MMSI vs. WST, COO, ALGN, ICUI, HAE, XRAY, QDEL, NEOG, STAA, and CERS
Should you be buying Merit Medical Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Merit Medical Systems include West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Cooper Companies (COO), Align Technology (ALGN), ICU Medical (ICUI), Haemonetics (HAE), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), STAAR Surgical (STAA), and Cerus (CERS). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.
Merit Medical Systems vs.
West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) and Merit Medical Systems (NASDAQ:MMSI) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
93.9% of West Pharmaceutical Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of West Pharmaceutical Services 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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
West Pharmaceutical Services has a net margin of 17.03% compared to Merit Medical Systems' net margin of 9.05%. West Pharmaceutical Services' return on equity of 18.60% beat Merit Medical Systems' return on equity.
West Pharmaceutical Services has higher revenue and earnings than Merit Medical Systems. West Pharmaceutical Services 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.
Merit Medical Systems received 176 more outperform votes than West Pharmaceutical Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.91% of users gave Merit Medical Systems an outperform vote while only 56.02% of users gave West Pharmaceutical Services an outperform vote.
West Pharmaceutical Services presently has a consensus price target of $332.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.88%. Merit Medical Systems has a consensus price target of $110.78, suggesting a potential upside of 5.57%. Given West Pharmaceutical Services' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe West Pharmaceutical Services is more favorable than Merit Medical Systems.
West Pharmaceutical Services has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Merit Medical Systems had 2 more articles in the media than West Pharmaceutical Services. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Merit Medical Systems and 18 mentions for West Pharmaceutical Services. West Pharmaceutical Services' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Merit Medical Systems' score of 0.54 indicating that West Pharmaceutical Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
West Pharmaceutical Services beats Merit Medical Systems on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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