Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs FedEx Corporation — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while FedEx Corporation trades at $322.99 (market cap $76.28B). The key difference: FedEx Corporation is far larger — about 8.1× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and FedEx Corporation pays a 1.51% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | FDX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $76.28B |
Sector | Health | Industrials |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $338.75 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $180.51 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $105.91B |
Dividend Yield | — | 1.51% |
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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 →FedEx pioneered overnight delivery in 1973 and remains the world's largest express package provider. In its fiscal 2020 (ended May 2020), FedEx derived 51% of revenue from its express division, 33% from ground, and 10% from freight, its asset-based less-than-truckload shipping segment. The remainder comes from other services, including FedEx Office, which provides document production/shipping, and FedEx Logistics, which provides global forwarding. FedEx acquired Dutch parcel delivery firm TNT Express in 2016. TNT was previously the fourth-largest global parcel delivery provider.
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