Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond ETF — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond ETF trades at $106.32. The key difference: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock is trading nearer its 52-week high, iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | LQD | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | — |
Sector | Health | — |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $112.91 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $105.96 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | — |
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 fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and it will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index that the advisor believes will help the fund track the underlying index. The underlying index is designed to provide a broad representation of the US dollar-denominated liquid investment-grade corporate bond market.
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