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STAA Insider Trading (STAAR Surgical)

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Insider Ownership Percentage: 3.60%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $19,381,768.98

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STAAR Surgical Share Price & Price History

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STAAR Surgical Insider Trading History

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction
5/19/2022	Caren L. Mason	CEO	Sell	35,000	$57.49	$2,012,150.00	83,645
3/21/2022	James E. Francese	VP	Sell	922	$74.62	$68,799.64
3/14/2022	James E. Francese	VP	Sell	289	$64.18	$18,548.02
12/14/2021	Keith Holliday	CTO	Sell	6,000	$89.57	$537,420.00
11/18/2021	Caren L. Mason	CEO	Sell	35,000	$113.83	$3,984,050.00
11/16/2021	Caren L. Mason	CEO	Sell	35,000	$114.20	$3,997,000.00
10/4/2021	Samuel J. Gesten	Insider	Sell	15,000	$114.53	$1,717,950.00
9/16/2021	Patrick F. Williams	CFO	Sell	5,121	$139.38	$713,764.98	25,619
9/1/2021	Hans-Martin Blickensdoerfer	VP	Sell	26,194	$157.61	$4,128,436.34	99,760
8/18/2021	James E. Francese	VP	Sell	15,000	$146.91	$2,203,650.00	57,630
6/28/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	130,000	$155.19	$20,174,700.00
6/24/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	67,708	$157.83	$10,686,353.64
6/18/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	13,236	$152.59	$2,019,681.24
6/16/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	30,543	$148.79	$4,544,492.97
6/14/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	21,895	$147.79	$3,235,862.05
6/11/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	2,275	$147.05	$334,538.75
6/1/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	1,014	$146.36	$148,409.04
5/27/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	47,571	$143.42	$6,822,632.82
5/12/2021	Graydon C. Hansen	VP	Sell	16,606	$111.32	$1,848,579.92
5/11/2021	Caren L. Mason	CEO	Sell	107,000	$115.29	$12,336,030.00
5/10/2021	James E. Francese	VP	Sell	11,583	$125.72	$1,456,214.76	54,788
4/26/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	43,383	$135.30	$5,869,719.90
4/22/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	20,669	$130.34	$2,693,997.46
3/22/2021	Jon K Hayashida	VP	Sell	1,103	$96.37	$106,296.11	9,691
3/22/2021	Samuel J. Gesten	Insider	Sell	1,032	$96.37	$99,453.84	42,583
3/3/2021	Caren L. Mason	CEO	Sell	135,000	$102.20	$13,797,000.00
2/12/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	22,250	$124.22	$2,763,895.00
2/10/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	7,789	$124.90	$972,846.10
2/8/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	144,838	$122.28	$17,710,790.64
2/4/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	48,687	$111.15	$5,411,560.05
2/2/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	1,589	$110.32	$175,298.48
1/28/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	278,197	$105.83	$29,441,588.51
1/26/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	347,000	$102.33	$35,508,510.00
1/12/2021	Broadwood Partners, L.P.	Major Shareholder	Sell	60,000	$89.28	$5,356,800.00
11/23/2020	Hans-Martin Blickensdoerfer	VP	Sell	4,774	$83.09	$396,671.66	140,106
11/19/2020	Hans-Martin Blickensdoerfer	VP	Sell	14,007	$82.03	$1,148,994.21	140,106
11/9/2020	Jon K Hayashida	VP	Sell	20,000	$81.34	$1,626,800.00	20,994
9/14/2020	Keith Holliday	CTO	Sell	35,689	$53.32	$1,902,937.48	29,733
8/10/2020	Jon K Hayashida	VP	Sell	41,602	$51.22	$2,130,854.44	27,000
6/15/2020	Hans-Martin Blickensdoerfer	VP	Sell	39,215	$44.07	$1,728,205.05	147,165
5/21/2020	Samuel J. Gesten	Insider	Sell	192,522	$40.00	$7,700,880.00	61,185
5/15/2020	Keith Holliday	CTO	Sell	25,000	$37.69	$942,250.00	53,447
5/11/2020	Jon K Hayashida	VP	Sell	46,563	$39.11	$1,821,078.93	32,088
3/23/2020	Jon K Hayashida	VP	Sell	2,813	$26.83	$75,472.79	13,607
3/23/2020	Samuel J. Gesten	Insider	Sell	2,742	$27.42	$75,185.64	42,873
1/21/2020	Deborah J Andrews	CFO	Sell	106,604	$42.20	$4,498,688.80	52,101
12/5/2019	Jon K Hayashida	VP	Sell	47,408	$37.20	$1,763,577.60	53,658
11/20/2019	Graydon C. Hansen	VP	Sell	17,083	$35.02	$598,246.66
11/14/2019	Deborah J Andrews	CFO	Sell	4,167	$34.68	$144,511.56	32,101
11/14/2019	Scott D Barnes	Insider	Sell	1,583	$34.93	$55,294.19	11,032
11/4/2019	Keith Holliday	CTO	Sell	2,100	$35.00	$73,500.00	28,764

