Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Boston Scientific Corporation — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while Boston Scientific Corporation trades at $51 (market cap $74.19B). The key difference: Boston Scientific Corporation is far larger — about 7.9× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock is trading nearer its 52-week high, Boston Scientific Corporation nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | BSX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $74.19B |
Sector | Health | Health |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $108.14 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $42.63 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $86.27B |
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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.
Read more on BIO →Boston Scientific produces less invasive medical devices that are inserted into the human body through small openings or cuts. It manufactures products for use in angioplasty, blood clot filtration, cardiac rhythm management, catheter-directed ultrasound imaging, structural heart disease, upper gastrointestinal tract diagnostics, interventional oncology, and treatment of incontinence. The firm markets its devices to healthcare professionals and institutions globally. Foreign sales account for nearly half of the firm's total sales.
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