Boston Scientific Corporation vs Gilead Sciences, Inc. — how do they compare? Boston Scientific Corporation trades at $51 (market cap $71.46B), while Gilead Sciences, Inc. trades at $135 (market cap $164.99B). The key difference: Gilead Sciences, Inc. is far larger — about 2.3× Boston Scientific Corporation's market cap, and Gilead Sciences, Inc. pays a 2.47% dividend while Boston Scientific Corporation pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BSX | GILD | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $71.46B | $164.99B |
Sector | Health | Health |
52-Week High | $108.14 | $155.80 |
52-Week Low | $42.63 | $110.56 |
Enterprise Value | $83.55B | $188.06B |
Dividend Yield | — | 2.47% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
Boston Scientific produces less invasive medical devices that are inserted into the human body through small openings or cuts. It manufactures products for use in angioplasty, blood clot filtration, cardiac rhythm management, catheter-directed ultrasound imaging, structural heart disease, upper gastrointestinal tract diagnostics, interventional oncology, and treatment of incontinence. The firm markets its devices to healthcare professionals and institutions globally. Foreign sales account for nearly half of the firm's total sales.
Read more on BSX →Gilead Sciences develops and markets therapies to treat life-threatening infectious diseases, with the core of its portfolio focused on HIV and hepatitis B and C. The acquisitions of Corus Pharma, Myogen, CV Therapeutics, Arresto Biosciences, and Calistoga have broadened this focus to include pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Gilead's acquisition of Pharmasset brought rights to hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, which is also part of combination drug Harvoni, and the Kite, Forty Seven, and Immunomedics acquisitions boost Gilead's exposure to cell therapy and noncell therapy in oncology.
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