities
$3.73B
Current Ratio
1.85
Interest Coverage
0.50
Debt/EBITDA
6.33
Earnings Per Share
Revenue & Net Income
Free Cash Flow
Income Breakdown
Historical statement
Margins over time
Debt over time
How heavy the debt is
Growth grid
Growth — Revenue
Fair Value Estimation
Fair Value
$46.11
Current Price
$64.75
Margin of Safety
-40.4%
Fair Value Range
$29.97 - $62.25
Spread across the valuation methods used, not a statistically calibrated confidence interval.
Estimation Methods
Valuation Metrics
P/E Ratio
-
ROE
-0.4%
P/B Ratio
4.11
P/FCF
105.06
Gross Margin
46.4%
ROIC
-0.5%
Profitability Radar
Value Creation (Economic Moat)
ROIC
-0.5%
WACC
10.0%
ROIC − WACC
-10.5 pp
ROIC is below the cost of capital — the company is destroying value for every dollar invested.
Fundamental Analysis Criteria
Passed (10)
- Price CAGR 10.91%
- Gross Margin 46.4%
- Debt/Equity ratio
- Positive Free Cash Flow
- Current Ratio
- Revenue Growth 5Y 11.6%
- Analyst Consensus 62% Buy
- Earnings Surprise avg 19.0%
- Share Dilution -61.5%
- Piotroski F-Score 5/9
Failed (13)
- EPS shows upward trend
- ROIC -0.5%
- P/FCF 105.06
- P/B Ratio 4.11
- Operating Margin -0.9%
- CapEx intensity
- Interest Coverage
- Debt/EBITDA
- Return on Tangible Assets
- Low reliance on intangibles
- DCF valuation (Overvalued)
- ROE -2.9%
- Net Margin Trend -2.0% vs 2.3%
Unavailable (4)
- Dividend Payout NaN%
- Price below Graham Number
- PEG Ratio (need PE > 0 and growth > 0)
- Earnings Quality (OCF/Net Income)
Piotroski F-Score
Mixed signals: some areas need attention
Earnings Quality
Low quality: investigate accounting
Share Dilution
Buying back shares. Shareholder friendly
Institutional Holdings
Governance
Executive Team
| Name | Title | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Frank H. Laukien Ph.D. | Chairman, CEO & President | 65 |
| Mr. Gerald N. Herman CPA | Executive VP & CFO | 67 |
| Dr. Mark R. Munch Ph.D. | Corporate Executive VP and President of Bruker Nano Group & Corporate | 63 |
| Mr. Juergen W. Srega | President of Bruker Biosystems Group & Bruker Daltonics Division | 70 |
| Mr. Thomas M. Bures | Chief Accounting Officer | 50 |
| Mr. J. Brent Alldredge J.D. | Senior VP, General Counsel, Secretary & Global Head of Compliance | 50 |
| Dr. Wolfgang Pusch Ph.D. | President of Bruker Microbiology & Infection Diagnostics Group | - |
| Dr. Burkhard Prause Ph.D. | President and CEO of Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. | 58 |
Audit Risk
7
Board Risk
6
Compensation Risk
6
Shareholder Rights Risk
5
Part 2 · The price and when to enter
This part won't tell you whether the company is worth owning: it helps you choose when to buy it, once the fundamentals have convinced you. Inside: technical analysis, potential, historical drawdowns, gamma exposure.
Documents
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Annual Report (10-K)
A yearly overview of the business, its financial results, and the risks it faces.
Filed on 2026-02-27
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Quarterly Report (10-Q)
A snapshot of financial performance for the most recent three-month period.
Filed on 2026-08-05
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Current Report (8-K)
An announcement of a major event, such as a leadership change or big news.
Filed on 2026-08-14
via SEC EDGAR
Income History
via SEC EDGAR
Latest News
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