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MMSI vs. WST, COO, ALGN, HAE, ICUI, XRAY, QDEL, NEOG, STAA, and CERS

Should you be buying Merit Medical Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Merit Medical Systems include West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Cooper Companies (COO), Align Technology (ALGN), Haemonetics (HAE), ICU Medical (ICUI), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), STAAR Surgical (STAA), and Cerus (CERS). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.

Merit Medical Systems vs. Its Competitors

Merit Medical Systems (NASDAQ:MMSI) and West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Merit Medical Systems currently has a consensus price target of $109.11, indicating a potential upside of 16.10%. West Pharmaceutical Services has a consensus price target of $320.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.85%. Given West Pharmaceutical Services' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe West Pharmaceutical Services 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
West Pharmaceutical Services
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

In the previous week, West Pharmaceutical Services had 34 more articles in the media than Merit Medical Systems. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for West Pharmaceutical Services and 4 mentions for Merit Medical Systems. Merit Medical Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat West Pharmaceutical Services' score of 0.27 indicating that Merit Medical Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Merit Medical Systems
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
West Pharmaceutical Services
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
29 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, West Pharmaceutical Services has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

West Pharmaceutical Services has higher revenue and earnings than Merit Medical Systems. West Pharmaceutical Services 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$1.36B4.09$120.36M$2.0446.07
West Pharmaceutical Services$2.89B5.52$492.70M$6.3734.92

West Pharmaceutical Services has a net margin of 16.13% compared to Merit Medical Systems' net margin of 8.81%. West Pharmaceutical Services' return on equity of 18.23% beat Merit Medical Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Merit Medical Systems8.81% 15.52% 8.72%
West Pharmaceutical Services 16.13%18.23%13.51%

Summary

West Pharmaceutical Services beats Merit Medical Systems on 11 of the 16 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$5.55B$15.72B$5.52B$8.85B
Dividend YieldN/A1.45%5.36%4.13%
P/E Ratio46.0718.7226.3119.76
Price / Sales4.092.31409.02110.15
Price / Cash16.6816.8925.8827.49
Price / Book3.973.677.915.36
Net Income$120.36M$430.42M$3.15B$248.34M
7 Day Performance0.77%2.58%0.95%1.25%
1 Month Performance-1.13%1.18%5.25%5.41%
1 Year Performance9.74%19.65%32.63%18.06%

Merit Medical Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.3687 of 5 stars
$93.98
+0.5%
$109.11
+16.1%
+8.8%$5.55B$1.36B46.077,400Positive News
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services
4.7579 of 5 stars
$217.05
+0.6%
$332.50
+53.2%
-33.6%$15.60B$2.89B34.0710,600
COO
Cooper Companies
3.5238 of 5 stars
$69.52
+0.1%
$99.70
+43.4%
-18.5%$13.90B$3.90B33.7516,000High Trading Volume
ALGN
Align Technology
4.6174 of 5 stars
$183.42
+0.9%
$241.25
+31.5%
-21.6%$13.30B$4.00B33.4120,945News Coverage
Positive News
HAE
Haemonetics
4.8521 of 5 stars
$72.15
+1.5%
$97.89
+35.7%
-9.6%$3.47B$1.36B21.803,023
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.5917 of 5 stars
$128.07
+0.3%
$192.67
+50.4%
+11.3%$3.15B$2.38B-33.4415,000Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.5816 of 5 stars
$15.48
+0.8%
$20.36
+31.5%
-36.3%$3.09B$3.79B-3.4114,000Positive News
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.3495 of 5 stars
$27.65
-1.4%
$44.33
+60.3%
-13.2%$1.87B$2.78B-5.566,600
NEOG
Neogen
3.8419 of 5 stars
$4.77
-3.4%
$9.00
+88.7%
-69.4%$1.04B$924.22M-2.142,110Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
STAA
STAAR Surgical
4.1179 of 5 stars
$16.68
+2.1%
$24.63
+47.6%
-64.8%$826.16M$313.90M-11.581,211
CERS
Cerus
2.7656 of 5 stars
$1.34
flat
$3.50
+161.2%
-19.9%$256.15M$180.27M-13.40290Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:MMSI) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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