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Cooper Companies (COO) is re-rated from Sell to Hold after a 31% price decline, reflecting a more interesting risk/reward profile but ongoing growth concerns. COO's revenue growth remains weak, with core CooperVision revenues flat and management attributing this to distribution channel destocking, raising questions about underlying demand. Gross margin expansion to 67% is largely driven by inventory write-offs, making COO's margin improvement less robust than Alcon's operational gains.
Shares of Cooper Cos. are pacing the S&P 500's decliners Thursday after the maker of medical devices reported mixed results, issued soft guidance and wrapped up a strategic review without plans to seek a deal.
Medical-device stocks Cooper Companies Inc (NASDAQ:COO) and Axogen Inc (NASDAQ:AXGN) are both sharply lower following separate company developments, and options traders are chiming in.
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Cooper Companies NASDAQ: COO reported third-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of $1.066 billion, up about 1% on both a reported and organic basis, as record free cash flow and earnings growth offset pressure at its CooperVision contact lens business from planned U.S. channel inventory reductions.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for The Cooper Companies (COO) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended July 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
The Cooper Companies (COO) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.15 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.11 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.1 per share a year ago.
Looking beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimate forecasts for The Cooper Companies (COO), delve into some of its key metrics to gain a deeper insight into the company's potential performance for the quarter ended July 2026.
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