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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (BIO) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

BIO • • Industrial / General
HealthcareMedical DevicesDiagnostic & Imaging EquipmentPoint-of-Care Diagnostics
AboutBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. manufactures, and distributes life science research and clinical diagnostic products in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada, and Latin America. The company operates through Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics segments. The Life Science segment develops, manufactures, and markets a range of reagents, apparatus, and laboratory instruments that are used in research techniques, biopharmaceutical production processes, and food testing regimes. It focuses on selected segments of the life sciences market in proteomics, genomics, biopharmaceutical production, cellular biology, and food safety. This segment serves universities and medical schools, industrial research organizations, government agencies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotechnology researchers, food producers, and food testing laboratories. The Clinical Diagnostics segment designs, manufactures, sells, and supports test systems, informatics systems, test kits, and specialized quality controls for clinical laboratories in the diagnostics market. This segment offers reagents, instruments, and software, which address specific niches within the in vitro diagnostics test market. It sells its products to reference laboratories, hospital laboratories, state newborn screening facilities, physicians' office laboratories, and transfusion laboratories. In addition, the company offers products and systems to separate complex chemical and biological materials, as well as to identify, analyze, and purify components. The company offers its products through its direct sales force, as well as through distributors, agents, brokers, and resellers. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Hercules, California.Show more
  • Revenue $2.57B -3.9%
  • EBITDA $421M -13.0%
  • Net Income -$1.84B -189.4%
  • EPS (Diluted) -65.36 -199.5%
  • Gross Margin 53.73% +0.6%
  • EBITDA Margin 16.39% -9.5%
  • Operating Margin 10.48% -17.1%
  • Net Margin -71.86% -201.2%
  • ROE -24.09% -246.9%
  • ROIC 2.35% -6.0%
  • Debt/Equity 0.21 +30.1%
  • Interest Coverage 5.50 -19.5%
Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

  • ✓Share count reduced 3.4% through buybacks
  • ✓Healthy 5Y average net margin of 14.0%
  • ✓Trading at only 1.4x book value

✗Weaknesses

  • ✗Low asset turnover indicates capital-intensive operations

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y1.67%
5Y2.11%
3Y-4.24%
TTM-0.88%

