Novartis AG vs BIO-TECHNE Corp — how do they compare? Novartis AG trades at $149.81 (market cap $290.25B), while BIO-TECHNE Corp trades at $71.63 (market cap $11.16B). The key difference: Novartis AG is far larger — about 26× BIO-TECHNE Corp's market cap, and Novartis AG pays the higher dividend (3.17%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NVS | TECH | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $290.25B | $11.16B |
Sector | Health | Health |
52-Week High | $168.62 | $72.12 |
52-Week Low | $113.50 | $43.31 |
Enterprise Value | $330.27B | $11.24B |
Dividend Yield | 3.17% | 0.45% |
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Novartis develops and manufactures healthcare products through two segments: Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. It generates the vast majority of its revenue from Innovative Medicines segment consisting global business franchises in oncology, ophthalmology, neuroscience, immunology, respiratory, cardio-metabolic, and established medicines. The company sells its products globally, with the United States representing close to one third of total revenue.
Read more on NVS →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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