OraSure Technologies, Inc. (OSUR)

Nasdaq Stock Exchange
USD
US68554V1089
17 November 1986  –  31 December 2025

Performance

Annualized Return
1.01%
Sharpe Ratio
0.34
Maximum Drawdown
-90.75%

Metrics

Metric OraSure Technologies, Inc.
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $14,842
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date 1.68%
Year-To-Date -32.96%
3M -23.9%
6M -19.33%
Annual Return (3Y) -20.55%
Annual Return (5Y) -25.6%
Annual Return (All) 1.01%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 66.52%
Max Drawdown -90.75%
Sharpe Ratio 0.34
Sortino Ratio 0.53
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.37

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on November 1986.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of December 2025.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 39 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Martin Ratio The Martin Ratio, also known as the Ulcer Performance Index (UPI), is a risk-adjusted performance measure that evaluates the excess return of an investment relative to the severity of its drawdowns. It is calculated by dividing the investment's excess return over the risk-free rate by the Ulcer Index.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
OraSure Technologies, Inc. -32.4 -20.55 -25.6 -9.33 -6.59 1.01

Annual Returns

Year OraSure Technologies, Inc.
1986 -11.77%
1987 206.67%
1988 26.09%
1989 -17.24%
1990 62.5%
1991 134.62%
1992 -21.31%
1993 13.19%
1994 4.91%
1995 -22.81%
1996 -30.3%
1997 -56.52%
1998 53.14%
1999 10.64%
2000 26.92%
2001 47.27%
2002 -55.14%
2003 46.06%
2004 -15.58%
2005 31.25%
2006 -6.35%
2007 7.63%
2008 -58.61%
2009 38.04%
2010 13.19%
2011 58.43%
2012 -21.19%
2013 -12.4%
2014 61.21%
2015 -36.49%
2016 36.34%
2017 114.81%
2018 -38.07%
2019 -31.25%
2020 31.88%
2021 -17.94%
2022 -44.53%
2023 70.12%
2024 -55.98%
2025 -32.96%

