4.55% volatility in QuidelOrtho Corporation (QDEL) last month: This is a red flag warning

Zack King

QuidelOrtho Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL) kicked off on Tuesday, down -4.09% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $29.81. Over the past 52 weeks, QDEL has traded in a range of $19.50-$49.45.

While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 12.50%. With a float of $67.24 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $67.90 million.

In an organization with 6600 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency.

QuidelOrtho Corporation (QDEL) Insider Updates

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Medical Devices Industry. The insider ownership of QuidelOrtho Corporation is 1.02%, while institutional ownership is 121.62%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 10 ’25, was worth 21,206. In this transaction Director of this company bought 750 shares at a rate of $28.27, taking the stock ownership to the 15,021 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 26 ’25, when Company’s Director bought 370 for $27.95, making the entire transaction worth $10,343. This insider now owns 11,876 shares in total.

QuidelOrtho Corporation (QDEL) Performance Highlights and Predictions

In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 12/31/2024, the organization reported 0.63 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 0.58) by 0.05. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.82 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 12.50% per share during the next fiscal year.

QuidelOrtho Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at QuidelOrtho Corporation’s (QDEL) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.98. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.71.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -17.02, a number that is poised to hit 0.42 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.49 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of QuidelOrtho Corporation (QDEL)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.9 million. That was inferior than the volume of 1.32 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 53.08%.

During the past 100 days, QuidelOrtho Corporation’s (QDEL) raw stochastic average was set at 68.30%, which indicates a significant increase from 53.42% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.26 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 1.37 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $26.59, while its 200-day Moving Average is $28.53. However, in the short run, QuidelOrtho Corporation’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $29.40. Second resistance stands at $30.22. The third major resistance level sits at $30.74. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $28.06, it is likely to go to the next support level at $27.54. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $26.72.

QuidelOrtho Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 1.94 billion has total of 67,932K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 2,783 M in contrast with the sum of -2,052 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 699,900 K and last quarter income was -733,000 K.

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