ICU Medical (ICUI) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to NARI or ICUI?

In the previous week, Inari Medical and Inari Medical both had 1 articles in the media. ICU Medical's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Inari Medical's score of 0.00 indicating that Inari Medical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

87.8% of Inari Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of ICU Medical shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.9% of Inari Medical shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of ICU Medical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is NARI or ICUI more profitable?

Inari Medical has a net margin of -0.59% compared to Inari Medical's net margin of -1.25%. Inari Medical's return on equity of 6.53% beat ICU Medical's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inari Medical	-0.59%	-0.64%	-0.53%
ICU Medical	-1.25%	6.53%	3.08%

Do analysts recommend NARI or ICUI?

Inari Medical currently has a consensus price target of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.06%. ICU Medical has a consensus price target of $216.00, suggesting a potential upside of 150.43%. Given Inari Medical's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ICU Medical is more favorable than Inari Medical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inari Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
ICU Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, NARI or ICUI?

Inari Medical has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICU Medical has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NARI or ICUI?

ICU Medical received 330 more outperform votes than Inari Medical when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.44% of users gave Inari Medical an outperform vote while only 64.30% of users gave ICU Medical an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inari Medical	Outperform Votes 50 69.44%	Underperform Votes 22 30.56%
ICU Medical	Outperform Votes 380 64.30%	Underperform Votes 211 35.70%

Which has better valuation & earnings, NARI or ICUI?

Inari Medical has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ICU Medical. Inari Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICU Medical, 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
Inari Medical	$469.31M	7.74	-$29.27M	-$0.06	-1,050.83
ICU Medical	$2.28B	0.91	-$74.29M	-$1.17	-73.72

Summary

Inari Medical beats ICU Medical on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.