Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Canadian National Railway Co. — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while Canadian National Railway Co. trades at $126.3 (market cap $76.28B). The key difference: Canadian National Railway Co. is far larger — about 8.1× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and Canadian National Railway Co. pays a 2.06% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | CNI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $76.28B |
Sector | Health | Industrials |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $130.58 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $90.91 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $92.31B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.06% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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 →Canadian National's railway spans Canada from coast to coast and extends through Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. In 2019, CN delivered almost 6 million carloads over its 19,600 miles of track. CN generated roughly CAD 14 billion in total revenue by hauling intermodal containers (25% of consolidated revenue), petroleum and chemicals (21%), grain and fertilizers (16%), forest products (12%), metals and mining (11%), automotive shipments (6%), and coal (4%). Other items constitute the remaining revenue.
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