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$27.06 +0.73 (+2.76%)
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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

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

Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuidelOrtho has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Merit Medical Systems currently has a consensus target price of $109.11, indicating a potential upside of 28.77%. QuidelOrtho has a consensus target price of $44.33, indicating a potential upside of 63.23%. Given QuidelOrtho's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe QuidelOrtho 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
QuidelOrtho
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of QuidelOrtho shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of QuidelOrtho shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Merit Medical Systems8.81% 15.52% 8.72%
QuidelOrtho -12.07%4.71%2.21%

In the previous week, QuidelOrtho had 2 more articles in the media than Merit Medical Systems. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for QuidelOrtho and 8 mentions for Merit Medical Systems. Merit Medical Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat QuidelOrtho's score of 0.90 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
QuidelOrtho
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Merit Medical Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Merit Medical Systems$1.39B3.61$120.36M$2.0441.54
QuidelOrtho$2.78B0.66-$2.05B-$4.97-5.46

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

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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$1.83B$10.44B$5.71B$9.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.00%4.60%3.99%
P/E Ratio-5.4517.0128.0720.02
Price / Sales0.6626.84459.47103.02
Price / Cash0.7523.2136.5558.97
Price / Book0.613.648.615.88
Net Income-$2.05B$234.77M$3.24B$258.50M
7 Day Performance6.72%5.69%3.83%2.03%
1 Month Performance-3.38%7.60%10.40%12.52%
1 Year Performance-28.97%-14.07%34.13%19.07%

QuidelOrtho Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.4662 of 5 stars
$27.06
+2.8%
$44.33
+63.9%
-31.4%$1.83B$2.78B-5.456,600
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.1255 of 5 stars
$93.45
0.0%
$109.11
+16.8%
-3.2%$5.52B$1.36B45.817,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HAE
Haemonetics
4.9081 of 5 stars
$76.59
+1.4%
$97.30
+27.0%
-18.9%$3.68B$1.36B23.143,023Positive News
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.3575 of 5 stars
$130.85
-1.0%
$192.67
+47.2%
+2.6%$3.22B$2.42B-34.1615,000News Coverage
Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.0856 of 5 stars
$16.00
-1.3%
$20.36
+27.3%
-37.3%$3.19B$3.72B-3.5214,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NEOG
Neogen
4.0279 of 5 stars
$5.22
-3.2%
$7.50
+43.7%
-69.6%$1.13B$924.22M-2.342,110Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
STAA
STAAR Surgical
2.6867 of 5 stars
$17.30
-0.5%
$24.63
+42.3%
-54.2%$856.87M$313.90M-12.011,211Positive News
CERS
Cerus
2.8641 of 5 stars
$1.45
flat
$3.50
+141.4%
-41.1%$277.18M$185.14M-14.50290Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
2.4917 of 5 stars
$3.07
-1.0%
$3.00
-2.3%
-23.5%$229.64M$185.83M-7.31840Positive News
High Trading Volume
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
1.9418 of 5 stars
$56.69
+0.5%
N/A-22.6%$184.24M$40.90M15.00180News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
4.1398 of 5 stars
$11.53
+2.3%
$20.00
+73.5%
-59.7%$165.35M$117.05M-2.97300

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This page (NASDAQ:QDEL) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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