Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs British American Tobacco PLC — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while British American Tobacco PLC trades at $57.23 (market cap $122.36B). The key difference: British American Tobacco PLC is far larger — about 13× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and British American Tobacco PLC pays a 5.88% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | BTI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $122.36B |
Sector | Health | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $66.70 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $50.39 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $166.31B |
Dividend Yield | — | 5.88% |
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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 →Following the acquisition of Reynolds American, British American Tobacco is neck-and-neck with Philip Morris International to be the largest listed global tobacco company--slightly larger than PMI on net revenue, but slightly smaller on total tobacco volume. British American's Global Drive Brands are Dunhill, Kent, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, and Rothmans, and it also owns Newport and Camel in the U.S. The firm also sells vapor e-cigarettes, including its Vype brand, heated tobacco, with Glo, as well as roll- your-own and smokeless tobacco products. The company holds 31% of ITC Limited, the leading Indian cigarette-maker.
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