Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Novo Nordisk A/S — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while Novo Nordisk A/S trades at $45.98 (market cap $207.85B). The key difference: Novo Nordisk A/S is far larger — about 22× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and Novo Nordisk A/S pays a 3.81% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | NVO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $207.85B |
Sector | Health | Health |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $63.98 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $35.29 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $222.55B |
Dividend Yield | — | 3.81% |
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 →With almost 50% market share by volume of the global insulin market, Novo Nordisk is the leading provider of diabetes-care products in the world. Based in Denmark, the company manufactures and markets a variety of human and modern insulins, injectable diabetes treatments, and oral antidiabetic agents. Novo also has a biopharmaceutical segment (constituting roughly 15% of revenue) that specializes in protein therapies for hemophilia and other disorders.
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