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7.09 (1y: +116%)
Market Cap 121.13 M P/E(ttm)
Enterprise Value 186.92 M P/B 0.80
MDCI- NAS (USA)
Medical Action Industries
  • Currently 1/5
Business Predictability Rank: 1-Star (On Watch)
Back Testing Results:
Average gain of all 1-Star stocks: 1.1% per year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 45%.
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GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a companyย’s financial situation is. It is based on these factors

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest coverage (current year).
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better
3. Altman Z-score.

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

Financial Strength : 7/10

vs
industry		 vs
history
Cash to Debt 0.06
MDCI's Cash to Debt is ranked lower than
58% of the 366 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 1.80 vs. MDCI: 0.06 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Cash to Debt Range
Min: 0.01   Max: 5.74
Current: 0.06
0.01
5.74
Equity to Asset 0.501
MDCI's Equity to Asset is ranked higher than
56% of the 366 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 0.60 vs. MDCI: 0.501 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Equity to Asset Range
Min: 0.46   Max: 0.83
Current: 0.5
0.46
0.83
F-Score: 4
Z-Score: 2.25
M-Score: -4.25
GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the companyย’s business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin
2. Trend of the Operating Margin (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
ย•ย•3. Consistency of the profitability
4. Piotroski F-Score
5. Predictability Rankย•

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength Rank. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability & Growth : 4/10

vs
industry		 vs
history
Operating margin (%) -15.80
MDCI's Operating margin (%) is ranked lower than
61% of the 366 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 5.40 vs. MDCI: -15.80 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Operating margin (%) Range
Min: -15.8   Max: 13.3
Current: -15.8
-15.8
13.3
Net-margin (%) -12.4
MDCI's Net-margin (%) is ranked lower than
59% of the 366 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 2.50 vs. MDCI: -12.4 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Net-margin (%) Range
Min: -12.4   Max: 7.8
Current: -12.4
-12.4
7.8
ROE (%) -57.9
MDCI's ROE (%) is ranked lower than
67% of the 366 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 3.80 vs. MDCI: -57.9 )
MDCI' s 10-Year ROE (%) Range
Min: -57.9   Max: 19.1
Current: -57.9
-57.9
19.1
ROA (%) -26.5
MDCI's ROA (%) is ranked lower than
64% of the 366 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 2.00 vs. MDCI: -26.5 )
MDCI' s 10-Year ROA (%) Range
Min: -26.5   Max: 12.6
Current: -26.5
-26.5
12.6
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) (%) -71.00
MDCI's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) (%) is ranked lower than
65% of the 366 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 9.60 vs. MDCI: -71.00 )
MDCI' s 10-Year ROC (Joel Greenblatt) (%) Range
Min: -71   Max: 53.9
Current: -71
-71
53.9
Revenue Growth (%) 10.9
MDCI's Revenue Growth (%) is ranked higher than
93% of the 366 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. MDCI: 10.9 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Revenue Growth (%) Range
Min: 5.6   Max: 18.6
Current: 10.9
5.6
18.6
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Guru Trades
Q2 2012

MDCI Guru Trades in Q2 2012

Jim Simons 121,128 sh (+105.03%)
Chuck Royce 429,512 sh (-0.97%)
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MDCI Guru Trades in Q3 2012

Chuck Royce 429,512 sh (unchged)
Jim Simons 47,987 sh (-60.38%)
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MDCI Guru Trades in Q4 2012

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Jim Simons 40,700 sh (-15.19%)
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Q1 2013

MDCI Guru Trades in Q1 2013

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Jim Simons 28,200 sh (-30.71%)
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Ratios

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industry		 vs
history
P/B 0.80
MDCI's P/B is ranked higher than
90% of the 307 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 2.30 vs. MDCI: 0.80 )
MDCI' s 10-Year P/B Range
Min: 0.27   Max: 7.56
Current: 0.8
0.27
7.56
P/S 0.26
MDCI's P/S is ranked higher than
98% of the 333 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 2.30 vs. MDCI: 0.26 )
MDCI' s 10-Year P/S Range
Min: 0.09   Max: 2.67
Current: 0.26
0.09
2.67
PFCF 7.20
MDCI's PFCF is ranked higher than
91% of the 200 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 21.03 vs. MDCI: 7.20 )
MDCI' s 10-Year PFCF Range
Min: 2.43   Max: 119.75
Current: 7.2
2.43
119.75
EV-to-EBIT 29.4
MDCI's EV-to-EBIT is ranked lower than
76% of the 220 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 18.50 vs. MDCI: 29.4 )
MDCI' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range
Min: 5.7   Max: 31.9
Current: 29.4
5.7
31.9
Shiller P/E 12.3
MDCI's Shiller P/E is ranked lower than
100% of the Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: vs. MDCI: 12.3 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Shiller P/E Range
Min: 5.58   Max: 36.47
Current: 12.3
5.58
36.47

