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MetricMMSIMERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INCMDLNMedline Inc.SOLVSolventum CorpCOOCOOPER COMPANIES, INC.Median of the restexcluding MMSI
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$93.94▲ 2.54 (2.78%)
$35.31▼ 0.15 (0.42%)
$86.67▲ 0.28 (0.32%)
$61.65▲ 2.68 (4.54%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.0/106.0/104.7/107.0/106.0/10
Market value$5.58B$28.60B$15.04B$12.08B
Revenue$1.52B$28.43B$8.32B$4.09B
Profit$128.5M$1.16B$1.56B$374.9M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.11.8%11.5%0.9%5.1%5.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.48.7%26.4%53.5%65.5%53.5%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.12.2%7.8%26.2%16.7%16.7%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.8.5%4.1%18.7%9.2%9.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.14.2%4.6%-0.1%10.6%4.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.8.1%10.8%30.8%4.6%10.8%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.7.4%9.6%21.5%4.3%9.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.43.45x24.68x9.66x32.21x24.68x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.19.07x12.17x7.19x13.65x12.17x
Price to book3.52x2.66x2.98x1.47x2.66x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.70x1.79x1.83x0.50x1.79x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.9/96/87/96/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safegreygreysafe

How MMSI compares with the others

  • MMSI's operating margin of 12.2% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (16.7%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 11.8% against 5.1%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 43.4x against 24.7x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.7x against 1.8x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.