Quidel Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quidel in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Quidel stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in QDEL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Quidel is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 5th 2021.
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Quidel will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 5th at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 929-458-6194 with passcode "080478".

Quidel Co. (NASDAQ:QDEL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 6th. The company reported $4.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.79 by $0.52. The company had revenue of $375.34 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $375.24 million. Quidel had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 92.33% and a net margin of 50.91%.
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Quidel's stock was trading at $89.68 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, QDEL stock has increased by 57.7% and is now trading at $141.47.
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Quidel updated its first quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of - for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $374 million-$376 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $465.70 million.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Quidel's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $219.00. On average, they anticipate Quidel's share price to reach $145.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.5% from the stock's current price.
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47 employees have rated Quidel CEO Doug Bryant on Glassdoor.com. Doug Bryant has an approval rating of 76% among Quidel's employees.

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Quidel trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "QDEL."

Quidel's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.14%), Texas Permanent School Fund (0.07%), Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.07%), Private Management Group Inc. (0.04%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.03%) and Advisors Asset Management Inc. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Quidel stock include Charles P Slacik, Douglas C Bryant, Edward Keith Russell, Edward L Michael, Karen Gibson, Kenneth F Buechler, Mary Lake Ph D Polan, Matthew Strobeck, Michael Donald Jr Abney, Randall J Steward, Ratan S Borkar, Robert Joseph Bujarski, Werner Kroll and William J Ferenczy.
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QDEL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cutler Group LP, Advisors Asset Management Inc., State of Michigan Retirement System, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Alliancebernstein L.P., Patten & Patten Inc. TN, GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC, and Brave Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Quidel company stock in the last year include Charles P Slacik, Mary Lake Ph D Polan, Michael Donald Jr Abney, Randall J Steward, Werner Kroll, and William J Ferenczy.
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QDEL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Private Management Group Inc., Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Traynor Capital Management Inc., Prairiewood Capital LLC, Financial Sense Advisors Inc., New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, and Texas Permanent School Fund. Company insiders that have bought Quidel stock in the last two years include Douglas C Bryant, Edward L Michael, and Matthew Strobeck.
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One share of QDEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $141.47.

Quidel has a market capitalization of $6.02 billion and generates $1.66 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $810.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $19.55 on an earnings per share basis.

Quidel employs 1,370 workers across the globe.

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

Quidel is headquartered at 9975 SUMMERS RIDGE ROAD, SAN DIEGO CA, 92121.

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]