BIO-TECHNE Corp vs Williams Companies Inc — how do they compare? BIO-TECHNE Corp trades at $72.4 (market cap $11.24B), while Williams Companies Inc trades at $71.97 (market cap $88.45B). The key difference: Williams Companies Inc is far larger — about 7.9× BIO-TECHNE Corp's market cap, and Williams Companies Inc pays the higher dividend (2.9%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| TECH | WMB | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $11.24B | $88.45B |
Sector | Health | Energy |
52-Week High | $72.29 | $79.40 |
52-Week Low | $43.31 | $56.51 |
Enterprise Value | $11.32B | $119.07B |
Dividend Yield | 0.44% | 2.9% |
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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%.
Read more on TECH →Williams is a midstream energy company that owns and operates the large Transco and Northwest pipeline systems and associated natural gas gathering, processing, and storage assets. In August 2018, the firm acquired the remaining 26% ownership of its limited partner, Williams Partners.
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