STAA vs APOG Comparison

Staar Surgical Co is a manufacturer of lenses. It designs, develops, manufactures, and sells implantable lenses for the eye and delivery systems used to deliver the lenses into the eye. The company also makes lenses that are used in surgery to treat cataracts. The company offers two types of products: Implantable Collamer lenses (ICL) and intraocular lens (IOL). The ICLs are used in refractive surgery and IOLs are used in cataract surgery. The majority of its sales are generated from the ophthalmic surgical product segment.

Apogee Enterprises Inc is a provider of architectural products and services for enclosing buildings, and high-performance glass and acrylic products used in applications for preservation, protection, and enhanced viewing. The company's operating segment consists of the Architectural Metals Segment, Architectural Services Segment, Architectural Glass Segment, and Performance Surfaces Segment. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Architectural Metals Segment, which designs, engineers, fabricates, and finishes aluminum window, curtainwall, storefront, and entrance systems used principally in non-residential construction. The company generates revenue geographically from the United States, Canada, and Brazil, with the majority coming from the United States.