Align Technology Boosted By Improving Sentiment, Easing Comps, Margins, Earns Analyst Upgrade

Leerink Partners upgraded Align Technology Inc ALGN, citing upside opportunities throughout 2025 given gross margin expansion opportunities.Align Technology — a medical device company that manufactures and sells dental aligners, scanners, and software for digital orthodontics and restorative dentistry — will benefit from improving consumer sentiment, easing comps and continued equipment traction with Lumina.In October, Align Technology announced that it is planning to repurchase $275 million of its common s ...