Staar Surgical Co’s filing revealed that its Former Director WEISNER AIMEE S acquired Company’s shares for reported $47025.0 on Aug 05 ’25. In the deal valued at $26.87 per share,1,750 shares were bought.
Then, WEISNER AIMEE S bought 13,491 shares, generating $362,523 in total proceeds.
Before that, BROADWOOD PARTNERS, L.P. bought 178,127 shares. Staar Surgical Co shares valued at $2,729,095 were divested by the 10% Owner at a price of $15.32 per share. As a result of the transaction, BROADWOOD PARTNERS, L.P. now holds 13,510,391 shares, worth roughly $368.02 million.
Wells Fargo initiated its Staar Surgical Co [STAA] rating to an Equal weight in a research note published on April 21, 2025; the price target was $17. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including William Blair’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid February from “an Outperform” to “a Mkt perform”. Mizuho also remained covering STAA and has decreased its forecast on February 12, 2025 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “an Outperform” rating. Jefferies revised its rating on February 12, 2025. It rated STAA as “a Hold” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of STAA
On Friday, Staar Surgical Co [NASDAQ:STAA] saw its stock jump 0.29% to $27.24. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -1.66%. Staar Surgical Co shares have fallen nearly -15.35% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 12.14% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Staar Surgical Co?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Staar Surgical Co stocks on 2025-08-29, dropping by -2.46 million shares to a total of 3.99 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 6.45 million shares. There was a decline of -61.6%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
