During 2018 Q4 the big money sentiment decreased to 1. That’s change of 0.14, from 2018Q3’s 1.14. 23 investors sold all, 47 reduced holdings as QDEL ratio dived. 43 rose positions while 27 funds took positions. Funds hold 35.14 million shares thus 1.55% more from 2018Q3’s 34.61 million shares. Legal General Group Inc Public Limited Liability Company holds 0% or 13,708 shs. Martingale Asset Management Ltd Partnership invested in 23,412 shs or 0.02% of the stock. Calamos Advsr Limited Company owns 0% invested in Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ:QDEL) for 6,310 shs. Parametric Associates Limited Liability Company reported 52,768 shs. Gamco Invsts Et Al reported 505,700 shs. Citigroup Incorporated has invested 0% in Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ:QDEL). Brown Cap Mgmt Ltd Company reported 5.54M shs or 3.25% of all its holdings. Moreover, Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) has 0% invested in Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ:QDEL). Gotham Asset Mgmt Ltd Liability Com holds 35,931 shs. Us Comml Bank De stated it has 116 shs. Rhumbline Advisers has 0% invested in Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ:QDEL) for 46,962 shs. Zacks Inv Mgmt holds 0.01% or 11,312 shs. Royal Bancorp Of Canada owns 878 shs for 0% of their capital. 24,135 are owned by Chicago Equity Partners Limited Co. Signaturefd Ltd Limited Liability Company accumulated 0.01% or 1,338 shs.

QDEL registered $5.53 million net activity with 0 insider buys and 5 selling transactions since September 28, 2018. 18,033 Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ:QDEL) shs with value of $1.10 million were sold by BRYANT DOUGLAS C.

In Quidel Corp (QDEL) was increased the stake owned by Oracle Investment Management Inc. The decrease is 987.75% according to 2018Q4 SEC form. The company’s stock rose 6.93% with the market as Oracle Investment Management Inc bought 1.73 million shares. At the end of 2018Q4, the 1.90 million shares of the in vitro & in vivo diagnostic substances company held by the hedge fund were priced at $92.93M, up from 175,000 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Oracle Investment Management Inc has cut its stake in Amarin Corp Plc (NASDAQ:AMRN) and also reduced its holding in Tesaro Inc (NASDAQ:TSRO) by 45,735 shares in the quarter, for a total of 471,500 shares.

For more Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ:QDEL) news posted recently go to: Seekingalpha.com, Seekingalpha.com, Seekingalpha.com, Seekingalpha.com or Zacks.com. The titles are as follows: “Canaccord bullish on medical diagnostic firms – Seeking Alpha” posted on September 14, 2018, “Quidel Corp (QDEL) CEO Douglas Bryant on Q3 2018 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha” on November 11, 2018, “Quidel Q4 non-GAAP earnings up 70% – Seeking Alpha” with a publish date: February 13, 2019, “Acorda down 12% on Goldman cut in premarket analyst action – Seeking Alpha” and the last “Quidel (QDEL) Catches Eye: Stock Jumps 6.7% – Zacks.com” with publication date: December 12, 2018.

Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ:QDEL) Ratings Coverage

Total analysts of 3 have positions in Quidel (NASDAQ:QDEL) as follows: 2 rated it a “Buy”, 0 with “Sell” and 1 with “Hold”. The positive are 67%. Since December 10, 2018 according to StockzIntelligence Inc Quidel has 4 analyst reports. On Tuesday, December 11 the firm has “Strong Buy” rating by Raymond James given. On Tuesday, December 11 the firm has “Hold” rating given by Craig Hallum. On Thursday, February 14 the rating was maintained by Craig Hallum with “Hold”. On Monday, December 10 the firm has “Overweight” rating by Barclays Capital given.