Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Gold Fields Limited — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while Gold Fields Limited trades at $41.66 (market cap $36.07B). The key difference: Gold Fields Limited is far larger — about 3.8× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and Gold Fields Limited pays a 5.76% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | GFI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $36.07B |
Sector | Health | Basic Materials |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $61.52 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $29.31 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $37.51B |
Dividend Yield | — | 5.76% |
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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 →Gold Fields Ltd is a producer of gold and is a holder of gold reserves and resources in South Africa, Ghana, Australia and Peru. In Peru, the company also produces copper. The company is primarily involved in underground and surface gold and surface copper mining and silver and related activities, including exploration, extraction, processing and smelting. It conducts underground and surface mining operations at St. Ives, underground-only operations at Agnew, Granny Smith and South Deep and surface-only open pit mining at Damang, Tarkwa and Cerro Corona. The company's revenues are derived from the sale of gold that it produces.
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