NASDAQ:QDELQuidel Stock Price, Forecast & News

Quidel's stock was trading at $89.68 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, QDEL stock has increased by 227.6% and is now trading at $293.82.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quidel in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Quidel is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Quidel Co. (NASDAQ:QDEL) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The company reported $1.15 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.16. The firm had revenue of $174.65 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $157.12 million. Quidel had a net margin of 23.61% and a return on equity of 33.86%.
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Quidel issued an update on its second quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, July, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $201-202 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $178.91 million.

6 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Quidel's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $363.00. On average, they expect Quidel's share price to reach $189.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 35.4%.
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News headlines about QDEL stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Quidel earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.
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Quidel saw a decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,300,000 shares, a decline of 14.2% from the June 30th total of 2,680,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,230,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 6.2% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Quidel trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "QDEL."

Quidel's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.15%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS (0.09%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.08%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.07%) and Premier Asset Management LLC (0.07%). Company insiders that own Quidel stock include Charles P Slacik, Douglas C Bryant, Edward Keith Russell, Karen Gibson, Kenneth F Buechler, Mary Lake Ph D Polan, Michael Donald Jr Abney, Randall J Steward, Ratan S Borkar, Robert Joseph Bujarski, Thomas D Brown and Werner Kroll.
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QDEL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS, AMI Asset Management Corp, Congress Asset Management Co. MA, Scout Investments Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, Chartwell Investment Partners LLC, Raymond James & Associates, and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold Quidel company stock in the last year include Douglas C Bryant, Edward Keith Russell, Karen Gibson, Kenneth F Buechler, Mary Lake Ph D Polan, Michael Donald Jr Abney, Randall J Steward, Ratan S Borkar, Robert Joseph Bujarski, and Werner Kroll.
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QDEL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New York State Teachers Retirement System, Premier Asset Management LLC, Comerica Bank, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., State of Michigan Retirement System, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Empowered Funds LLC, and Creative Planning.
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Shares of QDEL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of QDEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $293.82.

Quidel has a market capitalization of $12.34 billion and generates $534.89 million in revenue each year. The company earns $72.92 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.73 on an earnings per share basis. Quidel employs 1,250 workers across the globe.

The official website for Quidel is www.quidel.com.

Quidel's mailing address is 9975 SUMMERS RIDGE ROAD, SAN DIEGO CA, 92121. The company can be reached via phone at 858-552-1100 or via email at [email protected]