ICU Medical (ICUI) Competitors

Atrion (NASDAQ:ATRI) and ICU Medical (NASDAQ:ICUI) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings & valuation, ATRI or ICUI?

Atrion has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ICU Medical. ICU Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atrion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atrion	$169.33M	4.31	$19.41M	$11.03	37.62
ICU Medical	$2.26B	1.07	-$29.66M	-$1.23	-80.52

Which has more risk & volatility, ATRI or ICUI?

Atrion has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICU Medical has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATRI or ICUI?

ICU Medical received 254 more outperform votes than Atrion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.48% of users gave ICU Medical an outperform vote while only 55.60% of users gave Atrion an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atrion	Outperform Votes 129 55.60%	Underperform Votes 103 44.40%
ICU Medical	Outperform Votes 383 64.48%	Underperform Votes 211 35.52%

Do analysts prefer ATRI or ICUI?

ICU Medical has a consensus target price of $123.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.19%. Given Atrion's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ICU Medical is more favorable than Atrion.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atrion	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
ICU Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to ATRI or ICUI?

In the previous week, Atrion had 1 more articles in the media than ICU Medical. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Atrion and 5 mentions for ICU Medical. Atrion's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat ICU Medical's score of 0.44 indicating that ICU Medical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atrion	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ICU Medical	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ATRI or ICUI?

66.2% of Atrion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of ICU Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 22.8% of Atrion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of ICU Medical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ATRI or ICUI more profitable?

Atrion has a net margin of 11.46% compared to Atrion's net margin of -1.31%. ICU Medical's return on equity of 8.07% beat Atrion's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atrion	11.46%	8.07%	7.37%
ICU Medical	-1.31%	6.35%	3.03%

Summary

Atrion beats ICU Medical on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.