Cooper Companies (COO)

Healthcare · Medical Instruments & Supplies · S&P 500
$55.39 -1.84% on the day Market cap $10.8B 52-week range $51.01 to $89.83 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
8% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $10.8B, Cooper Companies's free cash flow of $434M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 8% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Cooper Companies's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price7.9% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years2.2% a year
Revenue, same period8.5% a year
Price to free cash flow25.0x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from COO's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability6
Growth6
Financial health4
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)27.6x
P/E (forward)12.4x
Price / free cash flow25.0x
EV / EBITDA14.2x
Price / sales2.56x
Price / book1.30x
Revenue growth+0.6%
Operating margin12.8%
Net margin13.5%
Return on equity6.8%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity0.52x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Cooper Companies's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$2.9B$3.3B$3.6B$3.9B$4.1B
Net income$2.9B$386M$294M$392M$375M
Free cash flow$524M$450M$215M$288M$434M
EPS (diluted)$14.79$1.94$1.48$1.96$1.87
Operating margin17.3%15.3%14.8%18.1%16.7%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

CooperVision$2.7B67%
CooperSurgical$1.3B33%

Superinvestors who own COO

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 11 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $286M0.10%Q2 2026
Barry Rosenstein
JANA Partners
Added $257M13.5%Q2 2026
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Trimmed $196M1.6%Q2 2026
Bill Nygren
Harris Associates LP
New position $55M0.07%Q2 2026
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Trimmed $31M0.05%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $25M0.06%Q2 2026
Will Nasgovitz
Heartland Advisors
Trimmed $15M0.65%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $8M0.01%Q2 2026
Charles Brandes
Brandes Investment Partners, LP
New position $3M0.02%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Held $3M0.03%Q2 2026
Mark Boyar
Boyar Asset Management
Added $2M1.3%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Cooper Companies's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Sep 16, 2026 Lawrence Erik Kurzius
Director
10,000$54.93$549,320
Sep 14, 2026 Walter M Rosebrough Jr
Director
3,000$54.29$162,870
Sep 14, 2026 Lawrence Erik Kurzius
Director
10,000$53.91$539,150
Sep 11, 2026 Paul A Keel
Director
4,701$53.18$250,000
Sep 11, 2026 Walter M Rosebrough Jr
Director
7,000$54.11$378,770
Dec 22, 2025 Cynthia L Lucchese
1,784$84.06$149,963
Dec 18, 2025 Maria Rivas
1,000$82.13$82,130
Dec 17, 2025 Lawrence Erik Kurzius
2,000$82.50$165,000
Dec 16, 2025 Holly R Sheffield
1,230$80.75$99,322
Dec 16, 2025 Albert G White Iii
10,000$80.80$808,000

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Cooper Companies's stock price imply?

At a market value of $10.8B, Cooper Companies would need its free cash flow to grow about 8% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 2% a year.

Are Cooper Companies insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of COO in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Cooper Companies?

11 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold COO in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Barry Rosenstein, Ric Dillon.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.