QuidelOrtho Corporation
Company Overview: QuidelOrtho Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL) is a vitro diagnostics company. The Company is engaged in the development and manufacturing of advanced technologies in diagnostic testing. Its product portfolio covers a range of point-of-care tests for infectious diseases, critical cardiac health and autoimmune biomarkers, and a range of clinical and at-home products to detect COVID-19.
As per our previous report published on QDEL on 01st September 2022, Kalkine provided a ‘Buy’ stance on the stock at USD 78.38 based on ‘better margins, synergies through combination, and upside indicated based on Valuation done, and the stock price has now moved by ~10.37% since then and the price has crossed the Resistance 1 and heading towards Resistance 2 levels.
Noted below are the details of support and resistance levels provided in our previous report:
QDEL’s Daily Chart
(Source: Refinitiv, Analysis done by Kalkine Group)
Considering the resistance, target level attainment, current trading levels, risks associated, and volatile market condition on the back of rising interest rates, a ‘Sell’ rating is assigned to the “QDEL” at the closing market price of USD 86.51 (as of 26 October 2022).
Note: This report may be updated with details around fundamental and technical analysis, price/ chart in due course, as appropriate
Note 1: Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
Note 2: The reference date for all price data, currency, technical indicators, support, and resistance level is 26th October 2022. The reference data in this report has been partly sourced from REFINITIV.
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