Stocks · Healthcare · Medical - Instruments & Supplies
OraSure Technologies, Inc. OSUR
$3.97 +2.32% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $273.0M
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -44.7% from -38.1% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $112.4M, down 18.9% from a year earlier, accelerating from -30.1% a quarter earlier.
- The diluted share count fell 5.9% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Healthcare sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 16%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 4%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 13%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 46%
- Gross marginBottom 26%
- Operating marginBottom 36%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 22%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 37%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 26%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 11%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 45%
- 6-month returnTop 33%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 40%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 7%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 49%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 49%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 4%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 11%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 25%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 42%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 30%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -30.1% | -18.9% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 40.7% | 41.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -38.1% | -44.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -14.5% | -42.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -18.9% | -30.1% | ↑ | Bottom 16% |
| Gross margin | 41.4% | 40.7% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| Operating margin | -44.7% | -38.1% | ↓ | Bottom 36% |
| Net margin | -43.7% | -36.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -42.8% | -14.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -14.9% | — | Top 46% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -33.3% | — | Bottom 4% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.7%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 9.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +17.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 6.24%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.24%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +4.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $4.00
- Target vs current price
- +0.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 31%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +133.3% | -0.5% | -7.0% | -15.3% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -39.1% | +0.0% | -1.0% | +31.7% | +35.0% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | -58.8% | -0.7% | +5.7% | +8.5% | +8.9% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -18.8% | +0.0% | -4.3% | -0.8% | +13.6% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -36.8% | +0.0% | -10.6% | +7.7% | -8.0% |
| May 7, 2025 | -20.0% | -0.4% | -5.4% | +3.6% | +7.5% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | -180.0% | +0.3% | -10.5% | -8.3% | -29.8% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -50.0% | +2.6% | -3.5% | -9.8% | -6.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.09 | -$0.27 | +133.3% | $30.6M |
| May 6, 2026 | -$0.32 | -$0.23 | -39.1% | $27.9M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | -$0.27 | -$0.17 | -58.8% | $26.7M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -$0.19 | -$0.16 | -18.8% | $27.1M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -$0.26 | -$0.19 | -36.8% | $31.2M |
| May 7, 2025 | -$0.18 | -$0.15 | -20.0% | $29.9M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | -$0.14 | -$0.05 | -180.0% | $37.4M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | -$0.06 | -$0.04 | -50.0% | $39.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 1.11× | — | — | Top 11% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -17.61% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Earnings yield | -17.38% | — | — | Bottom 37% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.9× – 168.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 9
- Days above the 200-day average
- 15
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +5.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +17.7%
- RSI (14)
- 60.7
- Relative volume
- 0.66×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 42.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 19th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.78
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.27
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -11.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -74.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2020 | Nov 20, 2025 | -86.8% | 1279 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Oct 16, 2020 | -10.2% | 5 days | 1 days (Oct 19, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $273.0M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.69
- Revenue (TTM)
- $112.4M
- 52-week range
- $2.08 – $4.58
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $233.7M | $387.5M | $405.5M | $185.8M | $115.0M |
| Gross profit | $117.6M | $148.4M | $179.4M | $76.2M | $48.2M |
| Operating income | -$11.6M | -$5.2M | $54.1M | -$20.6M | -$68.1M |
| Net income | -$23.0M | -$17.1M | $53.7M | -$19.5M | -$68.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.32 | -$0.25 | $0.72 | -$0.26 | -$0.94 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $39.9M | $37.4M | $29.9M | $31.2M | $27.1M | $26.8M | $27.9M | $30.6M |
| Net income | -$4.5M | -$10.8M | -$16.0M | -$19.7M | -$13.7M | -$19.3M | -$22.4M | $6.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.06 | -$0.14 | -$0.21 | -$0.26 | -$0.19 | -$0.27 | -$0.32 | $0.09 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$35.4M | -$47.2M | $141.6M | $27.4M | -$49,023 |
| Capital expenditure | -$48.1M | -$63.9M | -$10.3M | -$3.8M | -$4,197 |
| Free cash flow | -$83.5M | -$111.1M | $131.3M | $23.6M | -$53,220 |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.1M | -$2.3M | -$1.9M | -$3.5M | -$15.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $160.6M
- Total assets
- $360.6M
- Total liabilities
- $42.8M
- Total debt
- $12.1M
- Net debt
- -$148.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $317.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 1998 | $1.60 | — |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,172,198
- Days to cover
- 5.98
- Change vs previous report
- +1.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 8, 1987
- 3-for-1