QDELQuidelOrtho Corporation
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though a crowded short (+22% of shares).
Rangebound, no clear trend. Price is −18% vs its 200-day average.
A crowded short, settled Sep 30, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How QDEL is trading
QuidelOrtho Corporation is −54% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 70 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- −18%
vs 200-day average · a clear downtrend
- RSI (14)
- 62
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 61%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $13.73
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- +28%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- −54%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- −89%
- vs 50-day average$12.81
- +7.2%
- 52-week high
- $35.38
- 52-week low
- $9.96
- Annualised volatility
- 80%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −52% |
| 2025 | −36% |
| 2024 | −40% |
| 2023 | −14% |
| 2022 | −37% |
| 2021 | −25% |
| 2020 | +139% |
| 2019 | +54% |
| 2018 | +13% |
| 2017 | +102% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 4 of 10 | +1.7% |
| Feb | 10 | 5 of 10 | −6.9% |
| Mar | 10 | 6 of 10 | +0.46% |
| Apr | 10 | 4 of 10 | −3.3% |
| May | 10 | 7 of 10 | +5.3% |
| Jun | 10 | 7 of 10 | +6.2% |
| Jul | 11 | 8 of 11 | +8.0% |
| Aug | 11 | 5 of 11 | −2.9% |
| Sep | 11 | 6 of 11 | +0.51% |
| Oct | 11 | 3 of 11 | +0.30% |
| Nov | 10 | 6 of 10 | +3.0% |
| Dec | 10 | 5 of 10 | −0.12% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.