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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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

OraSure Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.69%. STAAR Surgical has a consensus target price of $24.63, suggesting a potential upside of 44.17%. Given STAAR Surgical's 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)
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

OraSure Technologies received 264 more outperform votes than STAAR Surgical when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave OraSure Technologies an outperform vote while only 53.82% of users gave STAAR Surgical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
OraSure TechnologiesOutperform Votes
553
68.87%
Underperform Votes
250
31.13%
STAAR SurgicalOutperform Votes
289
53.82%
Underperform Votes
248
46.18%

OraSure Technologies has a net margin of 5.07% compared to STAAR Surgical's net margin of -6.44%. OraSure Technologies' return on equity of 3.55% beat STAAR Surgical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
OraSure Technologies5.07% 3.55% 3.23%
STAAR Surgical -6.44%-3.35%-2.67%

In the previous week, STAAR Surgical had 2 more articles in the media than OraSure Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for STAAR Surgical and 2 mentions for OraSure Technologies. OraSure Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat STAAR Surgical's score of 0.26 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
STAAR Surgical
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

OraSure Technologies has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STAAR Surgical has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$161.63M1.37$53.65M-$0.42-7.02
STAAR Surgical$279.13M3.03-$20.21M-$1.44-11.86

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

Summary

OraSure Technologies beats STAAR Surgical on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding OSUR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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 TechnologiesSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$220.66M$4.32B$5.56B$8.50B
Dividend YieldN/A42.67%5.28%4.16%
P/E Ratio19.6727.8226.6419.64
Price / Sales1.3768.18407.99152.17
Price / Cash2.8951.0838.2534.64
Price / Book0.505.746.974.60
Net Income$53.65M$66.95M$3.23B$248.06M
7 Day Performance2.08%-2.95%-0.98%-1.03%
1 Month Performance11.32%14.68%7.70%3.50%
1 Year Performance-31.24%17.75%31.32%12.68%

OraSure Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
3.2654 of 5 stars
$2.95
+0.7%
$3.00
+1.7%
-35.3%$220.66M$161.63M19.67840Positive News
Gap Down
STAA
STAAR Surgical
3.9031 of 5 stars
$16.69
-6.3%
$24.63
+47.5%
-57.5%$826.59M$279.13M-40.71960Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CERS
Cerus
2.5641 of 5 stars
$1.32
+3.9%
$3.50
+165.2%
-25.5%$252.33M$185.14M-12.00290News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
2.5598 of 5 stars
$54.73
-0.6%
N/A-14.2%$177.76M$39.27M13.86180Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
4.3403 of 5 stars
$11.45
+2.7%
$20.00
+74.7%
-56.8%$164.20M$117.05M-1.72300Positive News
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.7609 of 5 stars
$209.43
-0.7%
$332.50
+58.8%
-33.5%$15.05B$2.90B31.3010,700Trending News
COO
Cooper Companies
3.2464 of 5 stars
$67.00
-1.9%
$100.38
+49.8%
-25.2%$13.40B$3.93B34.3614,000High Trading Volume
ALGN
Align Technology
4.6894 of 5 stars
$178.51
-1.3%
$241.25
+35.1%
-31.7%$12.94B$3.98B31.8223,200Positive News
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.1884 of 5 stars
$93.64
-1.5%
$109.11
+16.5%
+12.4%$5.53B$1.39B45.906,850Positive News
HAE
Haemonetics
4.0073 of 5 stars
$68.78
+1.6%
$97.89
+42.3%
-17.1%$3.30B$1.36B27.082,820
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.5868 of 5 stars
$130.54
-3.2%
$192.67
+47.6%
+14.1%$3.21B$2.42B-28.5614,500Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:OSUR) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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