Bio-Rad Laboratories Class B
BIO.B
About: Bio-Rad Laboratories, headquartered in Hercules, California, develops, manufactures, and sells products and solutions for the clinical diagnostics and life sciences markets. In clinical diagnostics (60% of sales), Bio-Rad sells test systems and specialized quality controls for clinical laboratories. In life sciences (40% of sales), it develops and manufactures instruments and reagents used in research, biopharmaceutical production, and food testing and has a leadership position in dPCR technology. The company is geographically diverse, with major markets in the Americas (about 40% of sales), Europe (about 30%), Asia (about 30%), and other. Bio-Rad owns approximately 33% of Sartorius, a lab and bioprocessing supplier that specializes in single-use technology used in biologics manufacturing.
Employees: 7,700
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
0% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $518K [Q1] → $520K (+$2.04K) [Q2]
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 5 [Q1] → 5 (+0) [Q2]
0% more ownership
Funds ownership: 0.04% [Q1] → 0.04% (+0%) [Q2]
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