Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Gilead Sciences, Inc. — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while Gilead Sciences, Inc. trades at $135.28 (market cap $168.35B). The key difference: Gilead Sciences, Inc. is far larger — about 17.9× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and Gilead Sciences, Inc. pays a 2.42% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | GILD | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $168.35B |
Sector | Health | Health |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $155.80 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $110.56 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $191.42B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.42% |
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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 →Gilead Sciences develops and markets therapies to treat life-threatening infectious diseases, with the core of its portfolio focused on HIV and hepatitis B and C. The acquisitions of Corus Pharma, Myogen, CV Therapeutics, Arresto Biosciences, and Calistoga have broadened this focus to include pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Gilead's acquisition of Pharmasset brought rights to hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, which is also part of combination drug Harvoni, and the Kite, Forty Seven, and Immunomedics acquisitions boost Gilead's exposure to cell therapy and noncell therapy in oncology.
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