Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs ING Groep NV — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $298.3 (market cap $8.02B), while ING Groep NV trades at $32.76 (market cap $92.55B). The key difference: ING Groep NV is far larger — about 11.5× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and ING Groep NV pays a 3.92% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | ING | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $8.02B | $92.55B |
Sector | Health | Financials |
52-Week High | $339.75 | $32.96 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $22.45 |
Enterprise Value | $7.84B | — |
Dividend Yield | — | 3.92% |
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 →The merger of the Dutch postal bank and NN Insurance in 1991 created ING. Through a series of further acquisitions ING build up a global footprint. The 2008 financial crisis forced ING to seek government support--a precondition of which was that ING should separate its banking and insurance activities, which saw ING revert to being solely a bank. ING has market- leading banking operations in the Netherlands and Belgium, and a range of digital banks across Europe and Australia. Its global wholesale banking operation is primarily focused on lending.
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