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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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

OraSure Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.23%. STAAR Surgical has a consensus target price of $24.63, indicating a potential upside of 41.69%. Given STAAR Surgical's higher possible 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

In the previous week, OraSure Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than STAAR Surgical. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for OraSure Technologies and 5 mentions for STAAR Surgical. STAAR Surgical's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat OraSure Technologies' score of 0.73 indicating that STAAR Surgical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

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

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$185.83M1.25-$19.50M-$0.42-7.38
STAAR Surgical$313.90M2.74-$20.21M-$1.44-12.07

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

OraSure Technologies beats STAAR Surgical on 8 of the 15 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 TechnologiesMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$228.14M$10.60B$5.60B$9.11B
Dividend YieldN/A2.07%5.24%4.02%
P/E Ratio-7.3816.2727.9620.25
Price / Sales1.2530.15430.5799.61
Price / Cash78.5622.9637.4658.16
Price / Book0.563.668.045.49
Net Income-$19.50M$235.43M$3.18B$250.27M
7 Day Performance0.65%1.27%3.63%4.75%
1 Month Performance5.80%2.95%4.04%7.64%
1 Year Performance-27.91%-15.74%29.56%16.34%

OraSure Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
2.5536 of 5 stars
$3.10
+1.6%
$3.00
-3.2%
-27.8%$228.14M$185.83M-7.38840News Coverage
STAA
STAAR Surgical
4.0674 of 5 stars
$16.78
-0.8%
$24.63
+46.8%
-63.3%$837.98M$313.90M0.001,211Positive News
CERS
Cerus
2.5412 of 5 stars
$1.41
-0.7%
$3.50
+148.2%
-31.3%$271.45M$180.27M0.00290Positive News
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
1.9922 of 5 stars
$56.92
-1.5%
N/A-18.6%$187.75M$40.90M15.29180Positive News
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
4.3186 of 5 stars
$10.58
-1.5%
$20.00
+89.0%
-59.0%$154.03M$119.91M0.00300Positive News
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.8049 of 5 stars
$218.80
0.0%
$320.00
+46.3%
-31.9%$15.72B$2.89B32.9610,600
COO
Cooper Companies
3.1185 of 5 stars
$71.16
+0.0%
$99.70
+40.1%
-15.6%$14.23B$3.90B18.3316,000Analyst Downgrade
ALGN
Align Technology
4.6277 of 5 stars
$189.33
+0.4%
$241.25
+27.4%
-21.1%$13.66B$4.00B27.1220,945Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.3208 of 5 stars
$93.48
0.0%
$109.11
+16.7%
+7.1%$5.53B$1.36B26.717,400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HAE
Haemonetics
4.9153 of 5 stars
$74.77
+1.3%
$96.80
+29.5%
-15.6%$3.55B$1.36B16.153,023News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.4122 of 5 stars
$132.15
+0.3%
$192.67
+45.8%
+3.1%$3.24B$2.38B23.9215,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:OSUR) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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