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QuidelOrtho Corp

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QuidelOrtho Corp

QDEL·NASDAQ·Life Sciences·CIK 0001906324

QuidelOrtho Corporation develops and sells diagnostic products. The company leverages its expertise in immunoassay and molecular testing, clinical chemistry, and transfusion medicine to provide diagnostic solutions. QuidelOrtho operates globally, serving customers in over 140 countries and territories. Its manufacturing facilities are located in the U.S., U.K., and China, supported by sales centers, administrative offices, and warehouses worldwide. Products are sold directly through a sales force and through distributors for professional use in various settings, including physician offices, hospitals, clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, urgent care clinics, universities, retail clinics, pharmacies, wellness screening centers, other point-of-care settings, blood banks, and donor centers. Additionally, products are sold for individual, non-professional, over-the-counter use. The business is managed geographically with reportable segments: North America, EMEA, China, JPAC, and Latin America. Revenue is generated across several business units: Labs, Transfusion Medicine (comprising Immunohematology and Donor Screening product categories), Point of Care, and Molecular Diagnostics. The company also generates non-core revenue from its contract manufacturing business and certain business collaborations.

QuidelOrtho Corp (NASDAQ:QDEL) is a publicly traded company in the Life Sciences sector. Wiseek has independently scored 16 items for QDEL at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-23, rated 7/10. Across its 16 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 11 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for QDEL spans 8-K, 10-Q, DEF 14A, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • QuidelOrtho Amends Credit Agreement, Resets Leverage and Interest Coverage Covenants Through 2029
  • QuidelOrtho Reports Q2 Loss, Negative Operating Cash Flow, Confirms Slashed Full-Year Guidance
  • QuidelOrtho Slashes 2026 Guidance After Q2 Miss; Withdraws Free Cash Flow Outlook
  • QuidelOrtho Slashes 2026 Guidance, Revenue and EPS Cut Sharply
  • QuidelOrtho Appoints Micah Young as New CFO with $6.5M Equity Grant Amidst Financial Turnaround Efforts

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 28, 2025
Revenue
$2.73B
Net Income
-$1.13B
Diluted EPS
-$16.69
Op. Cash Flow
$105.2M
Free Cash Flow
-$83M
Operating Income
-$919.2M
Cash & Equivalents
$169.8M
Total Debt
$178.3M
Debt / Equity
0.09×
Net Margin
-41.5%
Shares Outstanding
67.9M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-19 · accession 0001906324-26-000008

Short Interest & Short Volume

10.77 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 14,190,525 shares in QDEL as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 0.4% increase from the prior period — about 10.8 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 25.5% of QDEL volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)14,190,525 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 0.4%
Days to cover10.77 at avg daily volume of 1,317,855
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)25.5% of 1,181,468 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume33.1%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$10.7 -0.07% today
52-week range · as of 2026-09-23 $9.92 – $35.58
Market cap
$738.56M
Volume
2.4M (1.7× avg)
3-mo avg 1.4M
Live data · 2026-10-03 07:06 UTC · Market closed

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QDEL
Sep 23, 2026, 4:41 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $10.34
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: +$0.360 (+3%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
Aug 06, 2026, 5:46 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $12.65
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$1.95 (-15%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
Aug 06, 2026, 4:08 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $12.88
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$2.18 (-17%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
Aug 06, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Source: PR Newswire
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $13.33
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$2.63 (-20%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
Jun 23, 2026, 4:04 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $11.91
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$1.21 (-10%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
May 05, 2026, 5:46 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $11.55
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$0.850 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
May 05, 2026, 4:47 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $11.49
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$0.790 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
May 05, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $11.52
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$0.820 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
Apr 27, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $12.29
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$1.59 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
Apr 20, 2026, 7:12 AM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $12.41
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$1.71 (-14%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
Apr 16, 2026, 11:42 AM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $11.98
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$1.28 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
Apr 15, 2026, 4:18 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $16.98
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$6.28 (-37%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
Apr 15, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $14.00
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$3.30 (-24%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
Mar 24, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $15.99
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$5.29 (-33%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
Feb 18, 2026, 9:45 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $24.16
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$13.46 (-56%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
QDEL
Feb 11, 2026, 4:07 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $28.80
Real-time Price: $10.70 info
Change: -$18.10 (-63%) info
Market Cap: $738.557M info
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