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MMSI vs. ADUS, HQY, MEDP, AMN, ELV, ITGR, NVST, WST, COO, and ALGN

Should you be buying Merit Medical Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Merit Medical Systems include Addus HomeCare (ADUS), HealthEquity (HQY), Medpace (MEDP), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Elevance Health (ELV), Integer (ITGR), Envista (NVST), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Cooper Companies (COO), and Align Technology (ALGN). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Merit Medical Systems vs. Its Competitors

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

Merit Medical Systems presently has a consensus price target of $109.11, suggesting a potential upside of 29.55%. Addus HomeCare has a consensus price target of $142.57, suggesting a potential upside of 31.82%. Given Addus HomeCare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Addus HomeCare is more favorable than Merit Medical Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Merit Medical Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Addus HomeCare
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

Merit Medical Systems has a net margin of 8.81% compared to Addus HomeCare's net margin of 6.52%. Merit Medical Systems' return on equity of 15.52% beat Addus HomeCare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Merit Medical Systems8.81% 15.52% 8.72%
Addus HomeCare 6.52%9.23%6.96%

99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Merit Medical Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Addus HomeCare shares are held by 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.

Merit Medical Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Addus HomeCare. Addus HomeCare 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
Merit Medical Systems$1.39B3.59$120.36M$2.0441.28
Addus HomeCare$1.15B1.72$73.60M$4.4324.42

In the previous week, Merit Medical Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Addus HomeCare. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Merit Medical Systems and 8 mentions for Addus HomeCare. Addus HomeCare's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Merit Medical Systems' score of 0.83 indicating that Addus HomeCare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Addus HomeCare has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Merit Medical Systems beats Addus HomeCare on 10 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

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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MMSI vs. The Competition

MetricMerit Medical SystemsMED/DENTAL IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.03B$15.72B$5.70B$9.48B
Dividend YieldN/A1.42%4.59%3.99%
P/E Ratio41.2819.1627.9019.95
Price / Sales3.592.45442.19102.72
Price / Cash15.1717.5736.5558.97
Price / Book3.564.058.635.90
Net Income$120.36M$430.42M$3.24B$258.42M
7 Day Performance-0.38%4.33%3.22%1.94%
1 Month Performance-9.69%5.83%10.72%12.02%
1 Year Performance-3.20%17.27%34.94%20.81%

Merit Medical Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.5985 of 5 stars
$84.22
-1.0%
$109.11
+29.6%
-1.7%$5.03B$1.39B41.287,400Upcoming Earnings
ADUS
Addus HomeCare
4.9724 of 5 stars
$111.75
+0.7%
$142.57
+27.6%
-8.9%$2.06B$1.15B25.2349,703Positive News
HQY
HealthEquity
3.9089 of 5 stars
$97.34
+3.0%
$118.55
+21.8%
+23.0%$8.42B$1.20B71.053,120Positive News
MEDP
Medpace
3.9576 of 5 stars
$320.36
-1.0%
$344.82
+7.6%
+22.4%$9.21B$2.11B24.455,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.3022 of 5 stars
$20.72
-2.1%
$32.08
+54.8%
-65.8%$793.27M$2.85B-4.792,968
ELV
Elevance Health
4.944 of 5 stars
$339.77
-0.3%
$491.07
+44.5%
-41.0%$76.77B$177.01B13.26104,200Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
ITGR
Integer
3.3459 of 5 stars
$119.61
-0.3%
$145.00
+21.2%
-8.1%$4.17B$1.72B56.6911,000News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
NVST
Envista
3.5239 of 5 stars
$20.05
-0.8%
$20.23
+0.9%
+27.8%$3.40B$2.51B-3.0712,300Upcoming Earnings
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.5228 of 5 stars
$224.66
-1.1%
$320.00
+42.4%
-28.1%$16.14B$2.89B35.2710,600Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
COO
Cooper Companies
3.4801 of 5 stars
$73.61
-1.6%
$99.70
+35.4%
-19.1%$14.72B$3.90B35.7316,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
ALGN
Align Technology
4.6938 of 5 stars
$199.31
-1.5%
$242.92
+21.9%
-18.6%$14.45B$4.00B36.3020,945Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:MMSI) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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