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

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

QuidelOrtho vs. Its Competitors

QuidelOrtho (NASDAQ:QDEL) and Merit Medical Systems (NASDAQ:MMSI) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Merit Medical Systems has a net margin of 8.81% compared to QuidelOrtho's net margin of -12.07%. Merit Medical Systems' return on equity of 15.52% beat QuidelOrtho's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
QuidelOrtho-12.07% 4.71% 2.21%
Merit Medical Systems 8.81%15.52%8.72%

In the previous week, QuidelOrtho had 1 more articles in the media than Merit Medical Systems. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for QuidelOrtho and 4 mentions for Merit Medical Systems. Merit Medical Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat QuidelOrtho's score of 0.72 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
QuidelOrtho
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
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

Merit Medical Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than QuidelOrtho. QuidelOrtho 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
QuidelOrtho$2.78B0.72-$2.05B-$4.97-5.99
Merit Medical Systems$1.36B4.09$120.36M$2.0446.07

QuidelOrtho has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

99.0% of QuidelOrtho shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of QuidelOrtho shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

QuidelOrtho currently has a consensus target price of $44.33, suggesting a potential upside of 48.82%. Merit Medical Systems has a consensus target price of $109.11, suggesting a potential upside of 16.10%. Given QuidelOrtho's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe QuidelOrtho is more favorable than Merit Medical Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
QuidelOrtho
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Merit Medical Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

Summary

Merit Medical Systems beats QuidelOrtho on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding QDEL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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QDEL vs. The Competition

MetricQuidelOrthoMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.01B$10.33B$5.52B$8.85B
Dividend YieldN/A2.10%5.36%4.13%
P/E Ratio-5.9917.2326.3119.76
Price / Sales0.7226.78409.02110.15
Price / Cash0.8123.5625.8827.49
Price / Book0.673.657.915.36
Net Income-$2.05B$233.36M$3.15B$248.34M
7 Day Performance3.91%1.73%0.95%1.25%
1 Month Performance-2.81%3.03%5.25%5.41%
1 Year Performance-5.82%-12.07%32.63%18.06%

QuidelOrtho Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.3495 of 5 stars
$29.79
+3.4%
$44.33
+48.8%
-13.2%$2.01B$2.78B-5.996,600
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.3687 of 5 stars
$92.32
+0.4%
$109.11
+18.2%
+8.8%$5.44B$1.36B45.267,400Positive News
HAE
Haemonetics
4.8521 of 5 stars
$72.15
+1.5%
$97.89
+35.7%
-9.6%$3.41B$1.36B21.803,023
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.5917 of 5 stars
$128.07
+0.3%
$192.67
+50.4%
+11.3%$3.14B$2.38B-33.4415,000Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.5816 of 5 stars
$15.48
+0.8%
$20.36
+31.5%
-36.3%$3.06B$3.79B-3.4114,000Positive News
NEOG
Neogen
3.8419 of 5 stars
$4.77
-3.4%
$9.00
+88.7%
-69.4%$1.07B$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%$809.26M$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
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
2.5165 of 5 stars
$3.03
+1.0%
$3.00
-1.0%
-29.6%$224.40M$185.83M-7.21840Positive News
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
2.81 of 5 stars
$54.89
+2.3%
N/A-14.8%$174.23M$40.90M14.52180Positive News
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
4.1407 of 5 stars
$10.92
+3.1%
$20.00
+83.2%
-58.2%$151.88M$119.91M-2.81300

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