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Insider Ownership Percentage: 2.60%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $7,056,293.44

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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
9/27/2022	James E. Francese	VP	Sell	35,425	$75.00	$2,656,875.00	34,908
8/15/2022	Keith Holliday	CTO	Sell	16,582	$106.29	$1,762,500.78	19,437
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

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

96.38% 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
12/1/2022	Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.	935	$66K	0.0%	N/A	0.002%
11/22/2022	Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky	7,207	$0.51M	0.0%	N/A	0.015%
11/21/2022	California State Teachers Retirement System	53,907	$3.80M	0.0%	-2.1%	0.112%
11/16/2022	Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC	660,813	$46.62M	0.2%	+8.1%	1.371%
11/16/2022	Glenmede Trust Co. NA	3,503	$0.25M	0.0%	N/A	0.007%
11/16/2022	Advisory Research Inc.	62,982	$4.44M	0.4%	+16.2%	0.131%
11/16/2022	CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC	11,526	$0.81M	0.0%	-6.2%	0.024%
11/16/2022	BNP Paribas Arbitrage SNC	63,359	$4.47M	0.0%	+55.2%	0.131%
11/15/2022	Alliancebernstein L.P.	136,261	$9.61M	0.0%	-0.4%	0.283%
11/15/2022	State Street Corp	1,564,436	$110.37M	0.0%	+0.5%	3.245%
11/15/2022	Castleark Management LLC	34,440	$2.43M	0.1%	N/A	0.071%
11/15/2022	Algert Global LLC	59,338	$4.19M	0.3%	+23.0%	0.123%
11/15/2022	Thrivent Financial for Lutherans	12,714	$0.90M	0.0%	-41.7%	0.026%
11/15/2022	Two Sigma Advisers LP	98,841	$6.97M	0.0%	-29.5%	0.205%
11/15/2022	Two Sigma Investments LP	19,497	$1.38M	0.0%	-14.2%	0.040%
11/15/2022	Trexquant Investment LP	43,334	$3.06M	0.1%	+722.3%	0.090%
11/15/2022	UBS Asset Management Americas Inc.	195,877	$13.82M	0.0%	-14.7%	0.406%
11/15/2022	Vanguard Group Inc.	5,218,432	$368.16M	0.0%	+1.1%	10.825%
11/15/2022	Prelude Capital Management LLC	6,957	$0.49M	0.0%	N/A	0.014%
11/15/2022	Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD	23,033	$1.63M	0.0%	-2.6%	0.048%
11/15/2022	Putnam Investments LLC	87,866	$6.20M	0.0%	+24.8%	0.182%
11/15/2022	Palo Alto Investors LP	1,096,882	$77.39M	6.1%	-0.9%	2.275%
11/15/2022	Portolan Capital Management LLC	61,583	$4.35M	0.5%	-53.4%	0.128%
11/15/2022	Quantamental Technologies LLC	6,453	$0.46M	0.2%	+36.3%	0.013%
11/15/2022	Engineers Gate Manager LP	3,289	$0.23M	0.0%	N/A	0.007%
11/15/2022	Ensign Peak Advisors Inc	638,794	$45.07M	0.1%	-2.2%	1.325%
11/15/2022	Federated Hermes Inc.	8,219	$0.58M	0.0%	+44.1%	0.017%
11/15/2022	First Trust Advisors LP	14,963	$1.06M	0.0%	+248.1%	0.031%
11/15/2022	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	536,431	$37.85M	0.0%	+4.7%	1.113%
11/15/2022	BlackRock Inc.	5,596,502	$394.83M	0.0%	-1.6%	11.609%
11/15/2022	Capital Fund Management S.A.	18,074	$1.28M	0.0%	N/A	0.037%
11/14/2022	AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC	16,583	$1.17M	0.1%	+336.4%	0.034%
11/14/2022	Macquarie Group Ltd.	64,997	$4.62M	0.0%	+4,559.3%	0.135%
11/14/2022	Zacks Investment Management	12,033	$0.85M	0.0%	+67.0%	0.025%
11/14/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	227,145	$16.03M	0.0%	-1.0%	0.471%
11/14/2022	Tudor Investment Corp Et Al	18,222	$1.29M	0.0%	N/A	0.038%
11/14/2022	Point72 Hong Kong Ltd	2,513	$0.18M	0.0%	N/A	0.005%
11/14/2022	Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC	72,122	$5.09M	0.0%	+274.2%	0.150%
11/14/2022	Guggenheim Capital LLC	6,969	$0.49M	0.0%	-13.0%	0.014%
11/14/2022	PDT Partners LLC	17,906	$1.26M	0.2%	N/A	0.037%
11/14/2022	Renaissance Technologies LLC	47,500	$3.35M	0.0%	+227.6%	0.099%
11/14/2022	Verition Fund Management LLC	9,339	$0.66M	0.0%	N/A	0.019%
11/14/2022	Ergoteles LLC	3,023	$0.21M	0.0%	-58.0%	0.006%
11/14/2022	Centiva Capital LP	4,657	$0.33M	0.0%	N/A	0.010%
11/14/2022	Nuveen Asset Management LLC	223,565	$15.77M	0.0%	-12.3%	0.464%
11/14/2022	Renaissance Group LLC	21,333	$1.51M	0.1%	+3.4%	0.044%
