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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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

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$2.38B1.40-$117.69M-$3.83-35.38
Merit Medical Systems$1.36B4.08$120.36M$2.0445.86

In the previous week, Merit Medical Systems had 5 more articles in the media than ICU Medical. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Merit Medical Systems and 2 mentions for ICU Medical. Merit Medical Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat ICU Medical's score of 0.77 indicating that Merit Medical Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Merit Medical Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

ICU Medical presently has a consensus price target of $192.67, suggesting a potential upside of 42.19%. Merit Medical Systems has a consensus price target of $109.11, suggesting a potential upside of 16.63%. Given ICU Medical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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

Summary

Merit Medical Systems beats ICU Medical on 12 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$3.33B$10.52B$5.53B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A2.07%5.24%4.02%
P/E Ratio-35.3817.0327.6320.25
Price / Sales1.4029.54417.36118.60
Price / Cash9.6622.9936.8958.07
Price / Book1.693.668.035.67
Net Income-$117.69M$235.40M$3.18B$249.21M
7 Day Performance2.79%2.15%2.91%3.28%
1 Month Performance1.94%3.38%3.72%5.55%
1 Year Performance14.49%-10.18%35.14%21.08%

ICU Medical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.5345 of 5 stars
$135.50
-0.5%
$192.67
+42.2%
+14.8%$3.33B$2.38B-35.3815,000
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.3304 of 5 stars
$92.32
+0.4%
$109.11
+18.2%
+9.0%$5.46B$1.36B45.267,400News Coverage
HAE
Haemonetics
4.8721 of 5 stars
$72.15
+1.5%
$97.89
+35.7%
-8.7%$3.47B$1.36B21.803,023
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.485 of 5 stars
$15.48
+0.8%
$20.36
+31.5%
-33.2%$3.09B$3.79B-3.4114,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.469 of 5 stars
$27.65
-1.4%
$44.33
+60.3%
-2.7%$1.87B$2.78B-5.566,600
NEOG
Neogen
4.0382 of 5 stars
$4.77
-3.4%
$9.00
+88.7%
-65.0%$1.04B$924.22M-2.142,110Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
STAA
STAAR Surgical
4.1319 of 5 stars
$16.68
+2.1%
$24.63
+47.6%
-58.6%$826.16M$313.90M-11.581,211
CERS
Cerus
3.3683 of 5 stars
$1.34
flat
$3.50
+161.2%
-12.8%$256.15M$180.27M-13.40290News Coverage
Positive News
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
1.0184 of 5 stars
$3.03
+1.0%
$3.00
-1.0%
-23.6%$226.64M$161.63M-7.21840
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
1.8715 of 5 stars
$54.89
+2.3%
N/A-12.2%$178.28M$39.27M14.52180News Coverage
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
3.7679 of 5 stars
$10.92
+3.1%
$20.00
+83.2%
-55.6%$156.59M$119.91M-2.81300News Coverage

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