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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA)

89.93% of STAAR Surgical stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

STAAR Surgical Institutional Trading History

Reporting Date	Hedge Fund	Shares Held	Market Value	% of Portfolio	Quarterly Change in Shares	Ownership in Company
6/30/2022	Amalgamated Bank	32,341	$2.58M	0.0%	-4.5%	0.068%
6/7/2022	Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky	6,300	$0.50M	0.0%	-7.4%	0.013%
6/7/2022	Defender Capital LLC.	387,857	$31.06M	10.8%	+44.8%	0.811%
6/7/2022	Bank of America Corp DE	160,819	$12.85M	0.0%	+17.2%	0.336%
5/27/2022	Quantum Private Wealth LLC	5,769	$0.46M	0.2%	+3.0%	0.012%
5/26/2022	Rice Hall James & Associates LLC	33,995	$2.72M	0.1%	N/A	0.071%
5/20/2022	The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company	58,277	$4.66M	0.0%	-24.2%	0.122%
5/18/2022	BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA	56,883	$4.55M	0.0%	+91.8%	0.119%
5/17/2022	Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers LLC	10,000	$0.80M	0.0%	+24.6%	0.021%
5/17/2022	Advisors Asset Management Inc.	15,935	$1.27M	0.0%	-28.0%	0.033%
5/17/2022	Portolan Capital Management LLC	111,798	$8.93M	0.7%	N/A	0.234%
5/17/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	182,401	$14.58M	0.0%	-5.3%	0.382%
5/17/2022	Eaton Vance Management	12,184	$0.97M	0.0%	+30,360.0%	0.025%
5/17/2022	Ensign Peak Advisors Inc	601,735	$48.08M	0.1%	-22.5%	1.259%
5/17/2022	Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC	7,356	$0.59M	0.0%	+2,665.4%	0.015%
5/17/2022	Guggenheim Capital LLC	8,614	$0.69M	0.0%	-18.5%	0.018%
5/16/2022	California State Teachers Retirement System	52,748	$4.22M	0.0%	-9.0%	0.110%
5/16/2022	Goldman Sachs Group Inc.	138,340	$11.05M	0.0%	+4.9%	0.289%
5/16/2022	PDT Partners LLC	7,700	$0.62M	0.1%	-82.5%	0.016%
5/16/2022	Palo Alto Investors LP	1,136,968	$90.86M	7.0%	-0.3%	2.378%
5/16/2022	State Street Corp	1,570,063	$125.46M	0.0%	+3.2%	3.284%
5/16/2022	Cresset Asset Management LLC	8,668	$0.69M	0.0%	+29.9%	0.018%
5/16/2022	Invesco Ltd.	86,736	$6.93M	0.0%	-7.7%	0.181%
5/16/2022	UBS Group AG	349	$28K	0.0%	-97.9%	0.001%
5/16/2022	Hsbc Holdings PLC	4,978	$0.40M	0.0%	-39.7%	0.010%
5/13/2022	Renaissance Technologies LLC	140,000	$11.19M	0.0%	+69.1%	0.293%
5/13/2022	Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board	8,113	$0.65M	0.0%	-40.6%	0.017%
5/13/2022	Northern Trust Corp	625,394	$49.98M	0.0%	-3.6%	1.308%
5/13/2022	Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.	393,913	$31.48M	0.0%	+4.6%	0.824%
5/13/2022	Renaissance Group LLC	19,547	$1.56M	0.1%	N/A	0.041%
5/13/2022	Lazard Asset Management LLC	684	$54K	0.0%	+131.1%	0.001%
5/13/2022	Mariner LLC	16,185	$1.29M	0.0%	+4.5%	0.034%
5/13/2022	Clearbridge Investments LLC	404,689	$32.34M	0.0%	N/A	0.846%
5/13/2022	Prudential Financial Inc.	39,597	$3.16M	0.0%	+23.0%	0.083%
5/13/2022	American International Group Inc.	103,734	$8.29M	0.0%	-1.4%	0.217%
5/13/2022	Bridgewater Associates LP	68,626	$5.48M	0.0%	+31.7%	0.144%
5/13/2022	Next Century Growth Investors LLC	254,121	$20.31M	2.0%	+93.0%	0.532%
5/13/2022	Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc.	120,748	$9.65M	0.1%	N/A	0.253%
5/13/2022	Covestor Ltd	1,111	$89K	0.1%	+162.6%	0.002%
5/13/2022	Loomis Sayles & Co. L P	346,779	$27.71M	0.0%	-1.9%	0.725%
5/13/2022	Vanguard Group Inc.	5,093,250	$407M	0.0%	+2.5%	10.653%
5/13/2022	Prudential PLC	2,537	$0.20M	0.0%	-66.4%	0.005%
5/13/2022	Allianz Asset Management GmbH	152,530	$12.19M	0.0%	+531.4%	0.319%
5/13/2022	Canada Pension Plan Investment Board	2,800	$0.22M	0.0%	+49.1%	0.006%
5/13/2022	Aviva PLC	10,117	$0.81M	0.0%	+37.5%	0.021%
5/13/2022	Sei Investments Co.	34,774	$2.76M	0.0%	+65.7%	0.073%
5/13/2022	Blair William & Co. IL	8,706	$0.70M	0.0%	+69.6%	0.018%
5/13/2022	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	404,410	$32.32M	0.0%	-1.1%	0.846%
