Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Las Vegas Sands Corp. — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while Las Vegas Sands Corp. trades at $45.83 (market cap $29.44B). The key difference: Las Vegas Sands Corp. is far larger — about 3.1× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and Las Vegas Sands Corp. pays a 2.64% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | LVS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $29.44B |
Sector | Health | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $69.49 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $44.78 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $41.33B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.64% |
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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 →Las Vegas Sands is the world's largest operator of fully integrated resorts, featuring casino, hotel, entertainment, food and beverage, retail, and convention center operations. The company owns the Venetian Macao, Sands Macao, Londoner, Four Seasons Hotel Macao, and Parisian in Macao, and the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore. Its Venetian and Palazzo Las Vegas in the U.S. asets were sold to Apollo and VICI for $6.25 billion in 2022. We expect Sands to open a fourth tower in Singapore in 2026. After the sale of its Vegas assets, the company will generate all its EBITDA from Asia, with its casino operations generating the majority of sales.
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