ICU Medical vs Penumbra
ICUI and PEN side by side, both in surgical, medical, and dental instruments and supplies. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ICUI and PEN compare
Penumbra is the larger company, worth 3.1 times as much as ICU Medical ($12.6B against $4.1B).
On earnings, Penumbra is cheaper: it trades at 80.3× trailing earnings, against 136× for ICU Medical.
Penumbra grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (17.0% versus −9.0% for ICU Medical).
Penumbra keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.1% compared with 1.4% at ICU Medical.
Penumbra scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 8 for ICU Medical), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ICUI | PEN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.1B | $12.6B |
| Share price | $163.78 | $318.95 |
| Change, 1 year | 39.2% | 36.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −32.1% | 11.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.01 | 0.87 |
| Employees | 13K | 4,700 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 2 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 136× | 80.3× (better) |
| P/S | 1.9× (better) | 8.1× |
| P/B | 1.9× (better) | 7.9× |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.4× (better) | 56.8× |
| P/FCF | 26.8× (better) | 62.7× |
| FCF yield | 3.7% (better) | 1.6% |
| Fair value | $137.43 | $184.29 |
| Margin of safety | −19.2% (better) | −73.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −9.0% | 17.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.9% | 20.2% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −4.3% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −4.1% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −62.5% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 68.0% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 12.1% (better) |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 10.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 7.1% | 12.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | 1.4% | 10.7% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 2.3% | 15.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.57 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.41 | – |
| Interest coverage | 0.9× | 149× (better) |
| Current ratio | 2.43 | 5.89 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.43 | 19.07 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 104% | 86.7% |
| Held by insiders | 1.8% | 3.4% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$8.3M (better) | −$11.1M |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.2% | 5.9% |
Go deeper
- ICUI stock overview
- ICUI income statement
- ICUI valuation and score
- PEN stock overview
- PEN income statement
- PEN valuation and score
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