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Bio-Rad Laboratories vs Waters

Over the past year BIO returned +19.5% and WAT returned +33.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.42.

BIO +19.5% WAT +33.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricBIOWAT
Price$372.18$462.72
Market cap$9.95B$45.46B
Today−3.18%−3.61%
1 month+4.7%+8.7%
6 months+45.1%+50.7%
Year to date+22.8%+21.8%
1 year+16.5%+34.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)−0.1%+113.4%
Gross margin53.1%44.6%
Net margin57.1%−8.3%
P/E (TTM)44.7×273.6×
Price / sales3.8×9.8×
Net cash$414.8M-$4.55B
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)27.7%25.2%
Short % of float5.9%3.3%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).