STAA
Fallen FavouriteSTAAR Surgical Company · Healthcare · United States · $1.1B cap · $19.7M/day traded
$26.69 +11.8% · close 11 Nov · scored 11 Nov
Score down 1.0 since 10 Nov.
Fallen Favourite: A good business, still expensive, and its momentum is weak.
As of 11 Nov 2026, the MoatMap Score for STAAR Surgical Company (STAA) is 31/100, ranked against 25,000+ stocks in 38 markets (Quality 58, Value 20, Momentum 42, each scored against its sector).
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ABOUT STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY
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STAAR Surgical Company designs, develops, manufactures, and markets implantable lenses for the eye, primarily its proprietary EVO Visian Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) for vision correction. The company holds a leadership position in the premium refractive vision correction market due to its unique, patented ICL technology offering superior visual outcomes for suitable patients. It benefits from high barriers to entry in ophthalmology and growing market acceptance of its advanced lens solutions.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2027E | 2028E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 284.4M | 322.4M | 313.9M | 239.4M | -5.6% | 328.3M | 339.4M | 365.8M | 15.2% |
| EPS | 0.81 | 0.44 | -0.41 | -1.62 | -45.7% | — | — | — | — |
| Shares | 48.2M | 48.8M | 49.3M | 49.4M | +2.5% | 50.2M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 31.0M | 35.8M | 38.7M | 38.4M | 7.3% | 33.6M | — | — | — |
| Equity | 336.1M | 386.0M | 397.3M | 344.2M | 0.8% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 35.7M | 14.6M | 15.7M | -34.2M | -33.6% | 21.4M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -156.4M | 74.3M | -59.2M | 46.3M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | 8.3M | 7.4M | 5.7M | -4.6M | — | — | — | — | — |
No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.
Swung more than 70% of stocks we rank over the past year (volatility 56% a year).
How this is worked out
The MoatMap Score weighs the business, its price and its trend. The price check reads only the chart: the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn (the Turning up rule above) cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: how much the price moved day to day over the past year, scaled to a yearly figure (annualised volatility) and ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Healthcare, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of STAA are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAA | STAAR Surgical Company(you) | $1.1B | 31 |
| KMTS | Kestra Medical Technologies, Ltd. | $1.7B | 29 |
| ANGO | AngioDynamics, Inc. | $520M | 34 |
| AZTA | Azenta, Inc. | $1.6B | 45 |
| PLSE | Pulse Biosciences, Inc. | $3.8B | 28 |
| LMAT | LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. | $1.9B | 50 |
| XRAY | DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. | $1.9B | 51 |
| OSUR | OraSure Technologies, Inc. | $285M | 40 |
| KRMD | KORU Medical Systems, Inc. | $146M | 29 |
| WRBY | Warby Parker Inc. | $3.2B | 54 |
Peer medians: ROE -31.0% · P/E 25.7x · Gross margin 62.7%
Company Deep Dive
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