Orthopediatrics (KIDS) stock, explained like you're 5

Is Orthopediatrics a small, medium or large cap company?

No. Orthopediatrics is a small cap stock, not a large cap. Its market cap, which is the total value of all its shares, is about 565 million dollars.

Here is how you can tell. Multiply the share price by the number of shares to get the market cap, then compare it to the usual sizes. Micro cap is under 300 million dollars, small cap is 300 million to 2 billion, mid cap is 2 to 10 billion, large cap is 10 billion and up, and mega cap is over 200 billion. Market caps move every day with the share price, so treat the number as a recent snapshot.

How Orthopediatrics makes money

• Selling medicines, medical devices or healthcare services.
• Insurance premiums or hospital and clinic fees.
• Research and licensing deals.

What moves KIDS stock

• Results from clinical trials and approvals from regulators.
• Drug prices, insurance rules and government policy.
• Patents running out and new competing treatments.

In the news lately

• A children's orthopedic care company is scheduled to discuss results at 4:30 p.m. ET on Oct. 27. (Stock Titan)
• Truist upgrades OrthoPediatrics stock to Hold with USD 26.44 consensus (ad-hoc-news.de)
• Kids could be gifted company stocks in their Trump accounts. Here's what parents need to know. (Business Insider)
• Kids can get donated stocks under new rule changes for Trump accounts but there's a catch (Yahoo Finance)
• Opinion | Trump’s investment accounts for kids just got a controversial new feature (MS NOW)

Key terms to know before you follow KIDS

• Market cap
• P/E ratio
• EPS (earnings per share)
• Earnings report
• Volatility