Valuation & Return

vs
industry		 vs
history
Price/Net Current Asset Value 2.8
MDCI's Price/Net Current Asset Value is ranked higher than
91% of the 264 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 14.30 vs. MDCI: 2.8 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Price/Net Current Asset Value Range
Min: 2.2   Max: 14.4
Current: 2.8
2.2
14.4
Price/Tangible Book 64.5
MDCI's Price/Tangible Book is ranked lower than
89% of the 272 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 3.90 vs. MDCI: 64.5 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Price/Tangible Book Range
Min: 2.2   Max: 52
Current: 64.5
2.2
52
Price/DCF (Projected) 0.6
MDCI's Price/DCF (Projected) is ranked higher than
97% of the 134 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 1.70 vs. MDCI: 0.6 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Price/DCF (Projected) Range
Min: 0.4   Max: 1.7
Current: 0.6
0.4
1.7
Price/Median PS Value 0.3
MDCI's Price/Median PS Value is ranked higher than
98% of the 284 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 0.90 vs. MDCI: 0.3 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range
Min: 0.2   Max: 1.8
Current: 0.3
0.2
1.8
Price/Graham Number 44.3
MDCI's Price/Graham Number is ranked lower than
96% of the 195 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 2.00 vs. MDCI: 44.3 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Price/Graham Number Range
Min: 1   Max: 35.8
Current: 44.3
1
35.8
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) 3.40
MDCI's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked higher than
68% of the 366 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 2.70 vs. MDCI: 3.40 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range
Min: 3.1   Max: 17.6
Current: 3.4
3.1
17.6
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) 7.69
MDCI's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked higher than
92% of the 366 Companies
in the Global Medical Devices industry.

( Industry Median: 0.00 vs. MDCI: 7.69 )
MDCI' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range
Min: 3   Max: 30.4
Current: 7.69
3
30.4

Business Description

Medical Action Industries, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York on April 1, 1977, and re-incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on November 5, 1987. The Company's products are marketed mainly to acute care facilities in domestic and certain international markets, and in recent years have expanded its end-user markets to include physician, dental and veterinary offices, outpatient surgery centers, long-term care facilities and laboratories. The Company's products are divided into six categories: Patient Bedside Products, Minor Procedure Kits and Trays, Containment Systems for Medical Waste, Operating Room Disposables and Sterilization Products, Dressings and Surgical Sponges and Laboratory Products. The Company offers kits and trays, which are used for a variety of minor surgical and medical procedures. The Company's non-infectious medical waste bags come in a variety of sizes, materials and mil thicknesses and seal configurations to isolate the range of non-infectious medical waste generated at healthcare provider sites from collection to disposal. The Company's chemotherapy waste containment bags and sharps containers are made of special resins for the collection and containment of chemo waste through disposal. The Company offers laundry and linen containment systems consisting of hamper style receptacles and disposable laundry and linen receptacle bags for the collection, storage and transportation of infectious and non-infectious laundry and linen. The Company's sharps containers come in variety of sizes and configurations and are constructed from high quality resins protecting the public and healthcare workers from accidental stick injuries and potential transmission of pathogens in blood and body fluids. The Company's line of absorbent cotton operating room towels are used during surgery for drying hands, rolled up for propping instruments, on back tables and mayo stands for absorbing fluids, around the incision site for absorbing blood and to allow the surgeon to clip tubing and instruments close to the surgical site during the surgical procedure. The Company offers its customers the ability to purchase multiple products packaged with its needle counters. The Company's line of disposable isolation gowns is used to prevent contamination of health care worker apparel during a variety of medical procedures. The Company provides dry burn dressings and non-adherent gauze burn dressings. The Company provides crutches, walkers, canes and patient slippers. The Company's line of specialty surgical sponges is an addition to its laparotomy sponge product line. They are single use and made of gauze and sold in varying sizes and shapes. Net, Padding and Wound Care includes proprietary Tubegauz premium brand and SePro value brand elastic nets, which are tubular bandages used for dressing retention. The Company's line of sponge counter bags is designed to facilitate and improve the postprocedural cou
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Industry: Medical Devices
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