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Best Medical Stocks to Buy Now (2024)
Top medical stocks in 2024 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best medical stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the medical instruments & supplies industry.

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Zen Score Price Valuation Financials Forecast Earnings & Revenue Dividends Ownership Technicals

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E
WST	WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC	NYSE	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$26.53B	$364.19	-0.38%	$833.50M	47.48x	0.34
UTMD	UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$242.54M	$68.74	-1.02%	$25.06M	15.24x	0.06
STAA	STAAR SURGICAL CO	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$2.08B	$42.35	-1.19%	$25.02M	132.34x	0.25
LMAT	LEMAITRE VASCULAR INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$1.71B	$76.13	0.17%	$53.80M	49.76x	0.15
ISRG	INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$137.16B	$386.70	0.32%	$2.53B	68.56x	0.13
ALC	ALCON INC	NYSE	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$40.45B	$82.01	0.68%	$2.25B	41.42x	0.44
MMSI	MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$4.70B	$80.83	0.90%	$247.30M	45.67x	0.88
BDX	BECTON DICKINSON & CO	NYSE	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$68.11B	$235.67	0.29%	$4.36B	51.91x	1.11
RMD	RESMED INC	NYSE	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$31.41B	$213.82	-1.39%	$1.46B	32.79x	0.47
HOLX	HOLOGIC INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$17.54B	$75.14	-0.81%	$993.40M	38.34x	0.80
OSUR	ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$359.44M	$4.86	-3.67%	$45.63M	16.20x	0.10
ATRC	ATRICURE INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$1.08B	$22.30	1.36%	-$13.25M	-27.88x	0.30
NEPH	NEPHROS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$22.14M	$2.10	-5.19%	-$1.24M	-15.00x	0.40
ATRI	ATRION CORP	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$783.80M	$445.35	4.10%	$37.26M	41.90x	0.07
HAE	HAEMONETICS CORP	NYSE	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$4.87B	$95.86	3.52%	$263.63M	38.34x	1.33
TFX	TELEFLEX INC	NYSE	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$9.61B	$203.93	-0.38%	$647.34M	32.52x	0.66
ATR	APTARGROUP INC	NYSE	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$9.84B	$148.49	-0.40%	$700.23M	31.20x	0.88
COO	COOPER COMPANIES INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$18.83B	$94.76	0.07%	$934.70M	64.68x	0.56
STVN	STEVANATO GROUP SPA	NYSE	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$6.45B	$21.82	3.41%	$308.70M	39.82x	0.66
MHUA	MEIHUA INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$17.02M	$0.71	-3.79%	$15.80M	1.45x	0.17
NYXH	NYXOAH SA	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$235.99M	$8.23	-3.40%	-$41.92M	-4.90x	0.27
RGEN	REPLIGEN CORP	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$9.32B	$166.81	1.16%	$106.35M	595.75x	0.45
BAX	BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC	NYSE	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$18.19B	$35.69	-0.72%	$4.36B	6.82x	2.39
PDEX	PRO DEX INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$63.63M	$18.61	0.87%	$7.57M	15.13x	0.63
SMTI	SANARA MEDTECH INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$270.93M	$31.42	-5.13%	$190.58k	-60.42x	0.65
OMIC	SINGULAR GENOMICS SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$30.46M	$0.41	-8.04%	-$86.50M	-0.32x	0.48
AKYA	AKOYA BIOSCIENCES INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$209.59M	$4.27	-4.80%	-$45.63M	-2.98x	2.35
ZJYL	JIN MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LTD	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$553.60M	$3.46	6.46%	$3.27M	173.00x	0.37
WRBY	WARBY PARKER INC	NYSE	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$1.76B	$14.79	0.75%	-$21.09M	-31.47x	0.88
FEMY	FEMASYS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$26.89M	$1.21	-4.72%	-$13.45M	-1.44x	0.56
EMBC	EMBECTA CORP	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$821.22M	$14.24	0.56%	$192.00M	11.67x	-2.56
EKSO	EKSO BIONICS HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$24.54M	$1.35	7.14%	-$12.30M	-1.39x	1.06
XRAY	DENTSPLY SIRONA INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$5.79B	$27.89	-1.10%	$306.00M	-64.86x	1.19
BLFS	BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$899.44M	$19.54	8.50%	-$49.74M	-13.76x	0.21
LUCY	INNOVATIVE EYEWEAR INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$2.59M	$0.20	-6.10%	-$6.58M	-0.32x	0.12
POCI	PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$36.84M	$6.07	-0.16%	-$1.29M	-20.23x	0.56
NXGL	NEXGEL INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$13.68M	$2.20	-1.48%	-$2.70M	-3.92x	1.02
BNGO	BIONANO GENOMICS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$63.92M	$0.96	-2.75%	-$207.91M	-0.16x	0.91
HBIO	HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$153.31M	$3.53	-0.84%	$2.18M	-17.65x	0.94
KRMD	KORU MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$101.60M	$2.22	-1.33%	-$7.83M	-7.93x	0.44
MLSS	MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC	NYSEMKT	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$51.32M	$0.67	-1.33%	-$6.90M	-6.70x	0.42
POAI	PREDICTIVE ONCOLOGY INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$6.62M	$1.63	-7.39%	-$13.24M	-0.47x	0.74
AZTA	AZENTA INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$2.78B	$51.60	-1.73%	-$73.14M	-18.90x	0.15
ICUI	ICU MEDICAL INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$2.61B	$107.10	0.68%	$244.95M	-43.71x	1.07
BLCO	BAUSCH & LOMB CORP	NYSE	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$5.42B	$15.41	0.78%	$518.00M	-16.05x	0.99
INFU	INFUSYSTEM HOLDINGS INC	NYSEMKT	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$155.03M	$7.28	-3.70%	$15.53M	N/A	1.01
AVGR	AVINGER INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$6.47M	$3.80	-1.50%	-$16.31M	-0.16x	-3.22
MBOT	MICROBOT MEDICAL INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$13.29M	$0.92	0.33%	-$10.63M	-0.88x	0.85
RVP	RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSEMKT	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$32.63M	$1.09	-0.55%	-$1.24M	-4.54x	0.81
STXS	STEREOTAXIS INC	NYSEMKT	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$179.04M	$2.18	-0.46%	-$20.09M	-8.07x	1.22
STSS	SHARPS TECHNOLOGY INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$3.60M	$0.23	-1.29%	-$9.13M	-0.30x	0.49
PLSE	PULSE BIOSCIENCES INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$411.43M	$7.45	7.19%	-$42.31M	-9.20x	0.36
ZTEK	ZENTEK LTD	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$119.01M	$1.18	4.42%	-$8.44M	-14.57x	0.11
ANGO	ANGIODYNAMICS INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$242.33M	$6.05	-1.14%	-$169.01M	-1.27x	0.49
NVST	ENVISTA HOLDINGS CORP	NYSE	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$3.19B	$18.54	-3.84%	$143.40M	-25.75x	0.58
GCTK	GLUCOTRACK INC	NASDAQ	Medical Instruments & Supplies	$14.98M	$0.56	-0.53%	-$7.09M	-1.47x	0.53

