Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) Upgraded at William Blair

Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) was upgraded by stock analysts at William Blair to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report issued on Friday,Zacks.com reports.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus set a $95.00 price target on shares of Cooper Companies and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $94.00 price objective (up from $83.00) on shares of Cooper Companies in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $100.00 target price (up previously from $94.00) on shares of Cooper Companies in a research report on Friday, December 5th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Cooper Companies from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Cooper Companies from $66.00 to $78.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, December 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $90.85.

Cooper Companies Trading Up 1.3%

NASDAQ COO opened at $81.38 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $15.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 1.03. Cooper Companies has a fifty-two week low of $61.78 and a fifty-two week high of $97.95. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $81.07 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $74.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.30, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 1.89.

Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, December 4th. The medical device company reported $1.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.04. Cooper Companies had a return on equity of 10.02% and a net margin of 9.16%.The firm had revenue of $1.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.06 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.04 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Cooper Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.450-4.600 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.020-1.040 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Cooper Companies will post 3.98 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Cooper Companies

In related news, Director Maria Rivas purchased 1,000 shares of Cooper Companies stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 18th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $82.13 per share, for a total transaction of $82,130.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 11,141 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $915,010.33. The trade was a 9.86% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Albert G. White III purchased 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $80.80 per share, with a total value of $808,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 236,151 shares in the company, valued at $19,081,000.80. The trade was a 4.42% increase in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this purchase provides additional information. Insiders have purchased 16,014 shares of company stock worth $1,304,416 over the last quarter. 1.98% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Cooper Companies

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Cooper Companies by 48.9% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 22,407 shares of the medical device company’s stock valued at $1,890,000 after buying an additional 7,363 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its stake in Cooper Companies by 5.1% during the 2nd quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 97,394 shares of the medical device company’s stock valued at $6,931,000 after purchasing an additional 4,761 shares during the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. boosted its stake in Cooper Companies by 9.8% during the 2nd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 17,686 shares of the medical device company’s stock valued at $1,259,000 after purchasing an additional 1,578 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Cooper Companies by 8.3% in the 2nd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 28,350 shares of the medical device company’s stock worth $2,017,000 after purchasing an additional 2,161 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hardy Reed LLC raised its stake in shares of Cooper Companies by 4.1% in the second quarter. Hardy Reed LLC now owns 6,213 shares of the medical device company’s stock worth $442,000 after purchasing an additional 244 shares during the last quarter. 24.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Cooper Companies

Cooper Companies, Inc (NASDAQ: COO) is a global medical device company headquartered in San Ramon, California. Founded in 1958, the company has grown through strategic acquisitions and organic development to become a major provider of vision care and women’s health products. Cooper Companies operates through two primary business segments—CooperVision and CooperSurgical—each serving specialized markets within the healthcare industry.

The CooperVision segment develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of soft contact lenses, as well as related accessories.