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Shares of scientific instrument company Bruker (NASDAQ:BRKR) fell 6.3% in the afternoon session after UBS initiated coverage on the stock with a Neutral rating and a $65 price target.

Scientific instrument company Bruker (NASDAQ:BRKR) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, but sales rose 5.2% year on year to $838.5 million. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $3.56 billion at the midpoint came in 1% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.49 per share was 27.5% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Bruker recently saw its shares weaken further as investors weighed an upcoming Q1 earnings report and fresh insider selling activity against current valuation metrics suggesting the stock is trading below one estimate of intrinsic value. The combination of flat year-on-year revenue expectations, past revenue guidance that exceeded forecasts despite an EPS miss, and a gap to intrinsic value estimates is sharpening focus on whether the forthcoming results can shift sentiment. With analysts...

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