Medical Stocks FAQ

What are the best medical stocks to buy right now in May 2024?

According to Zen Score, the 3 best medical stocks to buy right now are:

1. West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST)

West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE:WST) is the top medical stock with a Zen Score of 54, which is 26 points higher than the medical industry average of 28. It passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. West Pharmaceutical Services has seen its stock return 0.41% over the past year, overperforming other medical stocks by 9 percentage points.

West Pharmaceutical Services has an average 1 year price target of $460.33, an upside of 26.4% from West Pharmaceutical Services's current stock price of $364.19.

West Pharmaceutical Services stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering West Pharmaceutical Services, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Utah Medical Products (NASDAQ:UTMD)

Utah Medical Products (NASDAQ:UTMD) is the second best medical stock with a Zen Score of 50, which is 22 points higher than the medical industry average of 28. It passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Utah Medical Products has seen its stock lose -28.06% over the past year, underperforming other medical stocks by -19 percentage points.

3. Staar Surgical Co (NASDAQ:STAA)

Staar Surgical Co (NASDAQ:STAA) is the third best medical stock with a Zen Score of 49, which is 21 points higher than the medical industry average of 28. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Staar Surgical Co has seen its stock lose -37.37% over the past year, underperforming other medical stocks by -29 percentage points.

Staar Surgical Co has an average 1 year price target of $44.60, an upside of 5.31% from Staar Surgical Co's current stock price of $42.35.

Staar Surgical Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Staar Surgical Co, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the medical stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 11 medical stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 medical stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Baxter International (NYSE:BAX)

Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) has an annual dividend yield of 3.25%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the medical industry average of 1.28%. Baxter International's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Baxter International's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Baxter International's dividend payout ratio of 22.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Dentsply Sirona (NASDAQ:XRAY)

Dentsply Sirona (NASDAQ:XRAY) has an annual dividend yield of 2.08%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical industry average of 1.28%. Dentsply Sirona's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Dentsply Sirona's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Dentsply Sirona's dividend payout ratio of -134.9% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Atrion (NASDAQ:ATRI)

Atrion (NASDAQ:ATRI) has an annual dividend yield of 1.96%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the medical industry average of 1.28%. Atrion's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Atrion's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Atrion's dividend payout ratio of 82.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are medical stocks up?

Medical stocks were up 0.54% in the last day, and up 1.52% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why medical stocks are up.

What are the most undervalued medical stocks?

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued medical stocks right now are:

1. Utah Medical Products (NASDAQ:UTMD)

Utah Medical Products (NASDAQ:UTMD) is the most undervalued medical stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Utah Medical Products has a valuation score of 71, which is 53 points higher than the medical industry average of 18. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Utah Medical Products's stock has dropped -28.06% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical industry by -19 percentage points.

2. Embecta (NASDAQ:EMBC)

Embecta (NASDAQ:EMBC) is the second most undervalued medical stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Embecta has a valuation score of 57, which is 39 points higher than the medical industry average of 18. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Embecta's stock has dropped -51.86% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the medical industry by -43 percentage points.

3. Hologic (NASDAQ:HOLX)

Hologic (NASDAQ:HOLX) is the third most undervalued medical stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Hologic has a valuation score of 57, which is 39 points higher than the medical industry average of 18. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Hologic's stock has dropped -8.44% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the medical industry.

Are medical stocks a good buy now?

45% of medical stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect medical stocks to rise by 19.62% over the next year.

What is the average p/e ratio of the medical instruments & supplies industry?

The average P/E ratio of the medical instruments & supplies industry is 58.36x.

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