Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Boston Beer Company Inc — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $298.3 (market cap $8.02B), while Boston Beer Company Inc trades at $168.61 (market cap $1.80B). The key difference: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock is far larger — about 4.5× Boston Beer Company Inc's market cap, and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock is trading nearer its 52-week high, Boston Beer Company Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | SAM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $8.02B | $1.80B |
Sector | Health | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $339.75 | $260.05 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $161.08 |
Enterprise Value | $7.84B | $1.67B |
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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 →Boston Beer is a leader in U.S. high-end malt beverages and adjacent categories, with strong positions in craft beer, hard cider, and hard seltzer. The firm sells an array of flavor variants and package sizes, predominantly centered around four priority brands: Samuel Adams, Angry Orchard, Twisted Tea, and Truly Hard Seltzer. Its drinks are produced in both company-owned breweries as well as through third-party contract arrangements, and while the company primarily goes to market through independent wholesalers (as mandated by law), it operates a fairly large salesforce to induce demand across the value chain (distributors, retailers, and drinkers). The preponderance of revenue is generated domestically.
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