11/14/2022	AXA S.A.	23,900	$1.69M	0.0%	+102.5%	0.050%
11/14/2022	Aviva PLC	18,163	$1.28M	0.0%	N/A	0.038%
11/14/2022	MetLife Investment Management LLC	55,141	$3.89M	0.0%	-0.4%	0.114%
11/14/2022	Pictet Asset Management SA	134,272	$9.47M	0.0%	+0.8%	0.279%
11/14/2022	CenterBook Partners LP	4,135	$0.29M	0.1%	N/A	0.009%
11/10/2022	Envestnet Asset Management Inc.	34,737	$2.45M	0.0%	+10.8%	0.072%
11/10/2022	King Luther Capital Management Corp	117,286	$8.28M	0.0%	+1.0%	0.243%
11/10/2022	Credit Suisse AG	43,702	$3.08M	0.0%	+13.4%	0.091%
11/10/2022	WINTON GROUP Ltd	4,821	$0.34M	0.0%	-4.6%	0.010%
11/10/2022	ExodusPoint Capital Management LP	11,648	$0.82M	0.0%	-47.2%	0.024%
11/10/2022	Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.	7,300	$0.52M	0.0%	N/A	0.015%
11/10/2022	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	359,218	$25.34M	0.0%	-14.0%	0.745%
11/10/2022	UBS Group AG	33,615	$2.37M	0.0%	+4,075.8%	0.070%
11/10/2022	Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp	152,260	$10.74M	0.0%	-0.6%	0.316%
11/10/2022	Artisan Partners Limited Partnership	526,202	$37.12M	0.1%	-7.1%	1.091%
11/9/2022	MCF Advisors LLC	564	$40K	0.0%	N/A	0.001%
11/9/2022	Bessemer Group Inc.	163,625	$11.54M	0.0%	+217.0%	0.339%
11/9/2022	Amalgamated Bank	33,368	$2.35M	0.0%	+2.7%	0.069%
11/9/2022	Legacy Advisors LLC	3,040	$0.21M	0.0%	N/A	0.006%
11/9/2022	California Public Employees Retirement System	100,366	$7.08M	0.0%	+18.6%	0.208%
11/8/2022	Advisors Asset Management Inc.	12,297	$0.87M	0.0%	-12.3%	0.026%
11/8/2022	Allianz Asset Management GmbH	165,601	$11.68M	0.0%	-11.3%	0.344%
11/8/2022	State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System	16,591	$1.17M	0.0%	-10.9%	0.034%
11/8/2022	Mutual of America Capital Management LLC	83,042	$5.86M	0.1%	-6.1%	0.172%
11/8/2022	New York State Common Retirement Fund	90,849	$6.41M	0.0%	-18.3%	0.188%
11/8/2022	Eagle Asset Management Inc.	257,556	$18.17M	0.1%	+30.5%	0.534%
11/7/2022	Virtu Financial LLC	14,860	$1.05M	0.1%	N/A	0.031%
11/7/2022	Fox Run Management L.L.C.	6,085	$0.43M	0.2%	+7.2%	0.013%
11/7/2022	EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC	579	$41K	0.0%	N/A	0.001%
11/7/2022	Level Four Advisory Services LLC	7,886	$0.56M	0.1%	N/A	0.016%
11/7/2022	Homestead Advisers Corp	35,236	$2.49M	0.1%	+8.0%	0.073%
11/4/2022	AIA Group Ltd	24,788	$1.75M	0.1%	+4.0%	0.052%
11/4/2022	Yousif Capital Management LLC	25,272	$1.78M	0.0%	-8.0%	0.053%
11/4/2022	Prudential Financial Inc.	126,574	$8.93M	0.0%	+37.2%	0.263%
11/4/2022	Russell Investments Group Ltd.	124,139	$8.78M	0.0%	+280.8%	0.258%
11/3/2022	Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS	200,375	$14.14M	0.3%	-6.6%	0.417%
11/3/2022	Duality Advisers LP	31,229	$2.20M	0.2%	N/A	0.065%
11/3/2022	ACT Capital Management LLC	222,800	$15.72M	21.7%	-2.7%	0.464%
11/3/2022	Teacher Retirement System of Texas	13,414	$0.95M	0.0%	+119.6%	0.028%
11/3/2022	The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company	56,611	$3.99M	0.0%	-2.3%	0.118%
11/3/2022	Royce & Associates LP	57,250	$4.04M	0.0%	-1.3%	0.119%
11/3/2022	Barclays PLC	22,207	$1.57M	0.0%	+48.3%	0.046%
11/2/2022	Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.	1,918	$0.14M	0.0%	+1,877.3%	0.004%
11/2/2022	Los Angeles Capital Management LLC	59,766	$4.22M	0.0%	-2.5%	0.124%
11/2/2022	Stephens Inc. AR	17,090	$1.21M	0.0%	+14.5%	0.036%
11/2/2022	Victory Capital Management Inc.	101,935	$7.19M	0.0%	-0.4%	0.212%
11/2/2022	Geneva Capital Management LLC	947,126	$66.82M	1.5%	+4.2%	1.972%
11/2/2022	Lisanti Capital Growth LLC	68,155	$4.81M	0.6%	-59.9%	0.142%
11/1/2022	Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.	6,230	$0.44M	0.0%	-2.7%	0.013%
11/1/2022	Rice Hall James & Associates LLC	74,077	$5.23M	0.3%	+9.3%	0.154%
11/1/2022	Great West Life Assurance Co. Can	35,953	$2.53M	0.0%	+23.9%	0.075%
11/1/2022	Assetmark Inc.	454	$32K	0.0%	+81.6%	0.001%
10/31/2022	SG Americas Securities LLC	6,952	$0.49M	0.0%	-19.7%	0.014%
10/31/2022	Dupont Capital Management Corp	7,716	$0.54M	0.0%	-21.1%	0.016%

