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BIO (Bio-Rad Laboratories) Current Ratio : 6.14 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Bio-Rad Laboratories Current Ratio?

The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Bio-Rad Laboratories's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 6.14.

Bio-Rad Laboratories has a current ratio of 6.14. It indicates the company may not be efficiently using its current assets or its short-term financing facilities. This may also indicate problems in working capital management.

The historical rank and industry rank for Bio-Rad Laboratories's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BIO' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.3   Med: 4.28   Max: 6.57
Current: 6.28

During the past 13 years, Bio-Rad Laboratories's highest Current Ratio was 6.57. The lowest was 2.30. And the median was 4.28.

BIO's Current Ratio is ranked better than
81.7% of 869 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 2.58 vs BIO: 6.28

Bio-Rad Laboratories Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bio-Rad Laboratories's Current Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Bio-Rad Laboratories Current Ratio Chart

Bio-Rad Laboratories Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Current Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.41 3.39 2.92 5.55 5.83

Bio-Rad Laboratories Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Current Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.64 5.83 6.57 6.28 6.14

Competitive Comparison of Bio-Rad Laboratories's Current Ratio

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Bio-Rad Laboratories's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Bio-Rad Laboratories's Current Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Bio-Rad Laboratories's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bio-Rad Laboratories's Current Ratio falls into.



Bio-Rad Laboratories Current Ratio Calculation

The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.

Bio-Rad Laboratories's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2023 )
=3048.33/522.799
=5.83

Bio-Rad Laboratories's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Sep. 2024 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=3055.62/497.943
=6.14

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Bio-Rad Laboratories  (NYSE:BIO) Current Ratio Explanation

The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.

Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.

The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.

If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.


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Bio-Rad Laboratories Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1000 Alfred Nobel Drive, Hercules, CA, USA, 94547
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 (56% of sales), Bio-Rad sells test systems and specialized quality controls for clinical laboratories. In life sciences (44% 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 (42% of 2023 sales), Europe (31%), Asia (31%), and other (6%). Bio-Rad owns approximately 33% of Sartorius, a lab and bioprocessing supplier that specializes in single-use technology used in biologics manufacturing.
Executives
Tania Devilliers officer: INT PRIN ACCTG OFC C/O BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Sedat Evran officer: EVP, Global Supply Chain C/O BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Corey Colleen officer: EVP, Global Human Resources 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Diane Dahowski officer: EVP, Global Supply Chain C/O BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Schwartz Allison director C/O BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Simon May officer: EVP, President, LSG C/O BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Andrew J. Last officer: EVP, Chief Operating Officer 3420 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Ajit Ramalingam officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer C/O BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Ilan Daskal officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Timothy S Ernst officer: EVP, General Counsel & Sec 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Dara Wright officer: Executive Vice President C/O BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Michael Crowley officer: EVP, GBL Commercial Operations 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Steven D Schwartz 10 percent owner 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Alice N Schwartz director, 10 percent owner
Norman D Schwartz director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, President, and CEO 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547