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y-
5Y-
3Y-
TTM13.2%

EPS CAGR

10Y-
5Y-
3Y-
TTM11.05%

ROCE

10Y Avg2.79%
5Y Avg3.26%
3Y Avg2.85%
Latest2.6%

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Profit & Loss

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Sales/Revenue+2.02B2.07B2.16B2.29B2.31B2.55B2.92B2.8B2.67B2.57B
Revenue Growth %-0.07%0.02%0.04%0.06%0.01%0.1%0.15%-0.04%-0.05%-0.04%
Cost of Goods Sold+897.77M930.09M972.75M1.07B1.05B1.11B1.28B1.23B1.24B1.19B
COGS % of Revenue0.44%0.45%0.45%0.47%0.46%0.44%0.44%0.44%0.47%0.46%
Gross Profit+1.12B1.14B1.19B1.22B1.26B1.44B1.64B1.57B1.43B1.38B
Gross Margin %0.56%0.55%0.55%0.53%0.54%0.56%0.56%0.56%0.53%0.54%
Gross Profit Growth %-0.05%0.01%0.04%0.03%0.03%0.14%0.14%-0.04%-0.09%-0.03%
Operating Expenses+954.96M1.02B1.06B1.03B1.03B1.02B1.14B1.08B1.09B1.11B
OpEx % of Revenue0.47%0.49%0.49%0.45%0.44%0.4%0.39%0.39%0.41%0.43%
Selling, General & Admin761.99M816.72M808.94M833.29M824.63M798.8M877.12M827.83M841.7M814M
SG&A % of Revenue0.38%0.39%0.37%0.36%0.36%0.31%0.3%0.3%0.32%0.32%
Research & Development192.97M205.86M250.3M199.2M202.71M217.76M260.64M256.89M247.43M295.9M
R&D % of Revenue0.1%0.1%0.12%0.09%0.09%0.09%0.09%0.09%0.09%0.12%
Other Operating Expenses0000000000
Operating Income+166.71M53.19M116.65M-108.64M229.66M421.33M500.34M482.62M337.8M269M
Operating Margin %0.08%0.03%0.05%-0.05%0.1%0.17%0.17%0.17%0.13%0.1%
Operating Income Growth %0.11%-0.68%1.19%-1.93%3.11%0.83%0.19%-0.04%-0.3%-0.2%
EBITDA+298.56M196.09M265.35M29.46M404.16M559.93M637.94M659.82M483.7M420.6M
EBITDA Margin %0.15%0.09%0.12%0.01%0.17%0.22%0.22%0.24%0.18%0.16%
EBITDA Growth %-0%-0.34%0.35%-0.89%12.72%0.39%0.14%0.03%-0.27%-0.13%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)131.85M142.9M148.7M138.1M174.5M138.6M137.6M177.2M145.9M151.6M
EBIT167.54M64.94M120.82M536.62M2.28B4.94B5.45B-4.67B-800.66M-2.29B
Net Interest Income+-11.59M-8.68M-3.91M2.64M7.08M-3.66M17.35M19.89M51.46M33.1M
Interest Income10.1M14.7M19.1M26.6M30.5M18.2M18.9M58M100.9M82M
Interest Expense21.69M23.38M23.01M23.96M23.42M21.86M1.55M38.11M49.44M48.9M
Other Income/Expense-20.86M-73.94M-15.35M319.39M2.03B4.5B4.95B-5.19B-1.19B-2.61B
Pretax Income+145.85M41.56M97.81M507.36M2.26B4.92B5.45B-4.7B-850.1M-2.34B
Pretax Margin %0.07%0.02%0.05%0.22%0.98%1.93%1.86%-1.68%-0.32%-0.91%
Income Tax+32.75M13.44M-16.93M146.36M502.41M1.1B1.19B-1.08B-212.78M-498.3M
Effective Tax Rate %0.78%0.68%1.17%0.71%0.78%0.78%0.78%0.77%0.75%0.79%
Net Income+113.09M28.13M114.74M361M1.76B3.81B4.25B-3.63B-637.32M-1.84B
Net Margin %0.06%0.01%0.05%0.16%0.76%1.5%1.46%-1.29%-0.24%-0.72%
Net Income Growth %0.27%-0.75%3.08%2.15%3.87%1.17%0.12%-1.85%0.82%-1.89%
Net Income (Continuing)113.09M26M122.25M365.61M1.76B3.81B4.25B-3.63B-637.32M-1.84B
Discontinued Operations0000000000
Minority Interest0000000000
EPS (Diluted)+3.710.884.0711.9458.27126.20140.83-121.79-21.82-65.36
EPS Growth %0.22%-0.76%3.63%1.93%3.88%1.17%0.12%-1.86%0.82%-2%
EPS (Basic)3.740.884.1212.1058.93127.86142.61-121.79-21.82-65.36
Diluted Shares Outstanding29.41M29.65M30.03M30.23M30.18M30.16M30.21M29.79M29.21M28.21M
Basic Shares Outstanding29.19M29.44M29.66M29.84M29.84M29.77M29.83M29.79M29.21M28.21M
Dividend Payout Ratio----------

