ICU Medical (ICUI) Competitors

Inspire Medical Systems (NYSE:INSP) and ICU Medical (NASDAQ:ICUI) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in INSP or ICUI?

94.9% of Inspire Medical Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of ICU Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Inspire Medical Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of ICU Medical shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate INSP or ICUI?

Inspire Medical Systems presently has a consensus price target of $233.58, indicating a potential upside of 26.35%. ICU Medical has a consensus price target of $173.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.23%. Given Inspire Medical Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Inspire Medical Systems is more favorable than ICU Medical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Inspire Medical Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
ICU Medical	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is INSP or ICUI more profitable?

Inspire Medical Systems has a net margin of 4.37% compared to ICU Medical's net margin of -4.74%. Inspire Medical Systems' return on equity of 5.30% beat ICU Medical's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Inspire Medical Systems	4.37%	5.30%	4.58%
ICU Medical	-4.74%	5.05%	2.42%

Which has more risk & volatility, INSP or ICUI?

Inspire Medical Systems has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICU Medical has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to INSP or ICUI?

In the previous week, Inspire Medical Systems had 4 more articles in the media than ICU Medical. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Inspire Medical Systems and 9 mentions for ICU Medical. Inspire Medical Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat ICU Medical's score of 0.84 indicating that Inspire Medical Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Inspire Medical Systems	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ICU Medical	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, INSP or ICUI?

Inspire Medical Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ICU Medical. ICU Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inspire Medical Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Inspire Medical Systems	$624.80M	8.87	-$21.15M	$1.07	172.78
ICU Medical	$2.26B	1.82	-$29.66M	-$4.57	-36.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer INSP or ICUI?

ICU Medical received 204 more outperform votes than Inspire Medical Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.31% of users gave ICU Medical an outperform vote while only 61.31% of users gave Inspire Medical Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Inspire Medical Systems	Outperform Votes 187 61.31%	Underperform Votes 118 38.69%
ICU Medical	Outperform Votes 391 64.31%	Underperform Votes 217 35.69%

Summary

Inspire Medical Systems beats ICU Medical on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.