Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd trades at $307.2 (market cap $82.15B). The key difference: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd is far larger — about 8.7× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 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 | RCL | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $82.15B |
Sector | Health | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $365.84 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $246.71 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $104.79B |
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 →Royal Caribbean is the world's second-largest cruise company, operating 64 ships across five global and partner brands in the cruise vacation industry, with 10 more ships on order. Brands the company operates include Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea. The company also has a 50% investment in a joint venture that operates TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, allowing it to compete on the basis of innovation, quality of ships and service, variety of itineraries, choice of destinations, and price. The company completed the divestiture of its Azamara brand in the first quarter of 2021.
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