BIO.B vs. VLTO, FTV, TER, RVTY, AVTR, NVMI, VNT, RAL, MIR, and ST
Should you be buying Bio-Rad Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bio-Rad Laboratories include Veralto (VLTO), Fortive (FTV), Teradyne (TER), Revvity (RVTY), Avantor (AVTR), Nova (NVMI), Vontier (VNT), Ralliant (RAL), Mirion Technologies (MIR), and Sensata Technologies (ST). These companies are all part of the "measuring and control equipment" industry.
Bio-Rad Laboratories vs. Its Competitors
Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO.B) and Veralto (NYSE:VLTO) are both measuring and control equipment companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Veralto had 11 more articles in the media than Bio-Rad Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Veralto and 0 mentions for Bio-Rad Laboratories. Veralto's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Bio-Rad Laboratories' score of 0.00 indicating that Veralto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
0.0% of Bio-Rad Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Veralto shares are held by institutional investors. 28.4% of Bio-Rad Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Veralto shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bio-Rad Laboratories has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Veralto has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Veralto has a consensus target price of $111.18, suggesting a potential upside of 7.85%. Given Veralto's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Veralto is more favorable than Bio-Rad Laboratories.
Veralto has a net margin of 16.56% compared to Bio-Rad Laboratories' net margin of -85.16%. Veralto's return on equity of 45.63% beat Bio-Rad Laboratories' return on equity.
Veralto has higher revenue and earnings than Bio-Rad Laboratories. Bio-Rad Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Veralto, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Veralto beats Bio-Rad Laboratories on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BIO.B) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
