Utah Medical Products (UTMD) & Its Competitors Critical Comparison

Utah Medical Products (NASDAQ:UTMD) is one of 511 publicly-traded companies in the “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Utah Medical Products to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

69.6% of Utah Medical Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.5% of shares of all “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Utah Medical Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of shares of all “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Utah Medical Products and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Utah Medical Products	30.48%	8.83%	8.59%
Utah Medical Products Competitors	-278.16%	-150.10%	-21.89%

Dividends

Utah Medical Products pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Utah Medical Products pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.2% and pay out 46.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Utah Medical Products has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Risk & Volatility

Utah Medical Products has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Utah Medical Products’ competitors have a beta of 2.56, suggesting that their average share price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Utah Medical Products and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Utah Medical Products	$38.52 million	$11.29 million	21.21
Utah Medical Products Competitors	$1.89 billion	$138.79 million	11.21

Utah Medical Products’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Utah Medical Products. Utah Medical Products is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Utah Medical Products and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Utah Medical Products	0	1	0	0	2.00
Utah Medical Products Competitors	4266	10513	18268	826	2.46

As a group, “Healthcare Equipment & Supplies” companies have a potential upside of 19.81%. Given Utah Medical Products’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Utah Medical Products has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Utah Medical Products competitors beat Utah Medical Products on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Utah Medical Products

Utah Medical Products, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes medical devices for the healthcare industry worldwide. It offers fetal monitoring accessories, vacuum-assisted delivery systems, and other labor and delivery tools; DISPOSA-HOOD infant respiratory hoods; and DELTRAN PLUS blood pressure monitoring systems. It also provides GESCO, an umbilical vessel catheters, including DIALY-NATE disposable peritoneal dialysis sets; PALA-NATE silicone oral protection devices; URI-CATH urinary drainage systems; NUTRI-CATH\NUTRI-LOK feeding device; PICC-NATE, a percutaneous intraepithelial central venous catheter; MYELO-NATE lumbar sampling kits; HEMO-NATE disposable filters; and catheterization procedure tray of instruments and supplies. In addition, the company offers LETZ system to excise cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and other lower genital tract lesions; loop, ball, and needle electrodes; FILTRESSE evacuators; other specialty electrodes and supplies, and gynecologic tools; Femcare trocars, cannulae, laparoscopic instruments, and accessories; and EPITOME and OptiMicro electrosurgical devices. Further, it provides Filshie Clip female surgical contraception devices; PATHFINDER PLUS, an endoscopic irrigation devices; suprapubic catheterization; LIBERTY, an urinary incontinence treatment and control systems; ENDOCURETTE, a curette for uterine endometrial tissue sampling; TVUS/HSG-Cath to assess abnormal or dysfunctional uterine bleeding and other abnormalities of uterus; and LUMIN, a tool to manipulate the uterus in laparoscopic procedures. Additionally, it offers DELTRAN, a disposable pressure transducer; high-pressure and piezo-resistive transducer assemblies; and pressure monitoring accessories, components, and other molded parts. It serves neonatal intensive care units, labor and delivery departments, women's health centers in hospitals, outpatient clinics, and physician's offices. The company was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Midvale, Utah.