Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Nutrien Ltd — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while Nutrien Ltd trades at $67.3 (market cap $32.05B). The key difference: Nutrien Ltd is far larger — about 3.4× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and Nutrien Ltd pays a 3.27% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | NTR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $32.05B |
Sector | Health | Basic Materials |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $83.94 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $53.64 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $43.86B |
Dividend Yield | — | 3.27% |
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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 →Created in 2018 as a result of the merger between PotashCorp and Agrium, Nutrien is the world's largest fertilizer producer by capacity. Nutrien produces the three main crop nutrients--nitrogen, potash, and phosphate--although its main focus is potash, where it is the global leader in installed capacity with roughly 20% share. The company is also the largest agricultural retailer in the United States, selling fertilizers, crop chemicals, seeds, and services directly to farm customers through its brick-and-mortar stores and online platforms.
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