MMSI vs. COO, ALGN, HAE, ICUI, XRAY, QDEL, NEOG, STAA, CERS, and OSUR
Should you be buying Merit Medical Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Merit Medical Systems include Cooper Companies (COO), Align Technology (ALGN), Haemonetics (HAE), ICU Medical (ICUI), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), STAAR Surgical (STAA), Cerus (CERS), and OraSure Technologies (OSUR). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.
Merit Medical Systems vs.
Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) and Merit Medical Systems (NASDAQ:MMSI) are both medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
Cooper Companies has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cooper Companies currently has a consensus price target of $117.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.44%. Merit Medical Systems has a consensus price target of $107.70, suggesting a potential upside of 4.66%. Given Cooper Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cooper Companies is more favorable than Merit Medical Systems.
Cooper Companies has a net margin of 10.07% compared to Merit Medical Systems' net margin of 9.05%. Merit Medical Systems' return on equity of 15.61% beat Cooper Companies' return on equity.
24.4% of Cooper Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cooper Companies received 183 more outperform votes than Merit Medical Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.48% of users gave Merit Medical Systems an outperform vote while only 66.38% of users gave Cooper Companies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cooper Companies had 5 more articles in the media than Merit Medical Systems. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cooper Companies and 13 mentions for Merit Medical Systems. Merit Medical Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cooper Companies' score of 0.66 indicating that Merit Medical Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cooper Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Merit Medical Systems. Cooper Companies 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.
Summary
Merit Medical Systems beats Cooper Companies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MMSI) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
