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$27.95 -0.91 (-3.15%)
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QDEL vs. MMSI, HAE, ICUI, XRAY, NEOG, STAA, CERS, OSUR, UTMD, and ANIK

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

QuidelOrtho vs. Its Competitors

Merit Medical Systems (NASDAQ:MMSI) and QuidelOrtho (NASDAQ:QDEL) are both medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Merit Medical Systems has a net margin of 8.81% compared to QuidelOrtho's net margin of -12.07%. Merit Medical Systems' return on equity of 15.52% beat QuidelOrtho's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Merit Medical Systems8.81% 15.52% 8.72%
QuidelOrtho -12.07%4.71%2.21%

Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuidelOrtho has a beta of 0.07, suggesting that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Merit Medical Systems currently has a consensus price target of $109.11, suggesting a potential upside of 16.57%. QuidelOrtho has a consensus price target of $44.33, suggesting a potential upside of 58.62%. Given QuidelOrtho's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe QuidelOrtho 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)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
QuidelOrtho
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

Merit Medical Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than QuidelOrtho. QuidelOrtho 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$1.36B4.08$120.36M$2.0445.88
QuidelOrtho$2.78B0.68-$2.05B-$4.97-5.62

99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of QuidelOrtho shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of QuidelOrtho shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Merit Medical Systems and Merit Medical Systems both had 5 articles in the media. Merit Medical Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat QuidelOrtho's score of 0.54 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
QuidelOrtho
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Merit Medical Systems beats QuidelOrtho on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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QDEL vs. The Competition

MetricQuidelOrthoMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.95B$10.37B$5.62B$9.30B
Dividend YieldN/A2.09%4.25%4.03%
P/E Ratio-5.6216.6928.5719.58
Price / Sales0.6829.09423.3593.43
Price / Cash0.8122.6736.0257.93
Price / Book0.633.598.135.54
Net Income-$2.05B$233.40M$3.24B$257.73M
7 Day Performance-11.47%-3.21%0.16%-0.08%
1 Month Performance-4.35%1.23%5.95%8.09%
1 Year Performance-18.16%-19.76%26.09%13.02%

QuidelOrtho Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QDEL
QuidelOrtho
4.3528 of 5 stars
$27.95
-3.2%
$44.33
+58.6%
-12.1%$1.95B$2.78B-5.626,600
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.2123 of 5 stars
$91.12
-2.6%
$109.11
+19.7%
+9.3%$5.53B$1.36B44.677,400Positive News
HAE
Haemonetics
4.8881 of 5 stars
$75.00
-2.4%
$96.80
+29.1%
-17.3%$3.69B$1.36B22.663,023Analyst Revision
ICUI
ICU Medical
4.3542 of 5 stars
$129.71
-4.2%
$192.67
+48.5%
+0.6%$3.33B$2.38B-33.8715,000Positive News
XRAY
DENTSPLY SIRONA
4.4286 of 5 stars
$15.94
-4.4%
$20.36
+27.8%
-37.7%$3.32B$3.79B-3.5114,000Analyst Upgrade
NEOG
Neogen
4.1396 of 5 stars
$4.98
-6.6%
$7.50
+50.6%
-70.2%$1.16B$924.22M-2.232,110Trending News
STAA
STAAR Surgical
2.5608 of 5 stars
$16.61
-7.0%
$24.63
+48.3%
-62.7%$884.54M$313.90M-11.531,211
CERS
Cerus
2.6209 of 5 stars
$1.45
-5.8%
$3.50
+141.4%
-40.0%$294.39M$185.14M-14.50290Positive News
OSUR
OraSure Technologies
2.512 of 5 stars
$3.05
-1.0%
$3.00
-1.6%
-27.7%$230.38M$185.83M-7.26840News Coverage
UTMD
Utah Medical Products
2.226 of 5 stars
$57.19
-2.1%
N/A-18.8%$189.82M$40.90M15.13180
ANIK
Anika Therapeutics
4.2763 of 5 stars
$10.81
-3.9%
$20.00
+85.0%
-60.1%$161.34M$119.91M-2.79300

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This page (NASDAQ:QDEL) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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