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Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) Competitors

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$247.52 -3.29 (-1.31%)
As of 07/15/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

BIO vs. MTD, WAT, ILMN, 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), Waters (WAT), Illumina (ILMN), 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. Its Competitors

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

Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 22.17% compared to Bio-Rad Laboratories' net margin of -85.16%. Bio-Rad Laboratories' return on equity of 4.32% beat Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bio-Rad Laboratories-85.16% 4.32% 3.03%
Mettler-Toledo International 22.17%-556.22%26.27%

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. 17.8% of Bio-Rad Laboratories shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Mettler-Toledo International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Bio-Rad Laboratories has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$2.57B2.62-$1.84B-$76.20-3.25
Mettler-Toledo International$3.87B6.25$863.14M$40.1029.06

In the previous week, Bio-Rad Laboratories had 4 more articles in the media than Mettler-Toledo International. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Bio-Rad Laboratories and 14 mentions for Mettler-Toledo International. Mettler-Toledo International's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Bio-Rad Laboratories' score of 0.39 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Mettler-Toledo International
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Bio-Rad Laboratories presently has a consensus price target of $324.25, suggesting a potential upside of 31.00%. Mettler-Toledo International has a consensus price target of $1,280.90, suggesting a potential upside of 9.92%. Given Bio-Rad Laboratories' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bio-Rad Laboratories is more favorable than Mettler-Toledo International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bio-Rad Laboratories
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Mettler-Toledo International
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

Summary

Mettler-Toledo International beats Bio-Rad Laboratories on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BIO vs. The Competition

MetricBio-Rad LaboratoriesMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.83B$10.37B$5.61B$20.82B
Dividend YieldN/A2.09%4.23%3.65%
P/E Ratio-3.2516.6928.5427.17
Price / Sales2.6228.91430.1147.97
Price / Cash24.1322.6736.0222.28
Price / Book1.063.598.144.56
Net Income-$1.84B$233.40M$3.24B$995.22M
7 Day Performance-2.14%-3.21%0.17%-1.16%
1 Month Performance6.54%1.23%5.95%3.18%
1 Year Performance-21.29%-19.76%26.22%6.83%

Bio-Rad Laboratories Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIO
Bio-Rad Laboratories
4.6788 of 5 stars
$247.52
-1.3%
$324.25
+31.0%
-18.1%$6.83B$2.57B-3.257,700News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
MTD
Mettler-Toledo International
3.9731 of 5 stars
$1,188.28
-1.7%
$1,300.36
+9.4%
-14.2%$24.69B$3.87B29.6317,300Positive News
WAT
Waters
4.873 of 5 stars
$346.35
-1.1%
$388.00
+12.0%
-4.3%$20.61B$2.96B31.437,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ILMN
Illumina
4.8399 of 5 stars
$97.15
-3.6%
$127.39
+31.1%
-16.7%$15.38B$4.37B-16.009,030
TECH
Bio-Techne
4.8686 of 5 stars
$51.53
-3.0%
$72.00
+39.7%
-33.4%$8.08B$1.16B62.843,100News Coverage
CRL
Charles River Laboratories International
4.8137 of 5 stars
$153.93
-2.0%
$171.85
+11.6%
-28.6%$7.56B$4.05B-236.8220,100Positive News
BRKR
Bruker
4.9775 of 5 stars
$41.27
-2.8%
$52.89
+28.2%
-33.8%$6.25B$3.37B79.3711,396Positive News
High Trading Volume
PACB
Pacific Biosciences of California
1.8313 of 5 stars
$1.47
-8.1%
$2.06
+40.2%
-11.1%$441.13M$152.36M-0.53730Gap Down
HBIO
Harvard Bioscience
4.2307 of 5 stars
$0.44
-2.2%
$3.00
+577.2%
-88.0%$19.59M$94.14M-0.34490
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific
4.9917 of 5 stars
$418.76
-2.5%
$604.05
+44.2%
-23.1%$158.08B$42.88B24.56125,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
A
Agilent Technologies
4.8143 of 5 stars
$119.21
-1.8%
$140.92
+18.2%
-13.6%$33.86B$6.51B29.4317,900

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