Bio-Rad Labs (BIO) Tops Q2 EPS by 39c

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Bio-Rad Reports Second-Quarter 2020 Financial Results

July 30, 2020 4:15 PM EDT

HERCULES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020.

Second-quarter 2020 net sales were $536.9 million, a decrease of 6.2 percent compared to $572.6 million reported for the second quarter of 2019. On a currency-neutral basis, quarterly sales decreased 4.4 percent compared to the same period in 2019. Second-quarter gross margin was 54.6 percent compared to 53.7 percent during the second quarter in 2019.

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