MMSI vs. HAE, ICUI, GKOS, IRTC, AXNX, PRCT, TNDM, IART, NARI, and GMED
Should you be buying Merit Medical Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Merit Medical Systems include Haemonetics (HAE), ICU Medical (ICUI), Glaukos (GKOS), iRhythm Technologies (IRTC), Axonics (AXNX), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), Tandem Diabetes Care (TNDM), Integra LifeSciences (IART), Inari Medical (NARI), and Globus Medical (GMED). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
Haemonetics (NYSE:HAE) and Merit Medical Systems (NASDAQ:MMSI) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Haemonetics has a net margin of 9.97% compared to Haemonetics' net margin of 7.94%. Merit Medical Systems' return on equity of 22.37% beat Haemonetics' return on equity.
99.7% of Haemonetics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Haemonetics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Haemonetics presently has a consensus price target of $104.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.04%. Merit Medical Systems has a consensus price target of $92.78, indicating a potential upside of 15.81%. Given Haemonetics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Merit Medical Systems is more favorable than Haemonetics.
In the previous week, Haemonetics had 1 more articles in the media than Merit Medical Systems. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Haemonetics and 18 mentions for Merit Medical Systems. Haemonetics' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Merit Medical Systems' score of 0.66 indicating that Merit Medical Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Haemonetics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Merit Medical Systems. Haemonetics 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.
Haemonetics has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Merit Medical Systems received 31 more outperform votes than Haemonetics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.90% of users gave Merit Medical Systems an outperform vote while only 60.86% of users gave Haemonetics an outperform vote.
Summary
Merit Medical Systems beats Haemonetics on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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