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ICU Medical

ICUI
32
Medical - Instruments & Supplies · Healthcare
Price
$157.51
-4.66 (-2.87%)
Market Cap
$3.94B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
32
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count rising — dilution

+14.3% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 21.8M (2021) → 24.9M (2025)

ICU Medical, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells medical devices used in infusion therapy and critical care applications worldwide. The company's infusion therapy products include needlefree products under the MicroClave, MicroClave Clear, and NanoClave brands; Neutron catheter patency devices; SwabCap and SwabTip disinfecting caps; Tego hemodialysis connectors; ClearGuard HD, an antimicrobial barrier cap for hemodialysis catheters; and ChemoClave and ChemoLoc

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-12.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

+293.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$87M/ year

Flat (-1% vs prior year)

3.9% of revenue

Below sector average (18%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

2.0%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$288M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

ICU Medical's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
32.6%
Modest — 32.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
5.8%
Thin — 5.8% operating margin
ROCE
0.9%
Weak — 0.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-10.9%
Shrinking sales (-10.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
361%
Turns 361% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
3.7%
Thin free cash flow (3.7%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.61
Moderate — manageable debt (0.61)
Interest Cover
1.57x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.6x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
84.2x
Expensive — P/E 84.2

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward
+69.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (84.2 → 14.4)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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