Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MMSI – Get Free Report) has received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twelve research firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, nine have issued a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $101.82.
A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Barrington Research boosted their target price on Merit Medical Systems from $100.00 to $114.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $110.00 price objective (up from $100.00) on shares of Merit Medical Systems in a report on Monday, September 9th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $105.00 target price on shares of Merit Medical Systems in a research report on Monday, September 16th. Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of Merit Medical Systems from $92.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, September 16th. Finally, Robert W. Baird initiated coverage on shares of Merit Medical Systems in a report on Friday, June 28th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $96.00 price objective on the stock.
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Merit Medical Systems Trading Up 1.0 %
MMSI opened at $95.68 on Wednesday. Merit Medical Systems has a 1-year low of $62.58 and a 1-year high of $101.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.56 billion, a PE ratio of 54.99, a PEG ratio of 2.52 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a current ratio of 6.24, a quick ratio of 4.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $94.26 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $85.08.
Merit Medical Systems (NASDAQ:MMSI – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The medical instruments supplier reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.88 by $0.04. Merit Medical Systems had a net margin of 9.02% and a return on equity of 15.29%. The business had revenue of $338.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $334.94 million. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Merit Medical Systems will post 3.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Merit Medical Systems Company Profile
Merit Medical Systems, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and markets single-use medical products for interventional, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Cardiovascular and Endoscopy. The company provides micropuncture kits, angiographic needles, sheaths, guide wires, and safety products; peripheral intervention, including angiography, drainage, delivery systems, and embolotherapy products; spine products, such as vertebral augmentation, radiofrequency ablation, and bone biopsy systems; oncology products; and cardiac intervention products, such as access, angiography, electrophysiology and cardiac rhythm management, fluid management, hemodynamic monitoring, hemostasis, and intervention to treat various heart conditions.
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