Brown-Forman Corporation Class B vs BIO-TECHNE Corp — how do they compare? Brown-Forman Corporation Class B trades at $25.18, while BIO-TECHNE Corp trades at $71.23 (market cap $11.12B). The key difference: BIO-TECHNE Corp pays a 0.45% dividend while Brown-Forman Corporation Class B pays none, and BIO-TECHNE Corp is trading nearer its 52-week high, Brown-Forman Corporation Class B nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BF.B | TECH | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Consumer Staples | Health |
52-Week High | $31.26 | $71.38 |
52-Week Low | $22.80 | $43.31 |
Market Cap | — | $11.12B |
Enterprise Value | — | $11.20B |
Dividend Yield | — | 0.45% |
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Brown-Forman is the largest U.S.-domiciled producer of distilled spirits. The firm reports only a single operating segment, and whiskey represents its primary business driver, generating roughly three-quarters of sales, undergirded by the Jack Daniel's brand as well as bourbons such as Woodford Reserve and Old Forrester. Notable nonwhiskey offerings include tequilas such as el Jimador and Herradura. The firm operates globally, with products sold in more than 170 countries, and adapts its route-to-consumer model depending on regulation as well as the prevailing competitive dynamics in a given market. For example, it sells through distributors in the U.S. but operates its own logistics apparatus in many other countries. The company remains under the control of the Brown family.
Read more on BF.B →Based in Minnesota, Bio-Techne is a life sciences manufacturer supplying consumables and instruments for the pharma, biotech, academic, and diagnostic markets. The company reports in two segments, protein sciences (75% of revenue), and diagnostics and genomics (25%). The protein-focused segment makes equipment and associated consumables for protein characterization and analysis and sells antibodies for research and clinical purposes. In diagnostics, Bio-Techne provides controls and calibrators for diagnostic manufacturers and has a portfolio of diagnostic oncology assays. The United States accounts for about 55% of revenue, and the firm also has operations in EMEA (20% of sales), the U.K. (5%), and APAC (15%), with the rest of the world accounting for the remaining 5%.
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