A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Orasure Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: OSUR) stock price down -5.78% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $2.25. OSUR’s price has ranged from $2.20 to $4.22 over the past 52 weeks.
Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -232.69%. With a float of $68.06 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $72.27 million.
Orasure Technologies Inc (OSUR) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Medical Instruments & Supplies Industry. The insider ownership of Orasure Technologies Inc is 5.12%, while institutional ownership is 89.43%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 27 ’25, was worth 39,270. In this transaction Director of this company bought 12,750 shares at a rate of $3.08, taking the stock ownership to the 91,524 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 28 ’25, when Company’s President & CEO bought 28,670 for $3.49, making the entire transaction worth $100,027. This insider now owns 1,288,334 shares in total.
Orasure Technologies Inc (OSUR) Recent Fiscal highlights
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of -0.06 per share, which was $0.1 lower than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.15 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -232.69% per share during the next fiscal year.
Orasure Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: OSUR) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Orasure Technologies Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 6.20. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.21.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.81, a number that is poised to hit -0.20 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -0.76 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Orasure Technologies Inc (OSUR)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.7 million, its volume of 0.8 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 12.38%.
During the past 100 days, Orasure Technologies Inc’s (OSUR) raw stochastic average was set at 0.89%, which indicates a significant decrease from 2.19% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.13 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 0.14 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $2.94, while its 200-day Moving Average is $3.09. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $2.27 in the near term. At $2.42, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $2.51. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $2.04, it is likely to go to the next support level at $1.95. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $1.80.
Orasure Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: OSUR) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 152.07 million, the company has a total of 71,734K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 185,830 K while annual income is -19,500 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 27,090 K while its latest quarter income was -13,710 K.
