Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Northrop Grumman Corporation — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $574.85 (market cap $81.78B). The key difference: Northrop Grumman Corporation is far larger — about 8.7× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and Northrop Grumman Corporation pays a 1.63% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | NOC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $81.78B |
Sector | Health | Industrials |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $768.02 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $496.02 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $95.77B |
Dividend Yield | — | 1.63% |
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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 →Northrop Grumman is a defense contractor that is diversified across short-cycle and long-cycle businesses. The firm's segments include aeronautics, mission systems, defense services, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program and produces various piloted and autonomous flight systems. Mission systems creates a variety of sensors and processors for defense hardware. The defense systems segment is a long-range missile manufacturer. Finally, the company's space systems segment produces various space structures, sensors, and satellites.
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