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$11.56 -0.04 (-0.34%)
As of 01/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

NEOG vs. MMSI, HAE, ICUI, 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), Haemonetics (HAE), ICU Medical (ICUI), 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.

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

Merit Medical Systems has a net margin of 9.05% compared to Neogen's net margin of -2.58%. Merit Medical Systems' return on equity of 15.61% beat Neogen's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Merit Medical Systems9.05% 15.61% 8.38%
Neogen -2.58%2.80%1.93%

Merit Medical Systems received 106 more outperform votes than Neogen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.48% of users gave Merit Medical Systems an outperform vote while only 56.68% of users gave Neogen an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Merit Medical SystemsOutperform Votes
437
69.48%
Underperform Votes
192
30.52%
NeogenOutperform Votes
331
56.68%
Underperform Votes
253
43.32%

Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Neogen has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Neogen shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Neogen shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Merit Medical Systems presently has a consensus target price of $107.70, indicating a potential upside of 4.66%. Neogen has a consensus target price of $16.25, indicating a potential upside of 40.57%. Given Neogen's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Neogen 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)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Neogen
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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
Merit Medical Systems$1.26B4.77$94.41M$2.0450.44
Neogen$924.22M2.71-$9.42M-$2.19-5.28

In the previous week, Merit Medical Systems had 2 more articles in the media than Neogen. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Merit Medical Systems and 11 mentions for Neogen. Merit Medical Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Neogen's score of 0.67 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
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Neogen
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Merit Medical Systems beats Neogen on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NEOG vs. The Competition

MetricNeogenDiagnostic substances IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.68B$2.36B$5.24B$8.98B
Dividend YieldN/A0.68%5.13%4.03%
P/E RatioN/A2.6561.7913.70
Price / Sales2.7183.711,258.3278.91
Price / Cash12.0616.6543.8235.97
Price / Book0.803.345.324.80
Net Income-$9.42M$29.98M$122.68M$224.91M
7 Day Performance-6.47%-3.08%-0.21%1.47%
1 Month Performance-0.69%-2.42%3.72%4.66%
1 Year Performance-31.96%-16.42%27.18%20.83%

Neogen Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEOG
Neogen
3.4507 of 5 stars
$11.56
-0.3%
$16.25
+40.6%
-31.5%$2.68B$924.22M-5.282,640Earnings Report
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.6119 of 5 stars
$95.70
-0.5%
$107.70
+12.5%
+32.0%$5.58B$1.33B46.916,950Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
HAE
Haemonetics
4.4869 of 5 stars
$79.53
+3.7%
$108.78
+36.8%
-10.9%$3.99B$1.36B33.003,657
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.16 of 5 stars
$157.72
+2.2%
$199.67
+26.6%
+76.1%$3.86B$2.34B-34.5114,000Short Interest ↑
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.8223 of 5 stars
$18.83
+3.9%
$27.27
+44.8%
-47.2%$3.74B$3.90B-9.1015,000
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.5049 of 5 stars
$44.69
-2.3%
$53.43
+19.6%
-40.9%$3.01B$2.82B-1.607,100Positive News
STAA
STAAR Surgical
4.7843 of 5 stars
$22.42
-2.5%
$42.83
+91.0%
-24.4%$1.10B$341.22M50.951,115Insider Trade
News Coverage
CERS
Cerus
2.4274 of 5 stars
$1.67
+5.4%
$3.63
+117.7%
+7.8%$309.22M$176.23M-15.14290Short Interest ↑
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
4.4121 of 5 stars
$3.70
+2.2%
$5.50
+48.6%
-55.1%$276.00M$224.26M24.67840Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
3.5752 of 5 stars
$15.89
+2.1%
$24.50
+54.2%
-28.4%$232.73M$164.17M-2.39300Positive News
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
3.0044 of 5 stars
$61.28
+0.6%
N/A-23.5%$207.86M$44.08M14.35180News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:NEOG) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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