TECH · Health care(biological products, (no diagnostic substances)) · 10 years of annual accounts filed with the SEC · latest fiscal year ended 2026-06-30
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BIO-TECHNE Corp reported revenue of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026, after growing 8.9% a year over the previous 9 years. Its operating margin held steady at about 20.7% from 2017. Of the $2.5 billion its operations generated over 10 years, 44.1% went to acquisitions and 27.3% to buybacks; the share count rose 4.7%. On the accounting screens, it passes 7 of 8 Piotroski tests, its Altman Z'' of 8.20 is in the safe zone and its Beneish M-score is below the -1.78 line; 1 of the six cross-checks between its statements fires.
Revenue, fiscal 20261.2B+8.9% a year over 9 years
Operating margin20.7%gross margin 65.8%
Return on invested capital—15.1% on average over 1 years
Free cash flow after stock pay221.9M18.3% of revenue
Net debt ÷ EBITDA—net debt —
Piotroski F-score7/8tests of improvement passed
Share counts are in today's shares. The SEC's filings restate only recent years after a split, so these jumps were read as splits and the older years scaled to match — otherwise per-share figures would compare different units:
4-for-1 before fiscal 2021.
Is it growing?
Revenue and the operating income it turns into. Growth that does not reach operating income is growth bought with margin.
RevenueOperating income
0500.0M1.0B1.5B
2017Revenue 563.0MOperating income 120.6M
2018Revenue 643.0MOperating income 136.2M
2019Revenue 714.0MOperating income 146.7M
2020Revenue 738.7MOperating income 157.4M
2021Revenue 931.0MOperating income 237.3M
2022Revenue 1.1BOperating income 296.6M
2023Revenue 1.1BOperating income 298.9M
2024Revenue 1.2BOperating income 206.7M
2025Revenue 1.2BOperating income 102.3M
2026Revenue 1.2BOperating income 251.9M
2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Compound growth a year
3 yrs
5 yrs
9 yrs
Revenue
+2.2%
+5.5%
+8.9%
Operating income
-5.5%
+1.2%
+8.5%
Net income
-13.9%
+5.3%
+10.2%
Earnings per share
-13.1%
+6.0%
+9.6%
Free cash flow per share
+7.9%
-2.5%
+7.7%
Dividend per share
+0.8%
+0.7%
+0.1%
Shares
-1.0%
-0.6%
+0.5%
Falling shares are buybacks: each remaining share owns more of the company.
Does it earn more than its capital costs?
Margins say how much of each sale is kept; return on invested capital says how much the business earns on the money it needs to operate. Growth only creates value when that return is above the cost of the capital.
Return on invested capitalCost of capital today · 10.2%
0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%
2017
2018
2019Return on invested capital 10.7%
2020Return on invested capital 9.4%
2021Return on invested capital 14.2%
2022Return on invested capital 15.1%
2023
2024
2025
2026
2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Economic profit
Economic profit
-25.0M025.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M
2017
2018
2019Economic profit 6.0M
2020Economic profit -11.2M
2021Economic profit 63.3M
2022Economic profit 84.6M
2023
2024
2025
2026
2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
(return on capital − cost of capital) × capital invested: the profit left after paying for the money used. Today's cost of capital is applied to every year, since a past one cannot be rebuilt honestly.
Return on equity
8.6%
Return on assets
7.0%
Asset turnover
0.47×
Research & development
7.8% of revenue
Overheads (SG&A)
37.2% of revenue
Is the profit cash, and where does the cash go?
Net income is an accounting opinion; free cash flow is what was left in the bank after investing. Stock-based pay does not leave the bank — shareholders pay it through dilution — so it is shown taken off as well.
Net incomeFree cash flowAfter stock-based pay
0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M
2017Net income 76.1MFree cash flow 128.5MAfter stock-based pay 113.9M
2018Net income 126.2MFree cash flow 149.4MAfter stock-based pay 121.2M
2019Net income 96.1MFree cash flow 156.2MAfter stock-based pay 123.9M
2020Net income 229.3MFree cash flow 153.5MAfter stock-based pay 121.1M
2021Net income 140.4MFree cash flow 307.9MAfter stock-based pay 258.9M
2022Net income 272.1MFree cash flow 280.4MAfter stock-based pay 238.2M
2023Net income 285.3MFree cash flow 216.1MAfter stock-based pay 176.9M
2024Net income 168.1MFree cash flow 236.1MAfter stock-based pay 198.1M
2025Net income 73.4MFree cash flow 256.6MAfter stock-based pay 215.7M
2026Net income 181.9MFree cash flow 263.2MAfter stock-based pay 221.9M
2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Where 10 years of operating cash went, 2017–2026
2.5B generated by the business. Each band is its share of that total.
Reinvested in the business 14%363.5M
Acquisitions 44%1.1B
Dividends 20%493.4M
Share buybacks 27%686.7M
More than it generated: funded with cash or new debt -6%-139.5M
Over the same years it paid 358.2M in stock. The share count rose 4.7%. 328.5M of the buybacks went beyond offsetting that dilution.
