STAASTAAR Surgical Company
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: rangebound and heavily shorted.
Rangebound, no clear trend. Price is −4% vs its 200-day average.
Heavily shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, a few days of normal trading to cover. Down 19% since the previous count, down from 10.5% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How STAA is trading
STAAR Surgical Company is −6.9% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 23 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- −4.0%
vs 200-day average · below trend, but not far
- RSI (14)
- 50
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 32%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $22.60
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- +18%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- −6.9%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- −80%
- vs 50-day average$22.49
- +0.45%
- 52-week high
- $33.34
- 52-week low
- $16.10
- Annualised volatility
- 64%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −2.1% |
| 2025 | −4.9% |
| 2024 | −22% |
| 2023 | −36% |
| 2022 | −47% |
| 2021 | +15% |
| 2020 | +125% |
| 2019 | +10% |
| 2018 | +106% |
| 2017 | +43% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 4 of 10 | +2.6% |
| Feb | 10 | 6 of 10 | −2.5% |
| Mar | 10 | 6 of 10 | +2.3% |
| Apr | 10 | 8 of 10 | +11% |
| May | 10 | 5 of 10 | +4.9% |
| Jun | 10 | 7 of 10 | +12% |
| Jul | 11 | 4 of 11 | −1.2% |
| Aug | 11 | 7 of 11 | +12% |
| Sep | 11 | 6 of 11 | −2.1% |
| Oct | 11 | 5 of 11 | +0.55% |
| Nov | 10 | 5 of 10 | +0.38% |
| Dec | 10 | 1 of 10 | −6.9% |
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.
Medical Instruments & Supplies
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