Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock vs Seagate Technology Holdings PLC — how do they compare? Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock trades at $356.44 (market cap $9.43B), while Seagate Technology Holdings PLC trades at $843.53 (market cap $185.97B). The key difference: Seagate Technology Holdings PLC is far larger — about 19.7× Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock's market cap, and Seagate Technology Holdings PLC pays a 0.36% dividend while Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A Common Stock pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BIO | STX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.43B | $185.97B |
Sector | Health | Technology |
52-Week High | $356.25 | $1.09K |
52-Week Low | $241.71 | $154.43 |
Enterprise Value | $9.18B | $188.12B |
Dividend Yield | — | 0.36% |
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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 →Seagate is a leading supplier of hard disk drives for data storage to the enterprise and consumer markets. It forms a practical duopoly in the market with its chief rival, Western Digital
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