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OraSure Technologies (OSUR) Competitors

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

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

OraSure Technologies vs. Its Competitors

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OraSure Technologies$185.83M1.24-$19.50M-$0.42-7.33
STAAR Surgical$313.90M2.82-$20.21M-$1.44-12.40

OraSure Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.60%. STAAR Surgical has a consensus target price of $24.63, indicating a potential upside of 37.96%. Given STAAR Surgical's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
STAAR Surgical
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

93.5% of OraSure Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of STAAR Surgical shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of OraSure Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of STAAR Surgical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, STAAR Surgical had 4 more articles in the media than OraSure Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for STAAR Surgical and 0 mentions for OraSure Technologies. STAAR Surgical's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat OraSure Technologies' score of 0.00 indicating that STAAR Surgical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
OraSure Technologies Neutral
STAAR Surgical Positive

OraSure Technologies has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STAAR Surgical has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

OraSure Technologies has a net margin of -19.77% compared to STAAR Surgical's net margin of -25.46%. OraSure Technologies' return on equity of -5.86% beat STAAR Surgical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OraSure Technologies-19.77% -5.86% -5.20%
STAAR Surgical -25.46%-10.59%-8.32%

Summary

STAAR Surgical beats OraSure Technologies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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OSUR vs. The Competition

MetricOraSure TechnologiesMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$230.38M$10.19B$5.49B$9.02B
Dividend YieldN/A2.09%5.38%4.09%
P/E Ratio-7.3316.7427.4720.28
Price / Sales1.2429.14408.30121.41
Price / Cash78.8222.8436.6357.47
Price / Book0.563.668.095.67
Net Income-$19.50M$235.40M$3.17B$248.96M
7 Day Performance2.33%2.15%2.82%3.30%
1 Month Performance6.21%3.00%3.69%5.20%
1 Year Performance-23.57%-10.21%35.42%21.37%

OraSure Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
1.0444 of 5 stars
$3.08
+0.7%
$3.00
-2.6%
-23.6%$230.38M$185.83M-7.33840
STAA
STAAR Surgical
4.1242 of 5 stars
$16.68
+2.1%
$24.63
+47.6%
-58.6%$826.16M$313.90M-11.581,211
CERS
Cerus
3.4305 of 5 stars
$1.34
flat
$3.50
+161.2%
-12.8%$256.15M$180.27M-13.40290News Coverage
Positive News
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
2.4093 of 5 stars
$54.89
+2.3%
N/A-12.2%$178.28M$39.27M14.52180News Coverage
Positive News
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
3.7794 of 5 stars
$10.92
+3.1%
$20.00
+83.2%
-55.6%$156.59M$119.91M-2.81300
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.7653 of 5 stars
$217.05
+0.6%
$332.50
+53.2%
-31.0%$15.60B$2.89B34.0710,600
COO
Cooper Companies
3.4478 of 5 stars
$69.52
+0.1%
$99.70
+43.4%
-14.6%$13.89B$3.99B33.7516,000High Trading Volume
ALGN
Align Technology
4.5479 of 5 stars
$183.42
+0.9%
$241.25
+31.5%
-19.1%$13.30B$4.00B33.4120,945Positive News
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.377 of 5 stars
$92.32
+0.4%
$109.11
+18.2%
+9.0%$5.46B$1.36B45.267,400News Coverage
Positive News
HAE
Haemonetics
4.8613 of 5 stars
$72.15
+1.5%
$97.89
+35.7%
-8.7%$3.47B$1.36B21.803,023
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.5324 of 5 stars
$128.07
+0.3%
$192.67
+50.4%
+14.8%$3.15B$2.38B-33.4415,000

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This page (NASDAQ:OSUR) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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