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MMSI (Merit Medical Systems) Debt-to-Equity : 0.57 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Merit Medical Systems Debt-to-Equity?

Merit Medical Systems's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $9 Mil. Merit Medical Systems's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $808 Mil. Merit Medical Systems's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $1,428 Mil. Merit Medical Systems's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.57.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Merit Medical Systems's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

MMSI' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.23   Med: 0.46   Max: 0.74
Current: 0.57

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Merit Medical Systems was 0.74. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.46.

MMSI's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
73.96% of 699 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 0.21 vs MMSI: 0.57

Merit Medical Systems Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Merit Medical Systems's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Merit Medical Systems Debt-to-Equity Chart

Merit Medical Systems Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.45 0.30 0.24 0.74 0.58

Merit Medical Systems Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.70 0.68 0.62 0.58 0.57

Competitive Comparison of Merit Medical Systems's Debt-to-Equity

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Merit Medical Systems's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Merit Medical Systems's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Merit Medical Systems's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Merit Medical Systems's Debt-to-Equity falls into.


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Merit Medical Systems Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Merit Medical Systems's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Merit Medical Systems's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Merit Medical Systems  (NAS:MMSI) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Merit Medical Systems Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1600 West Merit Parkway, South Jordan, UT, USA, 84095
Merit Medical Systems Inc is a medical equipment company that develops and manufactures products for interventional cardiology, radiology, and endoscopy procedures. The firm reports two segments which are Cardiovascular and Endoscopy. The majority of the revenue is earned from the Cardiovascular segment which consists of cardiology and radiology medical device products that assist in diagnosing and treating coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and other non-vascular diseases and includes embolotherapeutic, cardiac rhythm management, electrophysiology, critical care, and interventional oncology and spine devices.
Executives
Fred P Lampropoulos director, officer: President & CEO
F. Ann Millner director 4275 SPRING ROAD, OGDEN UT 84403
Neil Peterson officer: Chief Operating Officer 1600 MERIT PARKWAY, SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095
Brian G. Lloyd officer: Chief Legal Officer, Secretary 1600 WEST MERIT PARKWAY, SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095
Raul Jr. Parra officer: Interim CFO 1600 WEST MERIT PARKWAY, SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095
Stephen C. Evans director C/O ALARM.COM HOLDINGS, INC., 8281 GREENSBORO DRIVE, SUITE 100, TYSONS VA 22102
Michel James Voigt officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 1600 W MERIT PARKWAY, SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095
Joseph Wright officer: President, International 1600 WEST MERIT PARKWAY, SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095
Thomas James Gunderson director 5905 LONG BRAKE TRAIL, EDINA MN 55439
A Scott Anderson director ONE SOUTH MAIN, SUITE 1134, SALT LAKE CITY UT 84111
Lynne Ward director 1600 WEST MERIT PARKWAY, SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095
Ronald Frost officer: Chief Operating Officer 1600 WEST MERIT PARKWAY, SOUTH JORDAN X1 84095
Robert Fredericks officer: Chief Strategy & Innovation O. 1600 MERIT PARKWAY, SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095
Michael R Mcdonnell director C/O IQVIA HOLDINGS INC., 83 WOOSTER HEIGHTS ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810
Laura S. Kaiser director 10101 WOODFIELD LANE, ST. LOUIS MO 63132