Bio-Techne
Bio-Techne's revenue fell 0.4% to $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 20.7%, up from 8.4% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $263 million, up 2.6%. It paid out $92 million in dividends and buybacks, 35% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.7%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2017 to 2026, earnings per share grew 9.6% a year and net income 10.2% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 5% and diluted each share's earnings.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Bio-Techne yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Bio-Techne's 10-K and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Bio-Techne's fiscal 2026 free cash flow of $263M, net cash of $65M at June 30, 2026 and 157 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Bio-Techne: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 2.2% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 9% for a business of moderate risk (Life Sciences Tools & Services); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $72.69
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Bio-Techne's earnings per share of $1.16 (in fiscal 2026). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 42.1×, the middle of Bio-Techne's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (its peers' median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 10%, 9% and 8%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $72.69
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Bio-Techne's P/E at the last close
- 62.7×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bio-TechneTECH | $72.69 | $1.16 | 62.7× |
| Bio-Rad LaboratoriesBIO | $372.43 | $7.99 | 46.6× |
| MedpaceMEDP | $676.77 | $18.01 | 37.6× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 247 | 204 | 153 | 162 | 265 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 256 | 350 | 319 | 346 | 200 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 9 | 146 | 166 | 184 | −65 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.0x | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.9x | −0.2x |
| Debt to equity | 0.1x | 0.2x | 0.1x | 0.2x | 0.1x |
| Interest coverage | 26.2x | 26.7x | 13.1x | 12.0x | 26.2x |
| Current ratio | 3.4x | 4.8x | 3.9x | 3.5x | 4.5x |
| Quick ratio | 2.6x | 3.5x | 2.8x | 2.4x | 3.4x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought Bio-Techne shares on the open market, and 1 insider sold $437,187.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | Amy E. HerrDirector | Sold | 6,636 | $48.28 | $320,386 | Form 4 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Amy E. HerrDirector | Sold | 1,976 | $59.11 | $116,801 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | 5 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 9 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −4.9% | −8.1% | −4.3% |
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bio-Techne | FY26 | −0.4% | 20.7% | 21.7% | 9.2% | −0.2x | 9 | |
| Azenta | FY25 | 3.5% | −4.5% | 6.5% | — | — | — | Compare |
| Medpace | FY25 | 20.0% | 21.1% | 26.9% | — | −0.9x | 4 | Compare |
| Bio-Rad Laboratories | FY25 | 0.7% | 1.8% | 14.5% | 0.5% | −1.6x | 5 | Compare |
| Waters | FY25 | 7.0% | 25.4% | 17.1% | 21.0% | 0.8x | 6 | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 563 | 643 | 714 | 739 | 931 | 1,106 | 1,137 | 1,159 | 1,220 | 1,215 |
| Revenue growth | 12.8% | 14.2% | 11.0% | 3.5% | 26.0% | 18.8% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 5.2% | −0.4% |
| Gross profit | 374 | 432 | 474 | 483 | 633 | 756 | 770 | 770 | 790 | 799 |
| Research and development | 54 | 55 | 62 | 65 | 71 | 87 | 92 | 97 | 100 | 95 |
| Operating income | 121 | 136 | 147 | 157 | 237 | 297 | 299 | 207 | 102 | 252 |
| Net income | 76 | 126 | 96 | 229 | 140 | 272 | 285 | 168 | 73 | 182 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 0.51 | 0.83 | 0.62 | 1.46 | 0.87 | 1.66 | 1.76 | 1.05 | 0.46 | 1.16 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 150 | 152 | 156 | 158 | 162 | 164 | 162 | 161 | 160 | 157 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 144 | 170 | 182 | 205 | 352 | 325 | 254 | 299 | 288 | 292 |
| Capital expenditure | 15 | 21 | 25 | 52 | 44 | 45 | 38 | 63 | 31 | 29 |
| Free cash flow | 129 | 149 | 156 | 153 | 308 | 280 | 216 | 236 | 257 | 263 |
| Dividends paid | 47 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 15 | 50 | 43 | 161 | 20 | 80 | 276 | 42 |
| Acquisitions | 254 | 68 | 290 | 0 | 225 | 0 | 101 | 170 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 15 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 49 | 42 | 39 | 38 | 41 | 41 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 92 | 122 | 101 | 147 | 232 | 247 | 204 | 153 | 162 | 265 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 344 | 339 | 505 | 357 | 341 | 256 | 350 | 319 | 346 | 200 |
| Total assets | 1,558 | 1,593 | 1,884 | 2,028 | 2,263 | 2,295 | 2,639 | 2,704 | 2,558 | 2,587 |
| Total liabilities | 609 | 514 | 719 | 646 | 692 | 594 | 672 | 635 | 639 | 478 |
| Shareholders' equity | 950 | 1,079 | 1,166 | 1,381 | 1,563 | 1,702 | 1,966 | 2,069 | 1,919 | 2,108 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 66.5% | 67.2% | 66.3% | 65.4% | 68.0% | 68.4% | 67.7% | 66.4% | 64.8% | 65.8% |
| Operating margin | 21.4% | 21.2% | 20.6% | 21.3% | 25.5% | 26.8% | 26.3% | 17.8% | 8.4% | 20.7% |
| Net margin | 13.5% | 19.6% | 13.5% | 31.0% | 15.1% | 24.6% | 25.1% | 14.5% | 6.0% | 15.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 22.8% | 23.2% | 21.9% | 20.8% | 33.1% | 25.4% | 19.0% | 20.4% | 21.0% | 21.7% |
| Return on capital | 7.8% | 10.9% | 8.8% | 8.3% | 13.7% | 15.3% | 13.2% | 8.6% | 3.5% | 9.2% |
| Return on equity | 8.3% | 12.4% | 8.6% | 18.0% | 9.5% | 16.7% | 15.6% | 8.3% | 3.7% | 9.0% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 8.0% | 5.5% | 11.7% | 6.5% | 11.9% | 11.6% | 6.3% | 2.8% | 7.1% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.4x | 1.1x | 1.8x | 0.9x | 0.3x | 0.0x | 0.4x | 0.5x | 0.9x | −0.2x |