iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond ETF vs BIO-TECHNE Corp — how do they compare? iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond ETF trades at $106.78, while BIO-TECHNE Corp trades at $71.63 (market cap $11.16B). The key difference: BIO-TECHNE Corp pays a 0.45% dividend while iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond ETF pays none, and BIO-TECHNE Corp is trading nearer its 52-week high, iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LQD | TECH | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $112.91 | $72.12 |
52-Week Low | $106.96 | $43.31 |
Market Cap | — | $11.16B |
Sector | — | Health |
Enterprise Value | — | $11.24B |
Dividend Yield | — | 0.45% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and it will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index that the advisor believes will help the fund track the underlying index. The underlying index is designed to provide a broad representation of the US dollar-denominated liquid investment-grade corporate bond market.
Read more on LQD →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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