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: $62.93

$62.05

$64.38

50 Day Range

MA: $66.81

$55.30

$76.20

52 Week Range

Now: $62.93

$49.03

$112.27

Volume

15,642 shs

Average Volume

484,833 shs

Market Capitalization

$3.03 billion

P/E Ratio

82.80

Dividend Yield

N/A

Beta

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)
Patrick F Williams (CFO)
Keith Holliday (CTO)
Jon K Hayashida (VP)
Broadwood Partners, LP (Major Shareholder)
Graydon C Hansen (VP)
Learn More about top insider investors at STAAR Surgical.
Who are the major institutional investors of STAAR Surgical?: STAAR Surgical's top institutional investors include:
BlackRock Inc. — 11.61%
Vanguard Group Inc. — 10.83%
Baillie Gifford & Co. — 10.67%
State Street Corp — 3.25%
Palo Alto Investors LP — 2.28%
Geneva Capital Management LLC — 1.97%
Learn More about top institutional investors of STAAR Surgical stock.
Which major investors are selling STAAR Surgical stock?: Within the previous quarter, STAA stock was sold by these institutional investors:
Baillie Gifford & Co.
Lisanti Capital Growth LLC
BlackRock Inc.
Portolan Capital Management LLC
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
Two Sigma Advisers LP
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.
Within the previous year, company insiders that have sold STAAR Surgical company stock include:
Hans-Martin Blickensdoerfer (VP)
Caren L Mason (CEO)
James E Francese (VP)
Learn More investors selling STAAR Surgical stock.
Which major investors are buying STAAR Surgical stock?: During the previous quarter, STAA stock was acquired by institutional investors including:
Pura Vida Investments LLC
Bessemer Group Inc.
Jane Street Group LLC
Russell Investments Group Ltd.
Macquarie Group Ltd.
Eagle Asset Management Inc.
Calamos Advisors LLC
Citadel Advisors LLC