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OraSure Technologies (OSUR) Competitors

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$3.87 -0.10 (-2.52%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

OSUR vs. STAA, CERS, ANIK, UTMD, WST, COO, ALGN, MMSI, HAE, and XRAY

Should you be buying OraSure Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OraSure Technologies include STAAR Surgical (STAA), Cerus (CERS), Anika Therapeutics (ANIK), Utah Medical Products (UTMD), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Cooper Companies (COO), Align Technology (ALGN), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), Haemonetics (HAE), and DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.

OraSure Technologies vs.

OraSure Technologies (NASDAQ:OSUR) and STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.

93.5% of OraSure Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of STAAR Surgical shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of OraSure Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of STAAR Surgical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

OraSure Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.12%. STAAR Surgical has a consensus price target of $42.83, indicating a potential upside of 68.37%. Given STAAR Surgical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe STAAR Surgical is more favorable than OraSure Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
OraSure Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
STAAR Surgical
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, STAAR Surgical had 1 more articles in the media than OraSure Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for STAAR Surgical and 5 mentions for OraSure Technologies. OraSure Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat STAAR Surgical's score of -0.01 indicating that OraSure Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
OraSure Technologies
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
STAAR Surgical
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

STAAR Surgical has a net margin of 6.38% compared to OraSure Technologies' net margin of 5.07%. STAAR Surgical's return on equity of 6.77% beat OraSure Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OraSure Technologies5.07% 3.55% 3.23%
STAAR Surgical 6.38%6.77%5.39%

OraSure Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than STAAR Surgical. OraSure Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STAAR Surgical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OraSure Technologies$224.26M1.29$53.65M$0.1525.80
STAAR Surgical$322.42M3.89$21.35M$0.4457.82

OraSure Technologies received 262 more outperform votes than STAAR Surgical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.44% of users gave OraSure Technologies an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave STAAR Surgical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OraSure TechnologiesOutperform Votes
550
69.44%
Underperform Votes
242
30.56%
STAAR SurgicalOutperform Votes
288
55.38%
Underperform Votes
232
44.62%

OraSure Technologies has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STAAR Surgical has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

STAAR Surgical beats OraSure Technologies on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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OSUR vs. The Competition

MetricOraSure TechnologiesSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$288.68M$4.38B$5.11B$9.28B
Dividend YieldN/A44.87%4.81%4.06%
P/E Ratio25.8024.87134.4517.50
Price / Sales1.2946.841,253.71139.58
Price / Cash3.0744.2040.3137.96
Price / Book0.667.234.884.89
Net Income$53.65M$13.57M$117.66M$225.01M
7 Day Performance1.57%-3.05%14.33%-1.54%
1 Month Performance0.52%3.05%17.31%5.30%
1 Year Performance-49.41%54.01%36.11%22.31%

OraSure Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
4.5093 of 5 stars
$3.87
-2.5%
$5.50
+42.1%
-48.1%$288.68M$224.26M25.80638Short Interest ↑
Positive News
STAA
STAAR Surgical
4.5749 of 5 stars
$24.39
-1.9%
$42.83
+75.6%
-28.4%$1.20B$322.42M56.501,115
CERS
Cerus
2.9613 of 5 stars
$1.81
+5.6%
$3.63
+100.8%
-15.9%$335.22M$176.23M-15.55625News Coverage
Gap Down
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
4.1977 of 5 stars
$17.20
+0.2%
$24.50
+42.4%
-24.1%$251.91M$164.17M-2.58357Positive News
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
2.9482 of 5 stars
$62.95
+0.5%
N/A-22.8%$213.40M$50.22M14.73180Short Interest ↑
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.9716 of 5 stars
$333.00
+0.9%
$437.75
+31.5%
-7.7%$24.12B$2.95B48.9710,600
COO
Cooper Companies
2.8155 of 5 stars
$94.91
+0.1%
$117.00
+23.3%
+3.5%$18.94B$3.90B48.6415,000Short Interest ↑
ALGN
Align Technology
4.7625 of 5 stars
$232.67
-1.2%
$271.20
+16.6%
-9.8%$17.37B$3.96B40.1721,610Short Interest ↓
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.4434 of 5 stars
$102.88
+0.1%
$105.09
+2.1%
+43.0%$6.00B$1.33B50.476,950News Coverage
HAE
Haemonetics
4.6739 of 5 stars
$82.52
+1.6%
$108.78
+31.8%
-7.8%$4.14B$1.36B33.693,657Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.8947 of 5 stars
$20.02
+1.5%
$28.40
+41.9%
-43.0%$3.98B$3.90B-9.5315,000Dividend Announcement
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News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:OSUR) was last updated on 12/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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