Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Southern Copper Corp — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while Southern Copper Corp trades at $197.12 (market cap $164.21B). The key difference: Southern Copper Corp is far larger — about 17.4× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and Southern Copper Corp pays a 2.26% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | SCCO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $164.21B |
Sector | Health | Basic Materials |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $218.85 |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $93.70 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $165.50B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.26% |
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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 →Southern Copper Corp is an integrated producer of copper and other minerals and operates the mining, smelting, and refining facilities in Peru and Mexico. Its production includes copper, molybdenum, zinc, and silver. The company operates through the following segments: Peruvian operations, Mexican open-pit operations, and Mexican underground mining operations. Southern Copper generates the majority of its revenue from the sale of copper and the rest from the sale of non-copper products, such as molybdenum, silver, zinc, lead, and gold. Its geographical segments are The Americas, Europe, and Asia.
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