A share price of Orasure Technologies Inc. [OSUR] is currently trading at $7.01, up 0.72%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The OSUR shares have gain 3.85% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -10.13%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 13, February 2024, OraSure to Announce Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Host Earnings Call on February 27th. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR) has scheduled its regular earnings conference call covering fourth quarter 2023 financial results and certain business developments for 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Previously, Raymond James downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform on September 22, 2021. On August 21, 2020, Evercore ISI initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $22 on the stock. JP Morgan started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and suggested a price target of $18 on August 10, 2020. Citigroup initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $18 as its price target on August 10, 2020. Raymond James upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on August 07, 2020, but kept the price target unchanged to $16. In a note dated June 25, 2020, Lake Street initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $19 on this stock.
Orasure Technologies Inc. experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $4.38 and $8.45. Orasure Technologies Inc. [NASDAQ: OSUR] shares were valued at $7.01 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the OSUR fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Orasure Technologies Inc. [NASDAQ:OSUR] were 452.67M which represents -23.42% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at -0.03% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.24%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.51%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -1.53, Equity is -2.61 and Total Capital is -22.65. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at -6.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 6.91 points at the first support level, and at 6.81 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 7.07, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 7.13.
Orasure Technologies Inc. [OSUR] reported earnings per share of $0.15 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 9/29/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.04/share, meaning a difference of $0.11 and a surprise factor of 275.00%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 6/29/2023 were -$0.07 per share as compared to estimates of -$0.08 per share, a difference of $0.01 representing a surprise of 12.50%.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Orasure Technologies Inc. [NASDAQ:OSUR] is 8.71. As well, the Quick Ratio is 7.26, while the Cash Ratio is 0.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.14, the price to book ratio is 1.27 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 10.54.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Weber Kathleen Gallagher, Chief Product Officer, that happened on Dec 19 when 24129.0 shares were sold. SVP Finance & CAO, Anthony Michele Marie completed a deal on Aug 15 to sell 1758.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Financial Officer McGrath Kenneth J bought 100000.0 shares on May 30.