Balance Sheet

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Total Current Assets+1.78B1.84B1.98B2.02B2.18B2.14B1.99B3.16B3.05B3.03B
Cash & Short-Term Investments786.27M839.44M754.98M844.8M1.11B991.12M869.92M1.79B1.61B1.66B
Cash Only457.55M456.26M383.82M431.53M660.67M662.21M470.78M434.21M403.8M488.1M
Short-Term Investments328.72M383.18M371.15M413.27M453.97M328.91M399.13M1.36B1.2B1.18B
Accounts Receivable391.49M372.35M464.85M392.44M392.67M419.42M423.54M494.64M489M452.5M
Days Sales Outstanding70.7665.7178.5562.556260.1452.964.4366.8264.35
Inventory490.22M524.96M594.8M583.82M554.01M622.25M572.24M719.32M780.5M760M
Days Inventory Outstanding199.31206.01223.18199.95191.73205.03162.61212.61228.95233.58
Other Current Assets15.25M16.76M15.88M15.18M16.5M16.42M15.65M29.16M31.7M30.7M
Total Non-Current Assets+1.93B2.01B2.3B3.59B5.83B10.83B15.81B10.34B9.25B6.33B
Property, Plant & Equipment437.69M488.61M493.5M508.69M701.21M693.51M716.44M679.55M723.7M688.6M
Fixed Asset Turnover4.61x4.23x4.38x4.50x3.30x3.67x4.08x4.12x3.69x3.73x
Goodwill495.9M477.1M506.1M219.8M264.1M291.9M347.3M406.5M413.6M410.5M
Intangible Assets214M161.6M174.1M133.1M145.5M199.5M253.9M332.1M320.5M293.6M
Long-Term Investments719.84M830.79M1.03B2.66B4.64B9.56B14.39B8.83B7.7B4.84B
Other Non-Current Assets64.62M47.85M94.95M70.3M79.64M86.72M104.19M94.6M94.9M101.9M
Total Assets+3.71B3.85B4.27B5.61B8.01B12.97B17.8B13.5B12.3B9.36B
Asset Turnover0.54x0.54x0.51x0.41x0.29x0.20x0.16x0.21x0.22x0.27x
Asset Growth %0.11%0.04%0.11%0.31%0.43%0.62%0.37%-0.24%-0.09%-0.24%
Total Current Liabilities+441.35M471.32M502.7M450.8M905.5M631.54M680.94M568.71M522.8M467.8M
Accounts Payable122.39M133.11M135.18M122.45M107.01M139.45M141.94M135.04M144.6M122.3M
Days Payables Outstanding49.7652.2450.7241.9437.0445.9540.3439.9142.4237.59
Short-Term Debt298K334K420K493K425.7M1.3M489K465K500K1.2M
Deferred Revenue (Current)1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K00
Other Current Liabilities101.78M115.39M127.29M101.22M86.81M131.1M127.94M117.44M161.6M147.2M
Current Ratio4.03x3.91x3.93x4.49x2.41x3.39x2.92x5.55x5.83x6.48x
Quick Ratio2.92x2.80x2.75x3.19x1.80x2.40x2.08x4.29x4.34x4.85x
Cash Conversion Cycle220.31219.49251.01220.56216.7219.22175.17237.12253.35260.35
Total Non-Current Liabilities+777.86M800.02M840.07M1.14B1.35B2.46B3.43B3.32B3.04B2.33B
Long-Term Debt433.88M434.19M434.58M438.94M2.4M1.3M10.51M1.2B1.2B1.2B
Capital Lease Obligations0000187.22M186.13M175.94M153.6M165.5M131.4M
Deferred Tax Liabilities233.47M225.3M222.21M553.24M997.79M2.08B3.06B1.77B1.48B818M
Other Non-Current Liabilities110.51M140.54M183.28M147.77M160.9M196.93M182.19M195.93M195M177.2M
Total Liabilities1.22B1.27B1.34B1.59B2.25B3.09B4.11B3.89B3.56B2.79B
Total Debt+434.18M434.52M435M439.43M651.18M225.74M223.38M1.39B1.41B1.37B
Net Debt-23.37M-21.74M51.18M7.9M-9.49M-436.47M-247.41M953.88M1B886.6M
Debt / Equity0.17x0.17x0.15x0.11x0.11x0.02x0.02x0.14x0.16x0.21x
Debt / EBITDA1.45x2.22x1.64x14.92x1.61x0.40x0.35x2.10x2.91x3.27x
Net Debt / EBITDA-0.08x-0.11x0.19x0.27x-0.02x-0.78x-0.39x1.45x2.07x2.11x
Interest Coverage7.69x2.28x5.07x-4.53x9.81x19.27x322.59x12.66x6.83x5.50x
Total Equity+2.49B2.58B2.93B4.02B5.76B9.88B13.69B9.62B8.74B6.57B
Equity Growth %0.14%0.04%0.14%0.37%0.43%0.72%0.39%-0.3%-0.09%-0.25%
Book Value per Share84.6987.0097.56133.00190.67327.58453.03322.82299.26232.84
Total Shareholders' Equity2.49B2.58B2.93B4.02B5.76B9.88B13.69B9.62B8.74B6.57B
Common Stock3K3K3K3K3K3K3K3K00
Retained Earnings1.81B1.83B1.83B3.72B5.47B9.27B13.53B9.9B9.26B7.42B
Treasury Stock-101K-101K-217K-49.13M-38.4M-99.91M-106.29M-263.59M-632.5M-772.1M
Accumulated OCI382.14M417.77M738.79M-46.96M-87.35M282.46M-175.55M-466.82M-336M-538.2M
Minority Interest0000000000