Per share
Earnings per shareFree cash flow per shareDividend per share
$0.00$0.50$1.00$1.50$2.00
2017Earnings per share $0.51Free cash flow per share $0.86Dividend per share $0.32
2018Earnings per share $0.83Free cash flow per share $0.98Dividend per share $0.32
2019Earnings per share $0.62Free cash flow per share $1.00Dividend per share $0.31
2020Earnings per share $1.45Free cash flow per share $0.97Dividend per share $0.31
2021Earnings per share $0.87Free cash flow per share $1.90Dividend per share $0.31
2022Earnings per share $1.66Free cash flow per share $1.71Dividend per share $0.31
2023Earnings per share $1.76Free cash flow per share $1.34Dividend per share $0.31
2024Earnings per share $1.05Free cash flow per share $1.47Dividend per share $0.31
2025Earnings per share $0.46Free cash flow per share $1.61Dividend per share $0.32
2026Earnings per share $1.16Free cash flow per share $1.68Dividend per share $0.32
2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Shares outstanding
Diluted shares
150.0M155.0M160.0M165.0M
2017Diluted shares 150.0M
2018Diluted shares 152.2M
2019Diluted shares 155.6M
2020Diluted shares 157.6M
2021Diluted shares 161.9M
2022Diluted shares 164.1M
2023Diluted shares 161.9M
2024Diluted shares 160.8M
2025Diluted shares 159.7M
2026Diluted shares 157.0M
2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
How strong is the balance sheet?
Debt is not bad in itself; debt the business cannot service in a bad year is. Net debt is debt minus cash, and below zero the company holds more cash than it owes.
Net debt
-200.0M-150.0M-100.0M-50.0M0
2017
2018
2019Net debt -88.4M
2020Net debt -134.1M
2021Net debt -186.6M
2022Net debt -160.1M
2023
2024
2025
2026
2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Net debt ÷ EBITDA
—
Interest coverage
26× operating income ÷ interest
Current ratio
4.55 current assets ÷ current liabilities
Cash conversion cycle
213 days collects in 65d, stock 172d, pays in 23d
Three classic screens of the accounts
Each asks a different question of the same statements — is it improving, does it look like a company heading for distress, do the accounts resemble ones that were manipulated. None is a verdict; each shows what moves it.
Piotroski F-score
Is the business improving? Nine yes-or-no tests, this year against last.
7of 8 tests passed
✓ProfitableReturn on assets above zeropassed
✓Cash from operationsOperating cash flow above zeropassed
✓Profitability improvedReturn on assets higher than a year beforepassed
✓Profit backed by cashOperating cash flow above net income (low accruals)passed
–Less long-term debtLong-term debt as a share of assets fell — not reportedno data
✓More liquidCurrent ratio higher than a year beforepassed
✓No new sharesShare count did not growpassed
✓Better gross marginGross margin higher than a year beforepassed
✕Sells more per assetAsset turnover higher than a year beforefailed
Where it misleads: it measures change, not level. An excellent business that stood still for a year scores low; a poor one recovering from a disaster scores high.
Altman Z''-score
Does the balance sheet look like those of companies that went bankrupt?
8.20safe zone
1.12.6
Working capital ÷ assets 0.22 × 6.56+1.47
Retained earnings ÷ assets 0.44 × 3.26+1.44
Operating income ÷ assets 0.10 × 6.72+0.65
Equity ÷ liabilities 4.41 × 1.05+4.63
Where it misleads: buybacks. A company that returns so much cash that its equity turns small or negative sinks the last two ratios without being anywhere near bankruptcy. Banks and insurers do not fit the model at all.
Beneish M-score
Do the accounts resemble those of companies that manipulated their earnings?
-2.60below the -1.78 line
-1.78
Receivables vs sales 1.05+0.97
Gross margin slipping 0.99+0.52
Soft assets 0.93+0.38
Sales growth 1.00+0.89
Slower depreciation 1.04+0.12
Overheads vs sales 0.77-0.13
Profit not in cash -0.04-0.20
Leverage rising 0.92-0.30
Where it misleads: fast growth and acquisitions. Sales growth carries a heavy weight, so a company growing 50% a year scores like a suspect without having done anything. It is a screen from a 1999 study, not an accusation.
Where the statements disagree
Cross-checks between the income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow for the latest year, each with the benign reading and the worrying one.
Capital spending (29M) is well below depreciation (97M).
Benign
Mature assets, or a business that has become less capital-intensive.
Worrying
Under-investing: today's profit is being held up by consuming tomorrow's capacity.
What is it worth, under which assumptions?
A company is worth the cash it will generate, brought back to today. This model projects revenue with growth that fades over the years, applies a free cash flow margin, and discounts the result at the cost of capital. Every assumption says where it came from, and all of them can be changed.
Value per share, with these assumptions$16.52discounted at 10.2% a year · 50% of it from after year 10
Type a share price on the left to ask the reverse questions: what growth, what margin or what discount rate that price implies.
