Cooper Companies
About: CooperCompanies is one of the largest eyecare companies in the US. It operates in two segments: CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision is a pure-play contact lens business with a suite of spherical, multifocal, and toric contact lenses. The company also has one of the most comprehensive specialty lens portfolios in the world. With brands including Proclear, Biofinity, MyDay, and Clariti, Cooper controls roughly one fourth of the US contact lens market. CooperSurgical, founded in 1990, is made up of equipment related to reproductive care, fertility, and women's care. Cooper has the broadest medical device coverage of the entire IVF cycle. It also has Paragard, the only hormone-free IUD in the US, and controls 17% of the US IUD market.
Employees: 16,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
345% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $15.5M | Put options by funds: $3.47M
2.71% more ownership
Funds ownership: 98.36% [Q1] → 101.07% (+2.71%) [Q2]
1% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 240 | Existing positions reduced: 238
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q1] → 5 (+0) [Q2]
0% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 82 | Existing positions closed: 82
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 630 [Q1] → 621 (-9) [Q2]
14% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $16.6B [Q1] → $14.3B (-$2.29B) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
JP Morgan
Robbie Marcus
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$66
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Neutral
Maintained
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28 Aug 2025 |
Morgan Stanley
Patrick Wood
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$76
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Equal-Weight
Maintained
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28 Aug 2025 |
Baird
Jeff Johnson
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$85
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Outperform
Maintained
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28 Aug 2025 |
Wells Fargo
Larry Biegelsen
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$72
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Overweight
Maintained
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28 Aug 2025 |
Piper Sandler
Jason Bednar
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$83
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Overweight
Maintained
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28 Aug 2025 |
Stifel
Jonathan Block
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$85
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Buy
Maintained
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28 Aug 2025 |
Citigroup
Joanne Wuensch
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$72
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Neutral
Downgraded
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28 Aug 2025 |
Needham
David Saxon
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$94
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Buy
Reiterated
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28 Aug 2025 |
Mizuho
Anthony Petrone
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$90
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Outperform
Maintained
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16 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 21 articles about COO published over the past 30 days