While Bio-Rad Laboratories
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts strongly back Bio-Rad Laboratories, with four of five rating it a buy and the remainder rating it a hold. Analysts like Bio-Rad Laboratories better than competitor Gen-Probe overall. Analysts still rate the stock a moderate buy, but they are a bit more wary about it compared to three months ago.
- Revenue Forecasts: On average, analysts predict $508.2 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 8.7% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street Earnings Expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $1.47 per share. Estimates range from $1.45 to $1.48.
What our community says:
CAPS All Stars are solidly behind the stock, with 100% assigning it an "outperform" rating. The community at large concurs with the All Stars, with 96.2% awarding it a rating of "outperform." Fools are keen on Bio-Rad Laboratories, though the message boards have been quiet lately with only 61 posts in the past 30 days. Bio-Rad Laboratories has a bullish CAPS rating of five out of five stars that is about on par with the Fool community assessment.
Management:
Bio-Rad Laboratories' profit has risen year over year by an average of 22.6%. Revenue has now gone up for three straight quarters.
Quarter | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 |
Gross Margin | 57.2% | 56.2% | 56.5% | 57.4% |
Operating Margin | 13.8% | 14.6% | 15.9% | 14.6% |
Net Margin | 6.8% | 12.7% | 9.5% | 8.1% |
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