5/12/2022	Yousif Capital Management LLC	24,740	$1.98M	0.0%	-3.2%	0.052%
5/12/2022	Great West Life Assurance Co. Can	25,193	$2.06M	0.0%	+7.1%	0.053%
5/12/2022	BlackRock Inc.	5,654,613	$451.86M	0.0%	+0.6%	11.827%
5/12/2022	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS	17,445	$1.39M	0.0%	+10.5%	0.036%
5/12/2022	Rhumbline Advisers	139,573	$11.15M	0.0%	+2.2%	0.292%
5/12/2022	Maryland Capital Management	6,118	$0.49M	0.0%	-3.4%	0.013%
5/12/2022	Panagora Asset Management Inc.	40,130	$3.21M	0.0%	+11.7%	0.084%
5/12/2022	Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY	2,994	$0.24M	0.0%	-85.1%	0.006%
5/12/2022	MetLife Investment Management LLC	55,689	$4.45M	0.0%	+40.9%	0.116%
5/12/2022	Sit Investment Associates Inc.	29,270	$2.34M	0.1%	-11.8%	0.061%
5/12/2022	Eagle Asset Management Inc.	248,370	$19.85M	0.1%	+5.2%	0.519%
5/12/2022	PNC Financial Services Group Inc.	1,287	$0.10M	0.0%	+18.6%	0.003%
5/12/2022	Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp	154,720	$12.36M	0.0%	-1.2%	0.324%
5/12/2022	Lisanti Capital Growth LLC	74,330	$5.94M	0.7%	N/A	0.155%
5/11/2022	King Luther Capital Management Corp	116,400	$9.30M	0.0%	+12.7%	0.243%
5/11/2022	ACT Capital Management LLC	238,100	$19.03M	20.1%	-7.7%	0.498%
5/11/2022	US Bancorp DE	2,735	$0.22M	0.0%	+23.5%	0.006%
5/11/2022	American Century Companies Inc.	6,951	$0.57M	0.0%	-38.4%	0.015%
5/11/2022	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	514,847	$41.14M	0.0%	+3.9%	1.077%
5/11/2022	Nicholas Company Inc.	63,175	$5.05M	0.1%	N/A	0.132%
5/11/2022	Handelsbanken Fonder AB	7,100	$0.57M	0.0%	-22.8%	0.015%
5/11/2022	Raymond James & Associates	12,704	$1.02M	0.0%	+96.4%	0.027%
5/11/2022	Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ	3,777	$0.30M	0.0%	-33.2%	0.008%
5/11/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	134,562	$10.75M	0.0%	-1.0%	0.281%
5/11/2022	WINTON GROUP Ltd	3,307	$0.26M	0.0%	+41.3%	0.007%
5/11/2022	GSA Capital Partners LLP	10,155	$0.81M	0.1%	+200.0%	0.021%
5/10/2022	Profund Advisors LLC	3,819	$0.31M	0.0%	-12.6%	0.008%
5/10/2022	ProShare Advisors LLC	13,649	$1.09M	0.0%	-13.9%	0.029%
5/10/2022	Meeder Asset Management Inc.	1,345	$0.11M	0.0%	+815.0%	0.003%
5/9/2022	Cullen Frost Bankers Inc.	3,830	$0.31M	0.0%	-49.0%	0.008%
5/9/2022	Principal Financial Group Inc.	405,810	$32.43M	0.0%	+18.8%	0.849%
5/9/2022	Swiss National Bank	90,000	$7.19M	0.0%	+7.8%	0.188%
5/9/2022	Duality Advisers LP	4,163	$0.33M	0.0%	N/A	0.009%
5/9/2022	Teacher Retirement System of Texas	7,756	$0.62M	0.0%	+5.0%	0.016%
5/9/2022	Qube Research & Technologies Ltd	6,418	$0.51M	0.0%	-84.5%	0.013%
5/6/2022	Texas Permanent School Fund	33,746	$2.70M	0.0%	-1.7%	0.071%
5/6/2022	AIA Group Ltd	27,083	$2.16M	0.1%	-61.3%	0.057%
5/6/2022	TimesSquare Capital Management LLC	306,300	$24.48M	0.3%	-12.5%	0.641%
5/5/2022	Rice Hall James & Associates LLC	33,995	$2.72M	0.1%	N/A	0.071%
5/5/2022	Royce & Associates LP	55,945	$4.47M	0.0%	+1.3%	0.117%
5/5/2022	Baillie Gifford & Co.	5,246,674	$419.26M	0.3%	-5.1%	10.974%
5/5/2022	Aubrey Capital Management Ltd	55,400	$4.43M	2.5%	+23.1%	0.116%
5/5/2022	New York State Common Retirement Fund	48,720	$3.89M	0.0%	-0.8%	0.102%
5/5/2022	Russell Investments Group Ltd.	30,360	$2.47M	0.0%	+6.4%	0.064%
5/4/2022	California Public Employees Retirement System	100,219	$8.01M	0.0%	-4.7%	0.210%
5/4/2022	Advisor Group Holdings Inc.	32,379	$2.59M	0.0%	+21.3%	0.068%
5/4/2022	Prospera Financial Services Inc	1,471	$0.12M	0.0%	N/A	0.003%
5/4/2022	Stephens Inc. AR	6,148	$0.49M	0.0%	-4.7%	0.013%
5/4/2022	Ziegler Capital Management LLC	122,545	$9.79M	0.4%	+25.8%	0.257%
5/4/2022	Victory Capital Management Inc.	76,686	$5.90M	0.0%	+16.0%	0.161%
5/4/2022	Envestnet Asset Management Inc.	29,628	$2.37M	0.0%	+46.1%	0.062%
5/3/2022	Redmond Asset Management LLC	22,325	$1.78M	0.5%	+6.4%	0.047%

