BIO-TECHNE Corp vs Xcel Energy Inc — how do they compare? BIO-TECHNE Corp trades at $71.63 (market cap $11.16B), while Xcel Energy Inc trades at $79 (market cap $49.11B). The key difference: Xcel Energy Inc is far larger — about 4.4× BIO-TECHNE Corp's market cap, and Xcel Energy Inc pays the higher dividend (3.01%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| TECH | XEL | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $11.16B | $49.11B |
Sector | Health | Utilities |
52-Week High | $72.12 | $83.91 |
52-Week Low | $43.31 | $71.14 |
Enterprise Value | $11.24B | $86.55B |
Dividend Yield | 0.45% | 3.01% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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 →Xcel Energy manages utilities serving 3.7 million electric customers and 2.1 million natural gas customers in eight states. Its utilities are Northern States Power, which serves customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Michigan
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