Crispr Therapeutics AG vs BIO-TECHNE Corp — how do they compare? Crispr Therapeutics AG trades at $50.76 (market cap $4.99B), while BIO-TECHNE Corp trades at $71.23 (market cap $11.12B). The key difference: BIO-TECHNE Corp is far larger — about 2.2× Crispr Therapeutics AG's market cap, and BIO-TECHNE Corp pays a 0.45% dividend while Crispr Therapeutics AG pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CRSP | TECH | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $4.99B | $11.12B |
Sector | Health | Health |
52-Week High | $76.78 | $71.38 |
52-Week Low | $44.34 | $43.31 |
Enterprise Value | $3.33B | $11.20B |
Dividend Yield | — | 0.45% |
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CRISPR Therapeutics is a gene editing company focused on the development of CRISPR/Cas9-based therapeutics. CRISPR/Cas9 stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9), which is a revolutionary technology for precisely altering specific sequences of genomic DNA. The company is focused on using this technology to treat genetically defined diseases. CRISPR's most advanced pipeline candidate, CTX001, is in collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals and targets sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia, which have high unmet medical needs. The company is progressing additional gene editing programs for immuno-oncology, as well as a stem cell-derived therapy for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes.
Read more on CRSP →Based in Minnesota, Bio-Techne is a life sciences manufacturer supplying consumables and instruments for the pharma, biotech, academic, and diagnostic markets. The company reports in two segments, protein sciences (75% of revenue), and diagnostics and genomics (25%). The protein-focused segment makes equipment and associated consumables for protein characterization and analysis and sells antibodies for research and clinical purposes. In diagnostics, Bio-Techne provides controls and calibrators for diagnostic manufacturers and has a portfolio of diagnostic oncology assays. The United States accounts for about 55% of revenue, and the firm also has operations in EMEA (20% of sales), the U.K. (5%), and APAC (15%), with the rest of the world accounting for the remaining 5%.
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