“The significant decreases in net sales were primarily due to the dynamics within our business in China where the continued sluggish economy and weak consumer consumption contributed to fluctuating demand for ICL procedures.”10-K · Mar 3, 2026 ↗
STAAR Surgical Company
STAA
Market read
STAAR Surgical Company's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 8 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 1 directly disclosed connection is confirming.
- STAA's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if STAA's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 8 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 1 directly disclosed connection is confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- STAA's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
No qualifying supportive evidence was identified.
- Latest annual revenue changed -23.7% year over year.
- Operating margin changed -34.3 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed -27.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- EV/sales is 31% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
23.43Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The change in other income, net for 2024 was due to increased foreign exchange losses (primarily Japanese Yen and euro) and lower interest income as a result of lower balances of investments available for sale.”10-K · Mar 3, 2026 ↗
“2023 Research and development expense $ 40,055 $ 45,317 $ 40,478 (11.6 )% 12.0 % Percentage of sales 16.7 % 14.4 % 12.5 % Research and development expenses for 2025 decreased 11.6% from 2024 due to purchases of in-process research and development in the prior…”10-K · Mar 3, 2026 ↗
“Due to dynamic macroeconomic conditions and other factors, the number of ICL procedures performed during the high season and the second half of 2024 overall was lower than expected.”10-K · Mar 3, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 4.9× · EV/sales 4.2×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for STAA. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for STAA. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind STAA
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
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“22 Proposed Merger with Alcon On August 4, 2025, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Alcon Research, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Alcon”), and Rascasse Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a who…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
STAA is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Healthcare Services & Tech. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for STAA; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.