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BLFS (BioLife Solutions) 3-Year Sortino Ratio : 0.81 (As of Jul. 16, 2025)


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What is BioLife Solutions 3-Year Sortino Ratio?

The 3-Year Sortino Ratio measures the additional return that an investor receives per unit of the downside risk over the past three years. As of today (2025-07-16), BioLife Solutions's 3-Year Sortino Ratio is 0.81.


Competitive Comparison of BioLife Solutions's 3-Year Sortino Ratio

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, BioLife Solutions's 3-Year Sortino Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Sortino Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


BioLife Solutions's 3-Year Sortino Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, BioLife Solutions's 3-Year Sortino Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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BioLife Solutions 3-Year Sortino Ratio Calculation

The 3-Year Sortino Ratio measures the risk-adjusted return of an investment asset or portfolio in the last three year, focusing specifically on downside risk rather than total risk. A stock / portfolio's 3-Year Sortino Ratio can be calculated by dividing the difference between the three-year average monthly returns of the investment and the risk-free rate, by the standard deviation of the downside risks over the past three year.

A downside risk is a potential loss from the asset or investment. The Downside risk here is measured by the downside deviation, which is the standard deviation of negative returns.


BioLife Solutions  (NAS:BLFS) 3-Year Sortino Ratio Explanation

The 3-Year Sortino Ratio inidicates the risk-adjusted return of an investment over the past three year. It is calculated as the annualized result of the average three-year monthly excess returns divided by the standard deviation of negative returns in the three-year period. The monthly excess return is the monthly investment return minus the monthly risk-free rate (typically the 10-year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate). If the risk-free rate for a specific region is not available, U.S. data is used by default.

Differnt from the Sharpe Ratio that penalizes both upside and downside volatility equally, the Sortino Ratio penalizes only those returns falling below a user-specified target or required rate of return. The expected returns here is set to the risk-free rate as well.


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BioLife Solutions Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3303 Monte Villa Parkway, Suite 310, Bothell, WA, USA, 98021
BioLife Solutions Inc is a life sciences company that develops, manufactures, and markets bioproduction products and services that are designed to improve quality and de-risk biologic manufacturing, distribution, and transportation in the cell and gene therapy ("CGT") industry. The company provides solutions such as Cell Processing, Cold Chain, and Thawing. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Cell Processing through the biopreservation product "CryoStor". Geographically the company generates the majority of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
Sarah Aebersold officer: VP, Global Human Resources BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC., 3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, BOTHELL WA 98021
Troy Wichterman officer: Chief Financial Officer 3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, BOTHELL WA 98021
Aby J. Mathew officer: Chief Tech. Officer & Sr. VP 3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, #310, BOTHELL WA 98021
Todd Berard officer: Vice President, Marketing 3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, SUITE 310, BOTHELL WA 98021
Karen A. Foster officer: Vice President of Operations C/O BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC., 3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, SUITE 310, BOTHELL WA 98021
Amy Duross director 8410 GOLDEN BEAR PLACE, WHISTLER A1 V8E 1J7
Greef Roderick De director
Garrie Richardson officer: Chief Revenue Officer 3303 MONTE VILA PARKWAY, BOTHELL WA 98021
Geraint Phillips officer: SVP, Global Operations 3303 MONTE VILLA, #310, BOTHELL WA 98021
Michael Rice director, officer: President & CEO C/O BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC., 171 FRONT STREET, OWEGO NY 13827
Casdin Partners Master Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner WALKER HOUSE, 87 MARY STREET, GEORGE TOWN E9 KY1-9001
Marcus Schulz officer: Vice President, Global Sales 3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, SUITE 310, BOTHELL WA 98021
Joseph C Schick director 16719 NE 139TH PLACE, WOODINVILLE WA 98072
Timothy L. Moore director C/O KITE PHARMA, INC., 2225 COLORADO AVE., SANTA MONICA CA 90404
Joydeep Goswami director SUMITOMO FUDOSAN MITA TWIN BLDG, EAST WING 4-2-8 SHIBAURA MINATO-KU, TOKYO M0 1080023