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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
96.1% of ICU Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of ICU Medical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ICU Medical currently has a consensus target price of $192.67, indicating a potential upside of 42.77%. Merit Medical Systems has a consensus target price of $109.11, indicating a potential upside of 16.10%. Given ICU Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ICU Medical is more favorable than Merit Medical Systems.
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.
ICU Medical has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Merit Medical Systems had 3 more articles in the media than ICU Medical. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Merit Medical Systems and 1 mentions for ICU Medical. ICU Medical's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Merit Medical Systems' score of 1.69 indicating that ICU Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:ICUI) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
