Orasure Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:OSUR) shares, rose in value on Friday, December 13, with the stock price down by -4.17% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $3.91.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $4.08, falling within a range of $3.9 and $4.085. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.046 whereas the PE ratio was 26.00 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $8.45, and the low was $3.72. On the whole, OSUR has fluctuated by -3.46% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Orasure Technologies Inc currently standing at about $291.66 million, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in January.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 186.03M, with a low estimate of 36M and a high estimate of 37M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 36.72M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that OSUR’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 1.30, with the price of OSUR currently trading nearly 0.75% and -3.00% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 47.69, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 5.23% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 4.02%. Furthermore, Orasure Technologies Inc (OSUR)’s beta value is 0.03, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.17.
A comparison of Orasure Technologies Inc (OSUR) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. OSUR showed an intraday change of -4.17% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -47.23%%.
Data on historical trading for Orasure Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:OSUR) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.97 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 659.92K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 74.59 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 3.40% of Orasure Technologies Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 89.41% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 1.29 million shares as on 2024-11-29, resulting in a short ratio of 1.91. According to the data, the short interest in Orasure Technologies Inc (OSUR) stood at 218.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-11-29; the number of short shares registered in 2024-10-31 reached 1.07 million. The stock has fallen by -52.32% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the OSUR stock heading into the next quarter.
