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NEOG vs. MMSI, ICUI, HAE, XRAY, QDEL, STAA, CERS, OSUR, ANIK, and UTMD

Should you be buying Neogen stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Neogen include Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), ICU Medical (ICUI), Haemonetics (HAE), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), STAAR Surgical (STAA), Cerus (CERS), OraSure Technologies (OSUR), Anika Therapeutics (ANIK), and Utah Medical Products (UTMD). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.

Neogen vs.

Neogen (NASDAQ:NEOG) and Merit Medical Systems (NASDAQ:MMSI) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Merit Medical Systems has a net margin of 9.05% compared to Neogen's net margin of -52.12%. Merit Medical Systems' return on equity of 15.61% beat Neogen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Neogen-52.12% 2.89% 1.98%
Merit Medical Systems 9.05%15.61%8.38%

Neogen currently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.01%. Merit Medical Systems has a consensus price target of $110.78, suggesting a potential upside of 9.18%. Given Neogen's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Neogen is more favorable than Merit Medical Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Neogen
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Merit Medical Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Merit Medical Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Neogen. Neogen 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
Neogen$913.83M2.19-$9.42M-$2.19-4.21
Merit Medical Systems$1.36B4.40$94.41M$2.0349.98

Merit Medical Systems received 115 more outperform votes than Neogen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.91% of users gave Merit Medical Systems an outperform vote while only 56.58% of users gave Neogen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NeogenOutperform Votes
331
56.58%
Underperform Votes
254
43.42%
Merit Medical SystemsOutperform Votes
446
69.91%
Underperform Votes
192
30.09%

In the previous week, Merit Medical Systems had 6 more articles in the media than Neogen. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Merit Medical Systems and 3 mentions for Neogen. Merit Medical Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Neogen's score of 0.56 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
Neogen
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Merit Medical Systems
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

96.7% of Neogen shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Neogen shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Neogen has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Merit Medical Systems beats Neogen on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NEOG vs. The Competition

MetricNeogenDiagnostic substances IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.00B$2.51B$5.73B$8.11B
Dividend YieldN/A0.72%4.41%4.08%
P/E Ratio-4.215.6724.5019.28
Price / Sales2.1954.44400.0989.77
Price / Cash9.8015.7538.1134.64
Price / Book0.633.146.914.38
Net Income-$9.42M-$65.73M$3.18B$247.04M
7 Day Performance-0.11%1.60%2.29%3.44%
1 Month Performance-8.27%-11.81%0.72%-7.80%
1 Year Performance-40.96%-23.20%14.02%4.07%

Neogen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEOG
Neogen
3.1373 of 5 stars
$9.02
-2.1%
$14.00
+55.3%
-39.0%$1.96B$913.83M-4.122,110
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
3.7365 of 5 stars
$100.68
+1.8%
$110.78
+10.0%
+38.8%$5.92B$1.36B49.356,950Analyst Revision
Positive News
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.4302 of 5 stars
$149.11
+3.9%
$168.67
+13.1%
+52.8%$3.66B$2.38B-32.6314,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
HAE
Haemonetics
4.6216 of 5 stars
$64.84
-1.0%
$101.67
+56.8%
-15.7%$3.26B$1.37B25.533,657Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.9154 of 5 stars
$15.59
+0.2%
$23.33
+49.7%
-52.7%$3.10B$3.79B-7.5315,000
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.4442 of 5 stars
$36.23
+0.3%
$51.20
+41.3%
-28.1%$2.44B$2.78B-1.207,100News Coverage
Positive News
STAA
STAAR Surgical
4.2544 of 5 stars
$17.65
+3.5%
$26.86
+52.2%
-52.7%$870.34M$313.90M-43.041,115Analyst Forecast
CERS
Cerus
2.3724 of 5 stars
$1.45
-0.3%
$4.00
+176.8%
-25.0%$268.47M$180.27M-13.14290Insider Trade
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
4.3504 of 5 stars
$3.59
+2.1%
$5.50
+53.4%
-47.8%$268.16M$185.83M23.90840
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
3.8311 of 5 stars
$16.17
+1.6%
$22.00
+36.1%
-37.1%$236.75M$119.91M-2.43300Analyst Revision
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
3.5119 of 5 stars
$58.05
+1.3%
N/A-16.3%$196.91M$40.90M14.70180
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This page (NASDAQ:NEOG) was last updated on 3/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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