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$129.90 +0.71 (+0.55%)
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ICUI vs. MMSI, HAE, XRAY, QDEL, NEOG, STAA, CERS, OSUR, UTMD, and ANIK

Should you be buying ICU Medical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ICU Medical include Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), Haemonetics (HAE), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), STAAR Surgical (STAA), Cerus (CERS), OraSure Technologies (OSUR), Utah Medical Products (UTMD), and Anika Therapeutics (ANIK). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.

ICU Medical vs. Its Competitors

ICU Medical (NASDAQ:ICUI) and Merit Medical Systems (NASDAQ:MMSI) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk and profitability.

ICU Medical has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ICU Medical$2.38B1.34-$117.69M-$3.83-33.92
Merit Medical Systems$1.36B3.69$120.36M$2.0441.51

96.1% of ICU Medical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of ICU Medical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Merit Medical Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Merit Medical Systems had 4 more articles in the media than ICU Medical. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Merit Medical Systems and 4 mentions for ICU Medical. ICU Medical's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Merit Medical Systems' score of 1.21 indicating that ICU Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ICU Medical
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Merit Medical Systems
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ICU Medical currently has a consensus target price of $192.67, suggesting a potential upside of 48.32%. Merit Medical Systems has a consensus target price of $109.11, suggesting a potential upside of 28.84%. Given ICU Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ICU Medical is more favorable than Merit Medical Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ICU Medical
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Merit Medical Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Merit Medical Systems has a net margin of 8.81% compared to ICU Medical's net margin of -3.87%. Merit Medical Systems' return on equity of 15.52% beat ICU Medical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ICU Medical-3.87% 6.75% 3.20%
Merit Medical Systems 8.81%15.52%8.72%

Summary

Merit Medical Systems beats ICU Medical on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ICUI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ICUI vs. The Competition

MetricICU MedicalMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.18B$10.55B$5.70B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A2.00%4.60%4.01%
P/E Ratio-33.9217.0728.1020.06
Price / Sales1.3429.18429.3889.33
Price / Cash9.2123.0336.2258.56
Price / Book1.623.698.665.87
Net Income-$117.69M$234.77M$3.25B$258.55M
7 Day Performance6.07%6.32%4.22%3.73%
1 Month Performance-0.60%7.94%10.51%11.75%
1 Year Performance1.46%-13.57%34.40%18.02%

ICU Medical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.3627 of 5 stars
$129.90
+0.5%
$192.67
+48.3%
+4.4%$3.18B$2.38B-33.9215,000News Coverage
Positive News
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.236 of 5 stars
$93.45
0.0%
$109.11
+16.8%
-0.4%$5.52B$1.36B45.817,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HAE
Haemonetics
4.9292 of 5 stars
$76.59
+1.4%
$97.30
+27.0%
-17.0%$3.68B$1.36B23.143,023
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.0877 of 5 stars
$16.00
-1.3%
$20.36
+27.3%
-39.3%$3.19B$3.72B-3.5214,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.4736 of 5 stars
$28.86
-4.9%
$44.33
+53.6%
-28.4%$1.95B$2.76B-5.816,600Analyst Downgrade
NEOG
Neogen
3.9161 of 5 stars
$5.22
-3.2%
$7.50
+43.7%
-69.3%$1.13B$924.22M-2.342,110Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
STAA
STAAR Surgical
2.6907 of 5 stars
$17.30
-0.5%
$24.63
+42.3%
-52.8%$856.87M$313.90M-12.011,211Positive News
CERS
Cerus
2.8639 of 5 stars
$1.45
flat
$3.50
+141.4%
-41.6%$277.18M$185.14M-14.50290Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
2.4364 of 5 stars
$3.07
-1.0%
$3.00
-2.3%
-23.3%$229.64M$185.83M-7.31840Positive News
High Trading Volume
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
1.8973 of 5 stars
$56.69
+0.5%
N/A-16.9%$184.24M$40.90M15.00180News Coverage
Earnings Report
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
4.1409 of 5 stars
$11.53
+2.3%
$20.00
+73.5%
-59.4%$165.35M$117.05M-2.97300Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:ICUI) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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