Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Paycom Software Inc — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $298.3 (market cap $8.02B), while Paycom Software Inc trades at $143.25 (market cap $6.83B). The key difference: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock is the larger of the two by market cap, and Paycom Software Inc pays a 1.02% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | PAYC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $8.02B | $6.83B |
Sector | Health | Technology |
52-Week High | $339.75 | $238.80 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $113.59 |
Enterprise Value | $7.84B | $7.44B |
Dividend Yield | — | 1.02% |
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 →Paycom is a fast-growing provider of payroll and human capital management, or HCM, software primarily targeting clients with 50-10,000 employees in the United States. Paycom was established in 1998 and services about 18,000 clients as of 2021, based on parent company grouping. Alongside its core payroll software, Paycom offers various HCM add-on modules, including time and attendance, talent management, and benefits administration.
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