In the past week, OSUR stock has gone up by 2.21%, with a monthly decline of -14.02% and a quarterly plunge of -34.41%. The volatility ratio for the week is 7.69%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 5.17% for Orasure Technologies Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -7.88% for OSUR’s stock, with a -32.29% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
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Additionally, the 36-month beta value for OSUR is 0.41. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 3 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for OSUR is 71.18M and currently, short sellers hold a 2.98% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of OSUR on May 22, 2025 was 772.86K shares.
OSUR) stock’s latest price update
The stock price of Orasure Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: OSUR) has dropped by -9.11 compared to previous close of 2.80. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 2.21% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-05-07 that OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSUR ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 7, 2025 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Jason Plagman – VP of Investor Relations Carrie Eglinton Manner – President & Chief Executive Officer Ken McGrath – Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Patrick Donnelly – Citi Vijay Kumar – Evercore ISI Andrew Cooper – Raymond James Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the OraSure Technologies, Inc. 2025 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call.
Analysts’ Opinion of OSUR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for OSUR stocks, with Evercore ISI repeating the rating for OSUR by listing it as a “In-line.” The predicted price for OSUR in the upcoming period, according to Evercore ISI is $5 based on the research report published on January 03, 2023 of the previous year 2023.
Evercore ISI gave a rating of “Outperform” to OSUR, setting the target price at $22 in the report published on August 21st of the previous year.
OSUR Trading at -16.65% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought OSUR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -49.90% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 5.17%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 7.69%, as shares sank -15.17% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -24.70% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, OSUR rose by +2.21%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -41.09% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $2.76. In addition, Orasure Technologies Inc saw -29.50% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at OSUR starting from Gagliano Nancy J, who purchase 12,750 shares at the price of $3.08 back on Feb 27 ’25. After this action, Gagliano Nancy J now owns 91,524 shares of Orasure Technologies Inc, valued at $39,270 using the latest closing price.
EGLINTON MANNER CARRIE, the President & CEO of Orasure Technologies Inc, purchase 28,670 shares at $3.49 during a trade that took place back on Feb 28 ’25, which means that EGLINTON MANNER CARRIE is holding 1,288,334 shares at $100,027 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for OSUR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.39 for the present operating margin
- 0.72 for the gross margin
The net margin for Orasure Technologies Inc stands at -0.34. The total capital return value is set at -0.08. Equity return is now at value -7.77, with -6.91 for asset returns.
Based on Orasure Technologies Inc (OSUR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.03 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.06.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -13.55 million with net debt to EBITDA at 7.0. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of -0.46. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.32for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.2. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 12.34.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Orasure Technologies Inc (OSUR) has seen bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
