AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO)

Bio-Rad swings to $341.9 million Q3 net loss on Sartorius stake; sales up 0.5%

Mixed Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Bio-Rad reported third-quarter 2025 revenue of $653.0 million, up 0.5% from a year earlier but down 1.7% on a currency-neutral basis. A $495.3 million loss from the change in fair market value of its Sartorius AG investment drove a GAAP net loss of $341.9 million, or $12.70 per diluted share, compared with net income of $653.2 million a year earlier. The company kept its full-year 2025 non-GAAP outlook unchanged.

Key points

  • GAAP net loss of $341.9 million, or $12.70 per diluted share, versus net income of $653.2 million, or $23.34 per share, in Q3 2024
  • Non-GAAP net income of $60.8 million, or $2.26 per diluted share, versus $56.3 million, or $2.02 per share, a year earlier
  • Non-GAAP operating margin of 11.8% versus 11.3%; currency-neutral sales decreased 1.7%, with lower sales in both Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics
  • Full-year 2025 outlook maintained: non-GAAP currency-neutral revenue growth of approximately 0 to 1.0% and non-GAAP operating margin of approximately 12.0 to 13.0%

The filing

CompanyBio-Rad Laboratories (BIO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 29, 2025, 4:16 PM ET
Accession number0000012208-25-000076

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

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Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 12:56 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on October 29, 2025.

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