INSP vs. MMSI, HAE, GKOS, AXNX, PRCT, STVN, IRTC, TNDM, NARI, and ICUI
Should you be buying Inspire Medical Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Inspire Medical Systems include Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), Haemonetics (HAE), Glaukos (GKOS), Axonics (AXNX), PROCEPT BioRobotics (PRCT), Stevanato Group (STVN), iRhythm Technologies (IRTC), Tandem Diabetes Care (TNDM), Inari Medical (NARI), and ICU Medical (ICUI). These companies are all part of the "surgical & medical instruments" industry.
Merit Medical Systems (NASDAQ:MMSI) and Inspire Medical Systems (NYSE:INSP) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.
Merit Medical Systems has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inspire Medical Systems has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Inspire Medical Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Merit Medical Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Inspire Medical Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Merit Medical Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Inspire Medical Systems. Inspire Medical Systems 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.
In the previous week, Merit Medical Systems had 6 more articles in the media than Inspire Medical Systems. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Merit Medical Systems and 3 mentions for Inspire Medical Systems. Merit Medical Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Inspire Medical Systems' score of 1.02 indicating that Inspire Medical Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Merit Medical Systems currently has a consensus target price of $92.78, suggesting a potential upside of 13.30%. Inspire Medical Systems has a consensus target price of $256.53, suggesting a potential upside of 65.27%. Given Merit Medical Systems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Inspire Medical Systems is more favorable than Merit Medical Systems.
Merit Medical Systems has a net margin of 7.94% compared to Merit Medical Systems' net margin of -2.38%. Inspire Medical Systems' return on equity of 15.02% beat Merit Medical Systems' return on equity.
Merit Medical Systems received 235 more outperform votes than Inspire Medical Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.90% of users gave Merit Medical Systems an outperform vote while only 61.03% of users gave Inspire Medical Systems an outperform vote.
Summary
Merit Medical Systems beats Inspire Medical Systems on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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