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Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) Competitors

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$358.19
+27.61 (+8.35%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

BIO vs. MTD, ILMN, WAT, TECH, CRL, BRKR, PACB, HBIO, TMO, and A

Should you be buying Bio-Rad Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bio-Rad Laboratories include Mettler-Toledo International (MTD), Illumina (ILMN), Waters (WAT), Bio-Techne (TECH), Charles River Laboratories International (CRL), Bruker (BRKR), Pacific Biosciences of California (PACB), Harvard Bioscience (HBIO), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), and Agilent Technologies (A). These companies are all part of the "life sciences tools & services" industry.

Bio-Rad Laboratories vs.

Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO) and Mettler-Toledo International (NYSE:MTD) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 20.95% compared to Bio-Rad Laboratories' net margin of -51.73%. Bio-Rad Laboratories' return on equity of 3.77% beat Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bio-Rad Laboratories-51.73% 3.77% 2.68%
Mettler-Toledo International 20.95%-575.61%24.78%

65.2% of Bio-Rad Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of Bio-Rad Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Bio-Rad Laboratories has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Mettler-Toledo International received 1 more outperform votes than Bio-Rad Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.61% of users gave Bio-Rad Laboratories an outperform vote while only 56.97% of users gave Mettler-Toledo International an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bio-Rad LaboratoriesOutperform Votes
367
64.61%
Underperform Votes
201
35.39%
Mettler-Toledo InternationalOutperform Votes
368
56.97%
Underperform Votes
278
43.03%

Bio-Rad Laboratories currently has a consensus price target of $368.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.67%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus price target of $1,363.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.41%. Given Mettler-Toledo International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mettler-Toledo International is more favorable than Bio-Rad Laboratories.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bio-Rad Laboratories
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Mettler-Toledo International
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.88

Mettler-Toledo International has higher revenue and earnings than Bio-Rad Laboratories. Bio-Rad Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mettler-Toledo International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bio-Rad Laboratories$2.56B3.86-$637.32M-$47.03-7.55
Mettler-Toledo International$3.75B7.34$788.78M$36.3435.71

In the previous week, Bio-Rad Laboratories and Bio-Rad Laboratories both had 9 articles in the media. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Bio-Rad Laboratories' score of 0.75 indicating that Mettler-Toledo International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bio-Rad Laboratories
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mettler-Toledo International
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Mettler-Toledo International beats Bio-Rad Laboratories on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BIO vs. The Competition

MetricBio-Rad LaboratoriesAnalytical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.89B$5.37B$5.36B$19.21B
Dividend YieldN/A0.44%5.21%3.52%
P/E Ratio-7.5525.49140.7931.53
Price / Sales3.864.301,450.4316.82
Price / Cash27.9741.2038.8820.46
Price / Book1.162.484.725.39
Net Income-$637.32M-$8.36M$115.38M$984.71M
7 Day Performance8.29%3.90%-0.69%-0.33%
1 Month Performance5.97%-3.54%3.71%-0.77%
1 Year Performance28.92%-5.90%38.84%29.53%

Bio-Rad Laboratories Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIO
Bio-Rad Laboratories
4.0775 of 5 stars
$358.19
+8.4%
$368.20
+2.8%
+22.7%$9.98B$2.56B-7.628,030Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
MTD
Mettler-Toledo International
3.9514 of 5 stars
$1,293.38
-2.0%
$1,363.75
+5.4%
+35.3%$27.62B$3.75B35.5916,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
ILMN
Illumina
4.1469 of 5 stars
$141.39
-1.1%
$154.33
+9.2%
+36.9%$22.52B$4.43B-7.389,300Upcoming Earnings
WAT
Waters
3.7388 of 5 stars
$327.30
-1.8%
$342.58
+4.7%
+38.0%$19.43B$2.96B32.607,900Upcoming Earnings
TECH
Bio-Techne
4.5022 of 5 stars
$68.37
-1.4%
$80.60
+17.9%
+34.2%$10.77B$1.16B65.743,100Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CRL
Charles River Laboratories International
4.5626 of 5 stars
$182.67
-2.1%
$209.00
+14.4%
+10.2%$9.41B$4.08B21.8821,800Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BRKR
Bruker
4.9045 of 5 stars
$58.39
-2.2%
$80.82
+38.4%
+6.6%$8.49B$3.12B24.239,707Upcoming Earnings
PACB
Pacific Biosciences of California
2.8452 of 5 stars
$1.72
-1.7%
$4.50
+161.6%
-69.6%$490.55M$200.52M-1.15730Upcoming Earnings
HBIO
Harvard Bioscience
1.2581 of 5 stars
$2.34
-0.8%
N/A-42.6%$101.63M$101.13M-9.36490Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific
4.9587 of 5 stars
$557.38
-3.3%
$655.50
+17.6%
+26.7%$212.92B$42.86B34.58122,000Insider Selling
A
Agilent Technologies
4.8225 of 5 stars
$130.72
-1.7%
$144.36
+10.4%
+30.0%$38.14B$6.50B27.1218,100

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This page (NYSE:BIO) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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