Avient Corporation vs Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock — how do they compare? Avient Corporation trades at $45.51 (market cap $4.17B), while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B). The key difference: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock is far larger — about 2.3× Avient Corporation's market cap, and Avient Corporation pays a 2.42% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AVNT | BIO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $4.17B | $9.43B |
Sector | Technology | Health |
52-Week High | $45.69 | $356.25 |
52-Week Low | $27.48 | $241.71 |
Enterprise Value | $5.62B | $9.18B |
Dividend Yield | 2.42% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Avient Corporation is a global leader in specialized and sustainable material solutions. Formed from the legacy of PolyOne and Clariant’s masterbatch business, it provides highly engineered polymer formulations, color systems, and advanced composites that enhance the performance and sustainability of products in industries like healthcare, defense, and consumer packaging.
Read more on AVNT →Bio-Rad Laboratories, headquartered in Hercules, California, develops, manufactures, and markets products and solutions for the clinical diagnostics and life sciences markets. In diagnostics (53% of sales), Bio-Rad manufactures, sells, and supports test systems and specialized quality controls for clinical laboratories. In life sciences (47% of sales), the firm develops and manufactures a range of instruments and reagents used in research, biopharmaceutical production, and food testing. The company is geographically diverse, with major markets in the Americas (42% of 2021 sales), Europe and Africa (33%), and Asia-Pacific (25%). Bio-Rad owns 37% of Sartorius AG, a laboratory and biopharmaceutical supplier.
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