American Water Works Company Inc vs Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock — how do they compare? American Water Works Company Inc trades at $131.69 (market cap $25.69B), while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $298.3 (market cap $8.02B). The key difference: American Water Works Company Inc is far larger — about 3.2× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and American Water Works Company Inc pays a 2.72% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AWK | BIO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $25.69B | $8.02B |
Sector | Utilities | Health |
52-Week High | $147.00 | $339.75 |
52-Week Low | $121.13 | $241.71 |
Enterprise Value | $41.25B | $7.84B |
Dividend Yield | 2.72% | — |
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American Water Works is the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility, serving approximately 3.5 million customers in 16 states. It provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and operates predominantly in regulated markets. The company's only nonregulated business is water services for military bases, which operates under long-term contracts.
Read more on AWK →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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