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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

BIO·NYSE·Industrial Applications And Services·CIK 0000012208

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. is a multinational life science and clinical diagnostics company that develops, manufactures, and markets a broad portfolio of instruments, systems, reagents, and consumables. The company has direct operations in over 36 countries outside the United States, with sales efforts supplemented by distributors and agents in certain locations. Bio-Rad operates in two industry segments: Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics, both operating worldwide. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Life Science segment generated approximately 40% of consolidated net sales, and the Clinical Diagnostics segment generated approximately 60%. Approximately 40% of consolidated net sales for the year ended December 31, 2025, came from the U.S., and approximately 60% from international locations, with Europe being the largest international region. The Life Science segment develops, manufactures, and markets instruments, systems, reagents, and consumables used to separate, purify, characterize, and quantify biological materials such as cells, proteins, and nucleic acids. These products are utilized in research and biopharmaceutical laboratory environments, biopharmaceutical manufacturing, quality control processes, food safety testing, and science education applications. This segment serves the research market, supporting scientific discovery from early research through clinical and applied use, offering thousands of life science products globally. The estimated worldwide sales of products in the markets served by this segment are approximately $19 billion. Principal customers include universities and medical schools, industrial research organizations, government agencies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotechnology companies, and food producers and testing laboratories. The Clinical Diagnostics segment designs, manufactures, markets, and supports diagnostic test systems, informatics solutions, test kits, and specialized quality controls for clinical laboratories in the global diagnostics market.

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:BIO) is a publicly traded company in the Industrial Applications And Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 10 items for BIO at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-04, rated 8/10. Across its 10 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 7 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for BIO spans 8-K, DEF 14A, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Bio-Rad to Slash Jobs, Shut Facilities in $80–90M Restructuring Push
  • Bio-Rad Q2 Revenue Beats by $27M on Diagnostics Strength, Reaffirms Outlook
  • Bio-Rad Tops Q2 Revenue, Launches $80–90M Restructuring, and Reaffirms 2026 Outlook
  • Activist Investor Elliott Plans Push to Boost Bio-Rad Stock, Sources Say
  • Bio-Rad Reports Steep Q1 Net Loss of $527.1M, EPS Plunges to ($19.55)

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$2.58B
Net Income
$759.9M
Diluted EPS
$27.85
Op. Cash Flow
$532.2M
Free Cash Flow
$374.6M
Gross Profit
$1.34B
Operating Income
$47.2M
Cash & Equivalents
$529.8M
Total Debt
$1.2B
Debt / Equity
0.16×
Net Margin
29.4%
Shares Outstanding
27.26M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-13 · accession 0000012208-26-000010

Short Interest & Short Volume

3.83 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 998,654 shares in BIO as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 11.6% decrease from the prior period — about 3.8 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 77.0% of BIO volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)998,654 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 11.6%
Days to cover3.83 at avg daily volume of 260,959
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)77.0% of 72,720 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume69.8%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$369.14
52-week range · as of 2026-08-04 $236.73 – $369.14
Market cap
$9.92B
Volume
223.6K (0.8× avg)
3-mo avg 268.6K
Live data · 2026-10-05 03:04 UTC · Market closed

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Aug 04, 2026, 5:42 PM EDT
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Importance Score:
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Price at Filing: $326.33
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Aug 04, 2026, 4:16 PM EDT
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May 17, 2026, 8:03 PM EDT
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Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $247.53
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Change: +$121.61 (+49%) info
Market Cap: $9.918B info
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Apr 30, 2026, 4:31 PM EDT
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Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $280.12
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Apr 24, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $287.84
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Change: +$81.30 (+28%) info
Market Cap: $9.918B info
BIO
Mar 25, 2026, 4:17 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $273.60
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Change: +$95.54 (+35%) info
Market Cap: $9.918B info
BIO
Feb 19, 2026, 4:15 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $271.90
Real-time Price: $369.14 info
Change: +$97.24 (+36%) info
Market Cap: $9.918B info
BIO
Feb 12, 2026, 9:50 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $255.00
Real-time Price: $369.14 info
Change: +$114.14 (+45%) info
Market Cap: $9.918B info
BIO
Feb 12, 2026, 4:16 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $292.42
Real-time Price: $369.14 info
Change: +$76.72 (+26%) info
Market Cap: $9.918B info
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