Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
  • ISIN: US5898891040
USD
69.17
-0.78 (-1.12%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Strong Sell
Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Haemonetics Corp.
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Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
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Bausch + Lomb Corp.
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.
QuidelOrtho Corp.
Dentsply Sirona, Inc.

Why is Merit Medical Systems, Inc. ?

1
Company's ability to service its debt is strong with a healthy EBIT to Interest (avg) ratio of 11.57
2
Low Debt Company with Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength
3
Flat results in Sep 25
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 8.3%
  • NET PROFIT(Q) Lowest at USD 28.3 MM
4
With ROCE of 9.61%, it has a fair valuation with a 2.37 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -30.09%, its profits have risen by 5% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 8.4
5
High Institutional Holdings at 100%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
6
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -30.09% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Merit Medical Systems, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Merit Medical Systems, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
-30.09%
-0.51
31.41%
S&P 500
18.81%
0.98
19.26%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
8.91%
EBIT Growth (5y)
32.91%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
11.57
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.15
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.24
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.66
Tax Ratio
20.40%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
7.65%
ROE (avg)
7.50%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
32
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.69
EV to EBIT
24.71
EV to EBITDA
14.27
EV to Capital Employed
2.37
EV to Sales
3.02
PEG Ratio
8.44
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
9.61%
ROE (Latest)
8.30%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
Bullish
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 267.6 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -5.25% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 384.26 MM

-3What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 8.3%

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 28.3 MM

Here's what is working for Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 267.6 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 384.26 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -5.25% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at USD 34.24 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

Net Profit
Lowest at USD 28.3 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)