Cash Flow

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Cash from Operations+186.21M216.07M104.14M285.49M457.9M584.97M669.46M194.45M374.94M455.2M
Operating CF Margin %0.09%0.1%0.05%0.12%0.2%0.23%0.23%0.07%0.14%0.18%
Operating CF Growth %-0.32%0.16%-0.52%1.74%0.6%0.28%0.14%-0.71%0.93%0.21%
Net Income109.2M26M122.2M365.6M1.76B3.81B4.25B-3.63B-637.3M-1.84B
Depreciation & Amortization131.8M142.9M148.7M138.1M134.2M138.6M137.6M137.3M145.9M151.6M
Stock-Based Compensation17M19.7M23.4M27.8M35.6M41.6M51.2M60.9M61.3M62.3M
Deferred Taxes0000000000
Other Non-Cash Items-5.59M66.57M13.54M-323.01M-2.03B-4.5B-4.92B5.23B1.24B2.71B
Working Capital Changes-66.2M-39.1M-203.7M77M555.9M1.09B1.14B-1.61B-432.8M-620.8M
Change in Receivables-39M12.5M-64.1M59.7M1.6M-15M-20.4M-87.4M11.4M16.2M
Change in Inventory-54.2M-57.1M-47.7M-12.9M24.2M-52.1M46.1M-158.8M-46.3M8.5M
Change in Payables28.6M30.1M7.8M-45.6M10.6M124.7M69.9M-94.2M-51.8M-40.9M
Cash from Investing+-166.87M-213.88M-175.57M-186.98M-208.89M-69.89M-797.38M-1.21B20.21M-160.2M
Capital Expenditures-113.37M-141.57M-115.13M-129.83M-98.53M-108.56M-133.75M-112.78M-156.68M-165.6M
CapEx % of Revenue0.06%0.07%0.05%0.06%0.04%0.04%0.05%0.04%0.06%0.06%
Acquisitions----------
Investments----------
Other Investing-4.13M48K-914K4.32M8.95M3.48M-453.39M-1.21M211K-23.3M
Cash from Financing+8.58M9.02M341K-48.68M-22.76M-523.04M-55.43M973.58M-425.65M-218.8M
Debt Issued (Net)----------
Equity Issued (Net)----------
Dividends Paid0000000000
Share Repurchases----------
Other Financing627K9.29M3.61M3.19M5.88M3.9M-2.41M3.54M3.55M-14.8M
Net Change in Cash----------
Free Cash Flow+72.84M74.5M-10.99M155.67M359.37M476.41M535.72M80.29M218.26M266.2M
FCF Margin %0.04%0.04%-0.01%0.07%0.16%0.19%0.18%0.03%0.08%0.1%
FCF Growth %-0.47%0.02%-1.15%15.16%1.31%0.33%0.12%-0.85%1.72%0.22%
FCF per Share2.482.51-0.375.1511.9115.8017.732.707.479.44
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)1.65x7.68x0.91x0.79x0.26x0.15x0.16x-0.05x-0.59x-0.25x
Interest Paid0000000000
Taxes Paid0000000000

Key Ratios

Metric2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Return on Equity (ROE)4.84%1.11%4.17%10.39%35.98%48.79%36.11%-31.14%-6.94%-24.09%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)5.35%1.59%3.16%-2.32%3.52%4.16%3.28%3.02%2.49%2.35%
Gross Margin55.54%55.03%54.97%53.46%54.38%56.48%56.05%55.93%53.42%53.73%
Net Margin5.6%1.36%5.31%15.76%76.08%149.83%145.57%-129.45%-23.86%-71.86%
Debt / Equity0.17x0.17x0.15x0.11x0.11x0.02x0.02x0.14x0.16x0.21x
Interest Coverage7.69x2.28x5.07x-4.53x9.81x19.27x322.59x12.66x6.83x5.50x
FCF Conversion1.65x7.68x0.91x0.79x0.26x0.15x0.16x-0.05x-0.59x-0.25x
Revenue Growth-7.15%2.41%4.45%6.02%0.94%10.12%14.81%-4.12%-4.67%-3.92%

Revenue by Segment

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Clinical Diagnostics1.31B1.32B1.36B1.41B1.41B1.31B1.52B1.45B1.49B1.54B
Clinical Diagnostics Growth-0.98%2.83%3.75%0.01%-7.56%16.14%-4.28%2.64%3.26%
Life Science695M730.7M785.2M861.7M885.9M1.23B1.4B1.35B1.18B1.03B
Life Science Growth-5.14%7.46%9.74%2.81%39.05%13.72%-3.83%-12.53%-12.75%

Revenue by Geography

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
UNITED STATES735M770.6M800.2M863.6M899.1M1B1.13B1.16B1.12B1.04B
UNITED STATES Growth-4.84%3.84%7.92%4.11%11.76%12.52%2.20%-2.91%-7.17%
Europe763.7M742.2M758.5M792M770.3M857.7M946.9M851.9M819.8M834.1M
Europe Growth--2.82%2.20%4.42%-2.74%11.35%10.40%-10.03%-3.77%1.74%
Asia Pacific392.2M427.1M461.3M495.5M505M546.5M688.4M639.4M563M521.6M
Asia Pacific Growth-8.90%8.01%7.41%1.92%8.22%25.97%-7.12%-11.95%-7.35%
Americas128.5M128.3M140.2M138.3M137.3M136.6M156.6M155.4M166.6M169.3M
Americas Growth--0.16%9.28%-1.36%-0.72%-0.51%14.64%-0.77%7.21%1.62%

Frequently Asked Questions

Growth & Financials

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (BIO) reported $2.56B in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 23% increase from $2.07B in 2011.

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (BIO) saw revenue decline by 3.9% over the past year.

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (BIO) reported a net loss of $675.9M for fiscal year 2024.

Dividend & Returns

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (BIO) has a return on equity (ROE) of -24.1%. Negative ROE indicates the company is unprofitable.

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (BIO) generated $336.7M in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.

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