What the value implies, in the usual multiples
At this model's value
Price ÷ earnings
14.3×
Enterprise value ÷ EBITDA
7.4×
Enterprise value ÷ revenue
2.1×
Free cash flow yield
8.6%
From cash flows to a value per share
10 years of cash flow, today1.3B
Everything after, today1.3B
The whole business2.6B
Minus net debt-0
What belongs to shareholders2.6B
Divided among 157.0M shares: <strong>$16.52</strong> each.
The projection next to its history
Reported free cash flow after stock pay, then the model's. A projection that looks nothing like the past needs a reason.
ReportedProjected
0100.0M200.0M300.0M
2017Reported 113.9M
2018Reported 121.2M
2019Reported 123.9M
2020Reported 121.1M
2021Reported 258.9M
2022Reported 238.2M
2023Reported 176.9M
2024Reported 198.1M
2025Reported 215.7M
2026Reported 221.9M
2027Projected 181.4M
2028Projected 190.7M
2029Projected 200.0M
2030Projected 209.0M
2031Projected 217.7M
2032Projected 226.0M
2033Projected 233.9M
2034Projected 241.3M
2035Projected 248.2M
2036Projected 254.4M
2017201920212023202520272029203120332035
Year by year
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
2035
2036
Revenue
1.3B
1.3B
1.4B
1.5B
1.5B
1.6B
1.7B
1.7B
1.8B
1.8B
Growth
5.5%
5.2%
4.8%
4.5%
4.2%
3.8%
3.5%
3.2%
2.8%
2.5%
Cash margin
14.1%
14.1%
14.1%
14.1%
14.1%
14.1%
14.1%
14.1%
14.1%
14.1%
Free cash flow
181.4M
190.7M
200.0M
209.0M
217.7M
226.0M
233.9M
241.3M
248.2M
254.4M
Worth today
164.6M
157.1M
149.5M
141.8M
134.1M
126.4M
118.7M
111.2M
103.8M
96.6M
If the least-known inputs move
Value per share as two inputs change at a time. Neighbouring cells that differ a lot are the conclusion: the value depends on numbers nobody knows to a point.
The discount rate and growth forever
discount ↓ · forever →
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
9.2%
17
18
19
20
22
9.7%
16
17
18
19
20
10.2%
15
16
17
17
18
10.7%
14
15
15
16
17
11.2%
13
14
15
15
16
Year-one growth and the final margin
margin ↓ · growth →
1.5%
3.5%
5.5%
7.5%
9.5%
11.3%
12
13
14
15
16
12.7%
13
14
15
17
18
14.1%
14
15
17
18
19
15.6%
15
16
18
19
21
17.0%
16
18
19
21
22
All the inputs moving at once
5,000 valuations, each with growth, final margin, discount rate and growth forever drawn at random around the values on the left (spreads of 3.0%, 2.1%, 1.0% and 0.5%). Not a probability — the spreads are assumptions too — but an honest picture of how wide the answer is.
10th percentile$12.67
Median$16.57
90th percentile$22.19
$15.00$20.00$25.00
Half of the simulations land between <b>$14.33</b> and <b>$19.12</b>; one in ten below $12.67, one in ten above $22.19.
Does the long run make sense?
6.6×The terminal value prices the business in year 10 at 6.6 times that year's EBITDA.
26%To grow 2.5% forever while reinvesting 10% of its after-tax operating profit, the business must earn 26% on the new capital — it has earned 15% on average over the last five years.
50%of the value comes from after year 10. The more of it, the more the answer depends on the part nobody can see.
What lenders charge, after the tax saving on interest: 6.67% × (1 − 24.4%) = <strong>5.04%</strong>.
Weighted by how much of each the company uses (book value (no price given)): <strong>10.17%</strong>, the rate every future cash flow is discounted at.
What it has filed lately
The last twelve months at the SEC, most important first: annual and quarterly reports, events, large holders and insiders.
Every Form 4 filed in the last twelve months, read line by line: 6 filings by 6 people. Open-market purchases and sales are counted apart from awards, option exercises and shares withheld for taxes.
Bought on the open market—none in the period
Sold on the open market—none in the period
Under pre-arranged plans—of the sales followed a 10b5-1 plan set months earlier
A Form 4 says what happened, when, how many shares and at what price. It does not say why: a sale can be diversification, a tax bill or a plan fixed months earlier, and an award is pay, not a purchase. Nothing here is a reason to buy or sell anything.
Which large funds report holding it
From the Form 13F of the 28 institutions followed on this site, as of the end of their last reported quarter. A 13F is filed up to 45 days later and shows only long positions in US-listed shares.
Accounts from the company's own SEC filings; lines some companies do not report are shown as a dash rather than estimated. The risk-free rate is the 10-year US Treasury yield. A DCF is a way of making assumptions explicit, not a forecast: it states what the company would be worth if the assumptions held. The scores are screens that point where to look, not verdicts. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.