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COO (The Cooper) Degree of Operating Leverage : 3.68 (As of Apr. 2025)


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What is The Cooper Degree of Operating Leverage?

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) measures the percentage change in EBIT for a unit change in Revenue. The Cooper's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was 3.68. The higher Degree of Operating Leverage, the higher operating risk the company will take.

The industry rank for The Cooper's Degree of Operating Leverage or its related term are showing as below:

COO's Degree of Operating Leverage is ranked worse than
76.32% of 798 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 0.625 vs COO: 3.68

The Cooper Degree of Operating Leverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Cooper's Degree of Operating Leverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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The Cooper Degree of Operating Leverage Chart

The Cooper Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Degree of Operating Leverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.29 3.44 0.26 -0.31 4.09

The Cooper Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
Degree of Operating Leverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.82 3.86 4.09 5.54 3.68

Competitive Comparison of The Cooper's Degree of Operating Leverage

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, The Cooper's Degree of Operating Leverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Degree of Operating Leverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


The Cooper's Degree of Operating Leverage Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, The Cooper's Degree of Operating Leverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Cooper's Degree of Operating Leverage falls into.


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The Cooper Degree of Operating Leverage Calculation

The Cooper's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as:

Degree of Operating Leverage=% Change in EBIT**/% Change in Revenue
=( 735.8 (Apr. 2025) / 587.1 (Apr. 2024) - 1 )/( 3988.2 (Apr. 2025) / 3731.5 (Apr. 2024) - 1 )
=0.2533/0.0688
=3.68***

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

** TTM data of EBIT and Revenue was used to calculate Degree of Operating Leverage.
*** Please be aware that the Degree of Operating Leverage calculations are based on company-level data using the primary share class. The calculated data provided is for demonstration purposes and may slightly differ from the results displayed in the title due to potential variations caused by currency exchange rate differences throughout the year.


The Cooper  (NAS:COO) Degree of Operating Leverage Explanation

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) is a leverage ratio that measures the sensitivity of a company’s operting income, also referred to as Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT), to fluctuations in its Revenue. DOL is a method used to quantify a company’s operating risk. This risk is related to the company's structure of variable costs and fixed costs. Since the fixed costs do not allow the company to adjust the operating costs, the operating risk rises with a higher fixed-to-variable costs proportion.

A high Degree of Operating Leverage indicates that the company’s fixed costs exceed its variable costs. By increasing the sales, the company can earn more profits. In addition, the company must be able to maintain relatively high sales to cover all fixed costs.

Be Aware

The use of operating leverage varies across different industries and business sectors, and the application of Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) should be adjusted accordingly.


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The Cooper Business Description

Address
6101 Bollinger Canyon Road, Suite 500, San Ramon, CA, USA, 94583
CooperCompanies is one of the largest eyecare companies in the us. It operates in two segments: CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision is a pure-play contact lens business with a suite of spherical, multifocal, and toric contact lenses. The company also has one of the most comprehensive specialty lens portfolios in the world. With brands including Proclear, Biofinity, MyDay, and Clariti, Cooper controls roughly one fourth of the us contact lens market. CooperSurgical, founded in 1990, is made up of equipment related to reproductive care, fertility, and women's care. Cooper has the broadest medical device coverage of the entire IVF cycle. It also has Paragard, the only hormone-free IUD in the us, and controls 17% of the us IUD market.
Executives
White Albert G Iii officer: VP & Treasurer 6790, SPRINGDALE COURT, VICTOR NY 14564
Agostino Ricupati officer: Sr. VP, Finance & Tax C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., 6140 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, SUITE 590, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Brian G Andrews officer: Treasurer 4300A 17TH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94114
Daniel G Mcbride officer: VP and Senior Counsel 5 EL CORTE, ORINDA CA 94563
Robert S Weiss director, officer: EVP and CFO 6140 STANERIDGE MALL RES #590, PLEASSANTON CA 94503
Gary S Petersmeyer director 3400 CENTRAL AVENUE, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Warner Gerard H Iii officer: President, CooperVision, Inc. C/O COOPER COMPANIES INC., 6101 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, SUITE 500, SAN RAMON CA 94583
Jody S Lindell director 2536 FILLMORE ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94115
Cynthia L Lucchese director 7966 N. ILLINOIS STREET, INDIANAPOLIS IN 46260
Nicholas Khadder officer: VP, General Counsel & Corp Sec 2836 JOHNSON AVENUE, ALAMEDA CA 94501
Maria Rivas director C/O MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS, INC., 350 HUDSON STREET, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
Teresa S Madden director 414 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401
Robert D Auerbach officer: President, CSI C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., SUITE 590, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Holly R Sheffield officer: EVP, CSO C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC., 6140 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, SUITE 590, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Mark J Drury officer: VP, General Counsel & Sec. C/O COOPERCOMPANIES, 6101 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, SUITE 500, SAN RAMON CA 94583