Orasure Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:OSUR) has a beta value of 0.26 and has seen 1.08 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $232.63M, closed the last trade at $3.11 per share which meant it gained $0.04 on the day or 1.30% during that session. The OSUR stock price is -58.2% off its 52-week high price of $4.92 and 24.12% above the 52-week low of $2.36. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 0.81 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 714.68K shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Orasure Technologies Inc (OSUR) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.33. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 0 out of 1 have rated it as a Hold, with 1 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
Orasure Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:OSUR) trade information
Sporting 1.30% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the OSUR stock price touched $3.11 or saw a rise of 18.59%. Year-to-date, Orasure Technologies Inc shares have moved -27.59%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 2.30%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Orasure Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:OSUR) have changed 6.14%. Short interest in the company has seen 3.13 million shares shorted with days to cover at 3.96.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $4, which means that the shares’ value could jump 22.25% from current levels. The projected low price target is $4.0 while the price target rests at a high of $4.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -28.62% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -28.62% from current levels.
Orasure Technologies Inc (OSUR) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -14.09% over the past 6 months.
Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -186.54% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -18.71%.
OSUR Dividends
Orasure Technologies Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-May-07 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Orasure Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:OSUR)’s Major holders
Insiders own 4.83% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 89.49% with a share float percentage of 94.04%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Orasure Technologies Inc having a total of 232.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 7.38 million shares worth more than $31.44 million. As of 2024-06-30, BLACKROCK INC. held 9.9514% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP, with the holding of over 4.41 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $18.78 million and represent 5.9443% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and American Century ETF Trust-Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF . As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 2.94% shares in the company for having 2.2 shares of worth $6.85 million while later fund manager owns 2.1 shares of worth $6.52 million as of May 31, 2025 , which makes it owner of about 2.80% of company’s outstanding stock.