Data available starting January 2016

STAAR Surgical Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells implantable lenses for the eye, and companion delivery systems to deliver the lenses into the eye. The company provides Visian implantable Collamer lens product family (ICLs) to treat visual disorders, such as myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia; and Hyperopic ICL, which treats far-sightedness. It also offers preloaded silicone cataract intraocular lenses and injector systems for use in cataract surgery. In addition, the company sells injector parts, and other related instruments and devices. It markets its products to health care providers, including ophthalmic surgeons, vision and surgical centers, hospitals, government facilities, and distributors, as well as products are primarily used by ophthalmologists. The company sells its products directly through its sales representatives in the United States, Japan, Germany, Spain, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Singapore, as well as through own representatives and independent distributors in China, Korea, India, France, Benelux, Italy, and internationally. STAAR Surgical Company was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, California.

Today's Range

Now: $70.93

$69.21

$73.55

50 Day Range

MA: $63.29

$50.24

$75.15

52 Week Range

Now: $70.93

$49.03

$163.08

Volume

468,227 shs

Average Volume

499,779 shs

Market Capitalization

$3.39 billion

P/E Ratio

122.30

Dividend Yield

N/A

Beta

1.17

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of STAAR Surgical?: STAAR Surgical's top insider shareholders include:
Hans-Martin Blickensdoerfer (VP)
Caren L Mason (CEO)
James E Francese (VP)
Samuel J Gesten (Insider)
Keith Holliday (CTO)
Jon K Hayashida (VP)
Patrick F Williams (CFO)
Broadwood Partners, LP (Major Shareholder)
Graydon C Hansen (VP)
Learn More about top insider investors at STAAR Surgical.

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STAA Insider Trading (STAAR Surgical)

STAAR Surgical Insider Trading History Chart

STAAR Surgical Share Price & Price History

STAAR Surgical Insider Trading History

SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA)

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

STAAR Surgical Institutional Trading History

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