OraSure Technologies, Inc. had 21 positive years and 19 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 53%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1986 - - - - - - - - - - 0% -11.8% -11.8%
1987 28.9% 210.4% 4.5% 14.9% 11.1% -10% 2.8% 0% -2.7% -44.4% -0% 15% 206.7%
1988 8.7% 12% 3.6% 3.5% -3.3% 3.5% -6.7% 14.3% 15.6% -2.7% -13.9% -6.5% 26.1%
1989 20.7% -17.1% 3.5% -10% -11.1% -12.5% 14.3% -2.1% -6.4% 2.3% 11.1% -4% -17.2%
1990 -14.6% 2.4% 16.7% 12.3% 14.6% 15.9% -6.9% -5.9% -14.1% 5.5% 29.3% 4% 62.5%
1991 20.5% 30.9% 52.9% -42% 31.2% 3.5% 8.1% -17.5% 15.9% 21.6% -7.5% 6.4% 134.6%
1992 4.9% -22.4% -2% -2.7% 12.7% -16.3% 19.4% -10.6% -7% 21.8% 10.5% -19.6% -21.3%
1993 -3.5% 7.2% -4.7% -2.8% 16.7% -1.2% -8.8% -2.8% 22% 6.4% -9.8% -1.2% 13.2%
1994 -4.9% -15.5% -11.5% 5.2% 9% -2.3% 0% 29.2% -5.4% 0% 3.2% 4.3% 4.9%
1995 -31% 28.8% -3.3% -7.5% -13.2% 13.6% -9% 0.8% -8.9% -1.8% -14.6% 40.4% -22.8%
1996 8.3% -0.7% -3.5% 8% 10.8% -23.8% -10.4% 3.6% -4.3% 9.9% -19.7% -6.1% -30.3%
1997 27.2% -12% -18.5% -33.3% 25% -10% -14.3% -5.6% 29.4% -15.9% -12.6% -17.5% -56.5%
1998 49.9% 17.4% 1.9% -20% 3.4% 14.3% -15.4% -22.7% -11.8% 45% 8.1% -0% 53.1%
1999 2.1% 6.3% -21.6% -3.8% 24.7% -2.1% 10.6% 13.5% -8.5% -25% -9.9% 42.5% 10.6%
2000 36.5% 33.8% -21.1% -6.7% 18.6% 32.5% -8.6% 0.5% 4.5% -28.4% -31.1% 26.9% 26.9%
2001 18.2% -10.9% -4.3% 2.9% 32.2% 10.6% 15% -9.5% -21.2% 1.8% -7.4% 25.8% 47.3%
2002 -53.3% -8.5% 16.4% 21% -8.5% -3% -30.9% -16.7% 18.5% 14.7% 17.7% -8.9% -55.1%
2003 44% -13.1% -14.4% 9.6% 15.5% 3.4% 11.9% 5.3% 5.4% -11.4% -1.1% -4.3% 46.1%
2004 16.8% -5.8% 18.6% -19.3% -11.9% 31.7% -20.4% -19.1% 0.5% 7.1% 6.1% -6.2% -15.6%
2005 -15% 17.3% 9.9% 8.2% 4% 20.5% 8% -14% 1.9% 16.5% 23.2% -35% 31.3%
2006 23.7% -12.7% 8.2% 4.2% -18.6% 9.1% -1.9% -26.6% 17.2% -3.5% 11% -4.1% -6.4%
2007 0.2% -3.9% -7.7% 1.4% 2.8% 6.8% -2.1% 14.9% 9.2% -9.8% 4.5% -6.2% 7.6%
2008 -11% -9.7% 2.4% -11.6% -15.8% -31.3% 10.7% 20.5% -1.4% -6.3% -25.4% 7% -58.6%
2009 -21.7% -11.1% -1.2% 43.1% 0.6% -32.1% 15% -7% 9.9% 12.4% 17.8% 32.3% 38%
2010 0.8% 7.4% 7.8% 6.9% -28.7% 2.4% 2.4% -28.7% 19.8% 0.5% 29% 9.5% 13.2%
2011 12.5% 7.1% 13.4% 12.1% -2.2% -1% 7.9% -20.3% 8.6% 16.7% 2.3% -4.1% 58.4%
2012 22.1% -9.8% 14.6% -0.2% -9.8% 8.6% -5.6% -8.5% 14.4% -18.5% -15% -6.8% -21.2%
2013 -1.8% -21.1% -2.9% -17.4% -1.8% -11.4% 14.2% 7.9% 25.7% 8.5% -5.7% 2.3% -12.4%
2014 -6.7% 18.2% 14.8% -17.8% -3.5% 36.2% -4.4% 1.2% -13.3% 24% 0.7% 12.5% 61.2%
2015 -9.4% -22.1% -8.7% -3.7% -1.8% -12.9% -8.4% 9.3% -17.8% 17.1% 20.2% 3% -36.5%
2016 -15.1% 22.7% 7.8% -0.7% 7% -23.1% 15.4% 25.7% -7% -5.8% 12.3% 4.2% 36.3%
2017 0.5% 27.1% 15.3% 1.4% 15% 14.5% 1.6% 16.4% 10.2% -12.2% -16.2% 14% 114.8%
2018 15.4% -20.7% -2.1% 5% -4.1% -3.2% 1.9% -4.7% -3.5% -10% -8.6% -8% -38.1%
2019 10% -16.3% 3.7% -15.2% -12.3% 11.8% -10% -21% 13.2% 14.3% -5.2% -0.9% -31.3%
2020 -12.2% -14.5% 78.4% 48.1% -8.8% -20% 56.1% -35.4% 3.8% 22.8% -19.7% -11.8% 31.9%
2021 43.8% -30.4% 10.1% -21.6% 5% 5.5% 16.3% -7.1% 3.3% -5.7% -12.6% -6.9% -17.9%
2022 1.8% -11.9% -13.1% -9.4% -32.4% -34.7% 12.9% 33.7% -7.3% 15% 15.6% -4.4% -44.5%
2023 15.8% 13.1% -4.1% 12.4% -26% -0.4% -5.8% 36.9% -8.2% -13% 41.9% 12% 70.1%
2024 -10.1% -2.3% -14.6% -14% -10.6% -9.9% 5.2% 0% -4.7% -4.7% -6.6% -5% -56%
2025 11.4% -13.4% -3.2% -11.3% -3.7% 4.2% 6% 4.1% -3% -14.6% -13.1% 1.7% -33%
Pos 64.1% 41% 51.3% 46.2% 48.7% 48.7% 55.3% 45.9% 51.3% 52.6% 47.4% 46.2% 52.5%
Avg 6% 4% 3.6% -1.3% 0.8% -0.3% 2.3% -1.3% 2.4% 1.3% 0.2% 2.2% 12.7%

Other Return Metrics

Metric OraSure Technologies, Inc.
Cumulative Return 48.42%
Enh Ann Return 9.48%
Best Year 206.67%
Worst Year -58.61%
Best Month 210.35%
Worst Month -53.25%
Best Day 50%
Worst Day -36.36%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 52.5%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 50.96%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 49.79%
Win Ratio (Daily) 48.41%

Annual Volatility

Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
OraSure Technologies, Inc. 55.41 52.56 54.96 56.68 58.36 66.52

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
OraSure Technologies, Inc. -0.42 -0.18 -0.27 0.11 0.17 0.34

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolio/asset in question.

OraSure Technologies, Inc.

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
2017-10-03 2025-11-20 - 3011 -90.75%
1992-01-16 2009-03-09 2017-08-07 9335 -89.14%
1987-04-13 1987-10-26 1991-01-31 1389 -69.56%
1991-04-02 1991-04-30 1991-11-14 226 -43.23%
1987-02-27 1987-03-03 1987-03-12 13 -22.86%

The OraSure Technologies, Inc. took approximately 93 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 311 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Other Risk Metrics

Metric OraSure Technologies, Inc.
Sharpe Ratio 0.34
Sortino Ratio 0.53
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.37
Calmar Ratio 0.01
Omega Ratio 1.07
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.07
Ulcer Index 0.59
Martin Ratio 0.02
Kelly Criterion 3.12%
Skew 0.81
Kurtosis 12.01
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