Utah Medical Products (UTMD) Competitors $60.20 -0.57 (-0.94%) Closing price 02/21/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$60.26 +0.06 (+0.11%) As of 02/21/2025 04:12 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends UTMD vs. STAA, CERS, OSUR, ANIK, COO, WST, ALGN, MMSI, ICUI, and XRAYShould you be buying Utah Medical Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Utah Medical Products include STAAR Surgical (STAA), Cerus (CERS), OraSure Technologies (OSUR), Anika Therapeutics (ANIK), Cooper Companies (COO), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Align Technology (ALGN), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), ICU Medical (ICUI), and DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry. Utah Medical Products vs. STAAR Surgical Cerus OraSure Technologies Anika Therapeutics Cooper Companies West Pharmaceutical Services Align Technology Merit Medical Systems ICU Medical DENTSPLY SIRONA STAAR Surgical (NASDAQ:STAA) and Utah Medical Products (NASDAQ:UTMD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and community ranking. Does the media favor STAA or UTMD? In the previous week, STAAR Surgical had 9 more articles in the media than Utah Medical Products. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for STAAR Surgical and 2 mentions for Utah Medical Products. Utah Medical Products' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat STAAR Surgical's score of 0.22 indicating that Utah Medical Products is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment STAAR Surgical 5 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Utah Medical Products 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in STAA or UTMD? 96.7% of STAAR Surgical shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of Utah Medical Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of STAAR Surgical shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Utah Medical Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer STAA or UTMD? STAAR Surgical currently has a consensus price target of $26.86, indicating a potential upside of 59.20%. Given STAAR Surgical's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe STAAR Surgical is more favorable than Utah Medical Products.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score STAAR Surgical 1 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Utah Medical Products 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is STAA or UTMD more profitable? Utah Medical Products has a net margin of 33.92% compared to STAAR Surgical's net margin of -6.44%. Utah Medical Products' return on equity of 11.07% beat STAAR Surgical's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets STAAR Surgical-6.44% -3.35% -2.67% Utah Medical Products 33.92%11.07%10.53% Which has more risk & volatility, STAA or UTMD? STAAR Surgical has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Utah Medical Products has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher valuation & earnings, STAA or UTMD? Utah Medical Products has lower revenue, but higher earnings than STAAR Surgical. STAAR Surgical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Utah Medical Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSTAAR Surgical$313.90M2.65-$20.21M-$0.41-41.15Utah Medical Products$40.90M4.99$13.87M$3.9515.24 Does the MarketBeat Community favor STAA or UTMD? STAAR Surgical received 135 more outperform votes than Utah Medical Products when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.60% of users gave Utah Medical Products an outperform vote while only 54.43% of users gave STAAR Surgical an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSTAAR SurgicalOutperform Votes28954.43% Underperform Votes24245.57% Utah Medical ProductsOutperform Votes15461.60% Underperform Votes9638.40% SummaryUtah Medical Products beats STAAR Surgical on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Utah Medical Products News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for UTMD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart UTMD vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricUtah Medical ProductsSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$204.08M$4.59B$5.77B$8.98BDividend Yield2.01%39.91%4.78%3.85%P/E Ratio15.2431.4526.4618.82Price / Sales4.9950.78455.0280.40Price / Cash9.6051.2344.0437.47Price / Book1.706.577.634.64Net Income$13.87M$90.13M$3.18B$245.69M7 Day Performance-1.39%-2.20%-1.91%-2.66%1 Month Performance-4.19%-2.17%-0.19%-2.15%1 Year Performance-16.00%15.26%16.70%12.90% Utah Medical Products Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)UTMDUtah Medical Products3.6048 of 5 stars$60.20-0.9%N/A-15.9%$204.08M$40.90M15.24180Positive NewsSTAASTAAR Surgical4.6378 of 5 stars$15.35-3.8%$26.86+75.0%-44.5%$756.45M$322.42M34.891,115High Trading VolumeCERSCerus2.8625 of 5 stars$1.85+2.8%$3.63+95.9%-26.3%$343.57M$176.23M-16.82290Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsOSUROraSure Technologies4.1472 of 5 stars$3.93+1.0%$5.50+39.9%-44.8%$293.14M$405.47M26.20840Analyst DowngradeANIKAnika Therapeutics2.8386 of 5 stars$17.86+1.2%$24.50+37.2%-29.3%$261.65M$166.66M-2.69300COOCooper Companies2.7525 of 5 stars$88.10-6.0%$117.00+32.8%-9.8%$17.58B$3.90B45.1816,000High Trading VolumeWSTWest Pharmaceutical Services4.9557 of 5 stars$214.84+7.9%$344.00+60.1%-40.8%$15.56B$2.95B31.8710,600Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst DowngradeHigh Trading VolumeALGNAlign Technology4.7933 of 5 stars$206.77+0.9%$269.91+30.5%-37.5%$15.44B$4.00B36.8621,610MMSIMerit Medical Systems3.6449 of 5 stars$108.14-0.2%$109.80+1.5%+30.1%$6.30B$1.26B53.016,950Positive NewsICUIICU Medical4.664 of 5 stars$160.16+1.2%$199.67+24.7%+51.1%$3.92B$2.26B-35.0514,000News CoverageXRAYDENTSPLY SIRONA4.86 of 5 stars$18.32-2.4%$25.85+41.1%-43.3%$3.64B$3.97B-8.8515,000Analyst Upgrade Related Companies and Tools Related Companies STAAR Surgical Alternatives Cerus Alternatives OraSure Technologies Alternatives Anika Therapeutics Alternatives Cooper Companies Alternatives West Pharmaceutical Services Alternatives Align Technology Alternatives Merit Medical Systems Alternatives ICU Medical Alternatives DENTSPLY SIRONA Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:UTMD) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersSecret financial plot unfolding in Washington DC… [DEVELOPING]What stocks are next up to soar in 2025? 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