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Quidel Corporation is a medical devices business based in the US. Quidel Corporation shares (QDEL) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $42.89 – a decrease of 1.31% over the previous week. Quidel Corporation employs 7,100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.8 billion.
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Latest market close | $42.89 |
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52-week range | $29.74 - $69.83 |
50-day moving average | $42.82 |
200-day moving average | $41.03 |
Wall St. target price | $51.14 |
PE ratio | N/A |
Dividend yield | N/A |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $-27.81 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $42.89 from 2025-02-07
1 week (2025-01-31) | -1.31% |
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1 month (2025-01-08) | -6.82% |
3 months (2024-11-08) | -1.97% |
6 months (2024-08-09) | 3.05% |
1 year (2024-02-08) | -36.00% |
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2 years (2023-02-08) | -50.98% |
3 years (2022-02-08) | 95.02 |
5 years (2020-02-07) | 75.945 |
Valuing Quidel Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Quidel Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Quidel Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 7.19. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Quidel Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Quidel Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $586.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Quidel Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | $2.8 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 7.12% |
Gross profit TTM | $1.3 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 1.04% |
Return on equity TTM | -45.79% |
Profit margin | -66.25% |
Book value | $47.42 |
Market Capitalization | $2.8 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting Quidel Corporation to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Over the last 12 months, Quidel Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $29.735 up to $69.83. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Quidel Corporation's is 0.116. This would suggest that Quidel Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
QuidelOrtho Corporation provides diagnostic testing solutions. The company operates through Labs, Transfusion Medicine, Point-of-Care, and Molecular Diagnostics business units. The Labs business unit provides clinical chemistry laboratory instruments and tests that measure target chemicals in bodily fluids for the evaluation of health and the clinical management of patients; immunoassay laboratory instruments and tests, which measure proteins as they act as antigens in the spread of disease, antibodies in the immune response spurred by disease, or markers of proper organ function and health; testing products to detect and monitor disease progression across a spectrum of therapeutic areas; and specialized diagnostic solutions. The Transfusion Medicine business unit offers immunohematology instruments and tests used for blood typing to ensure patient-donor compatibility in blood transfusions; and donor screening instruments and tests used for blood and plasma screening for infectious diseases. The Point-of-Care business unit provides instruments and tests to provide rapid results across a continuum of point-of-care settings. The Molecular Diagnostics business unit offers polymerase chain reaction thermocyclers; amplification systems; and sample-to-result molecular instruments and tests for syndromic infectious disease diagnostics. The company sells its products directly to end users through a direct sales force; and through a network of distributors for professional use in physician offices, hospitals, clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, urgent care clinics, universities, retail clinics, pharmacies, wellness screening centers, blood banks, and donor centers, as well as for individual, non-professional, and over-the-counter use.
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