12 Safe Stocks to Buy for the Long Term in 2025

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5. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 98

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO) offers life sciences solutions, analytical instruments, specialty diagnostics, and laboratory products and services worldwide. This company is a great investment prospect due to numerous factors. For example, the company has shown strong dividend growth with 7 consecutive years of increases, outperforming the sector median of 2 years by 250%. This dividend history represents the company’s ability to return value to its shareholders. Secondly, the company’s Olink Explore Platform has been selected by UK Biobank Pharma Proteomics, which will support the world’s largest human proteomics study of its kind. It aims to analyze more than 5,400 proteins from 600,000 samples to fuel the discovery of new protein biomarkers that can be used to predict, diagnose and treat diseases. The company’s Olink seamlessly connects Genomics and Proteomics, empowering researchers to uncover the dynamic mechanisms underlying biology.

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