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

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

Neogen vs.

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

Neogen has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Neogen currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 65.68%. Merit Medical Systems has a consensus target price of $110.78, indicating a potential upside of 5.76%. Given Neogen's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Neogen is more favorable than Merit Medical Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Neogen
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Merit Medical Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Merit Medical Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Neogen. Neogen 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
Neogen$913.83M2.01-$9.42M-$2.19-3.86
Merit Medical Systems$1.36B4.54$94.41M$2.0351.60

In the previous week, Merit Medical Systems had 14 more articles in the media than Neogen. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Merit Medical Systems and 7 mentions for Neogen. Merit Medical Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Neogen's score of 0.41 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
Neogen
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Merit Medical Systems
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Merit Medical Systems received 115 more outperform votes than Neogen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.91% of users gave Merit Medical Systems an outperform vote while only 56.58% of users gave Neogen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NeogenOutperform Votes
331
56.58%
Underperform Votes
254
43.42%
Merit Medical SystemsOutperform Votes
446
69.91%
Underperform Votes
192
30.09%

Merit Medical Systems has a net margin of 9.05% compared to Neogen's net margin of -52.12%. Merit Medical Systems' return on equity of 15.61% beat Neogen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Neogen-52.12% 2.89% 1.98%
Merit Medical Systems 9.05%15.61%8.38%

96.7% of Neogen shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Neogen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Merit Medical Systems beats Neogen on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NEOG vs. The Competition

MetricNeogenDiagnostic substances IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.83B$2.46B$5.68B$8.32B
Dividend YieldN/A0.70%4.55%4.02%
P/E Ratio-3.865.5724.5519.25
Price / Sales2.0152.02395.7294.09
Price / Cash9.8015.7538.1634.64
Price / Book0.583.067.064.46
Net Income-$9.42M-$65.73M$3.19B$247.07M
7 Day Performance-9.14%-1.63%1.49%3.05%
1 Month Performance-17.96%-7.49%5.87%-2.85%
1 Year Performance-44.37%-17.20%14.94%4.63%

Neogen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEOG
Neogen
3.2014 of 5 stars
$8.45
-4.6%
$14.00
+65.7%
-41.7%$1.83B$913.83M-3.862,110
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
3.4611 of 5 stars
$100.68
+1.8%
$110.78
+10.0%
+44.8%$5.92B$1.36B49.356,950
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.4285 of 5 stars
$149.11
+3.9%
$168.67
+13.1%
+52.7%$3.66B$2.38B-32.6314,000Positive News
HAE
Haemonetics
4.6056 of 5 stars
$64.84
-1.0%
$101.67
+56.8%
-19.6%$3.26B$1.37B25.533,657Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.9241 of 5 stars
$15.59
+0.2%
$23.33
+49.7%
-51.8%$3.10B$3.79B-7.5315,000Analyst Revision
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.4505 of 5 stars
$36.23
+0.3%
$51.20
+41.3%
-22.0%$2.44B$2.78B-1.207,100Positive News
Gap Down
STAA
STAAR Surgical
4.4009 of 5 stars
$17.65
+3.5%
$26.86
+52.2%
-51.9%$870.34M$313.90M-43.041,115
CERS
Cerus
2.2993 of 5 stars
$1.45
-0.3%
$4.00
+176.8%
-16.1%$268.47M$180.27M-13.14290
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
4.6569 of 5 stars
$3.59
+2.1%
$5.50
+53.4%
-42.1%$268.16M$185.83M23.90840Buyback Announcement
News Coverage
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
3.7396 of 5 stars
$16.17
+1.6%
$22.00
+36.1%
-39.2%$236.75M$119.91M-2.43300
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
3.5865 of 5 stars
$58.05
+1.3%
N/A-16.8%$196.91M$40.90M14.70180News Coverage
Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:NEOG) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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