TECH Stock — Bio-Techne Corp.

Bio-Techne Corp. (TECH)

Updated October 16, 2026.

TECH is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.44%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.55%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 79/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 79911.0% over the past 37.7 years.

Bio-Techne Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells life science reagents, instruments, and services for research, diagnostics, and bioprocessing markets, operating through segments focused on protein sciences and diagnostics with spatial biology capabilities. The company pays quarterly distributions at a modest yield. Bio-Techne appeals to income investors seeking exposure to life sciences research and diagnostic tools with modest dividend payments.

TECH performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 79911.0% over the past 37.7 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 18.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 39.3%.

TECH key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

79 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.35%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/09/1989

Distribution rate

0.44%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.55%

5-year average yield

0.43

Last close

$72.57 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$11,380,299,532

Average volume

2646314.0

Dividend

$0.08

Ex-dividend date

08/24/2026

Payment date

09/04/2026

Beta

1.295

Payout ratio

17.4%

P/E ratio

62.56

Forward P/E

34.6021

EPS

$1.16

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.44%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.55%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

TECH risks and drawbacks

TECH's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 39.3%.

Who may consider TECH — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (TECH pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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