QDEL - Latest News

QuidelOrtho Corporation (QDEL), operates in Healthcare / Medical - Instruments & Supplies, trades on NASDAQ.

Market capitalization stands near $1.01B. Beta to the broader market is 0.69.

The article list below shows the most recent QDEL headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent QDEL Headlines

QDEL Q2 Earnings & Revenues Beat Estimates, 2026 Guidance Lowered

zacks.com - Aug 10, 2026

QuidelOrtho beats Q2 earnings and revenue estimates, but cuts its 2026 outlook on persistent China weakness and a softer respiratory testing environme

QuidelOrtho (NASDAQ:QDEL) Shares Gap Down – Time to Sell?

defenseworld.net - Aug 9, 2026

QuidelOrtho Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL - Get Free Report)'s share price gapped down before the market opened on Friday. The stock had previously close

QuidelOrtho Corporation (QDEL) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

seekingalpha.com - Aug 7, 2026

QuidelOrtho Corporation (QDEL) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

QuidelOrtho Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

marketbeat.com - Aug 7, 2026

QuidelOrtho NASDAQ: QDEL reported second-quarter revenue growth despite continued pressure from China and a softer respiratory testing environment, wh

QuidelOrtho (QDEL) Surpasses Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

zacks.com - Aug 6, 2026

QuidelOrtho (QDEL) came out with quarterly earnings of $0. 13 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.

How News Affects QDEL Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track QDEL's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked QDEL news questions

What is the latest QDEL news headline?

The most recent QDEL headline (Aug 10, 2026) is "QDEL Q2 Earnings & Revenues Beat Estimates, 2026 Guidance Lowered". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the QDEL news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What QDEL news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual QDEL options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.