Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Mercadolibre Inc — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while Mercadolibre Inc trades at $1,930.02 (market cap $98.35B). The key difference: Mercadolibre Inc is far larger — about 10.4× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and Mercadolibre Inc is trading nearer its 52-week high, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | MELI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $98.35B |
Sector | Health | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $2.51K |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $1.55K |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $106.00B |
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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 →MercadoLibre runs the largest e-commerce marketplace in Latin America, connecting a network of more than 140 million active users and 1 million active sellers as of the end of 2021 across an 18-country footprint. The company also operates a host of complementary businesses, with shipping solutions (Mercado Envios), a payment and financing operation (Mercado Pago), advertisements (Mercado Clics), classifieds, and a turnkey e-commerce solution (Mercado Shops) rounding out its arsenal. MercadoLibre generates revenue from final value fees, advertising royalties, payment processing, insertion fees, subscription fees, and interest income from consumer and small-business lending.
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