STMicroelectronics NV vs BIO-TECHNE Corp — how do they compare? STMicroelectronics NV trades at $65.42 (market cap $55.80B), while BIO-TECHNE Corp trades at $71.63 (market cap $11.16B). The key difference: STMicroelectronics NV is far larger — about 5× BIO-TECHNE Corp's market cap, and STMicroelectronics NV pays the higher dividend (0.58%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| STM | TECH | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $55.80B | $11.16B |
Sector | Financials | Health |
52-Week High | $79.91 | $72.12 |
52-Week Low | $21.20 | $43.31 |
Enterprise Value | $54.01B | $11.24B |
Dividend Yield | 0.58% | 0.45% |
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A merger between Italian firm SGS Microelettronica and the nonmilitary business of Thomson Semiconductors in France formed STMicroelectronics in 1987. STMicro is a leader in a variety of semiconductor products, including analog chips, discrete power semiconductors, microcontrollers, and sensors. STMicro is an especially prominent chip supplier into the industrial and automotive industries.
Read more on STM →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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