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Integer vs Merit Medical Systems

ITGR and MMSI 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 ITGR and MMSI compare

Merit Medical Systems is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as Integer ($5.3B against $4.3B).

On earnings, Merit Medical Systems is cheaper: it trades at 33.1× trailing earnings, against 42.5× for Integer.

Merit Medical Systems grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.1% versus −0.31% for Integer).

Merit Medical Systems keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.9% compared with 5.7% at Integer.

Merit Medical Systems scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 8 for Integer), 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.

MetricITGRMMSI
Size and price
Market cap$4.3B$5.3B
Share price$126.68$88.07
Change, 1 year84.2%−0.29%
Change, 5 years41.2%27.1%
Beta (5Y)0.780.69
Employees11K7,500
StockData Score
Total score813 (better)
Valuation score14 (better)
Growth score3 (better)2
Performance score33
Health score14 (better)
Dividend score00
Valuation
P/E42.5×33.1× (better)
P/S2.4× (better)3.3×
P/B2.5× (better)3.0×
EV/EBITDA19.0×16.1× (better)
P/FCF52.6×25.9× (better)
PEG3.211.82 (better)
FCF yield1.9%3.9% (better)
Fair value$103.47$93.00
Margin of safety−22.4%5.3% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)−0.31%9.1% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average11.5% (better)9.5%
Net income growth (TTM)19.3%35.2% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)24.7%36.4% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average4.4%–
Profitability
Gross margin24.6%49.4% (better)
Operating margin8.2%13.5% (better)
Net margin5.7%9.9% (better)
FCF margin4.5%12.6% (better)
Return on equity6.0%9.8% (better)
Return on invested capital5.0%8.5% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity0.710.42 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA4.160.68 (better)
Interest coverage3.9×6.7× (better)
Current ratio3.984.52 (better)
Altman Z-score2.884.31 (better)
Piotroski F-score77
Dividends and buybacks
Buyback yield2.3% (better)−0.42%
Shareholder yield2.3% (better)−0.42%
Ownership
Held by institutions120%105%
Held by insiders15.1%2.7%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$5.2M−$2.7M (better)
Short interest, % of float11.9%6.9%

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