MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
AI summary Insiders buy shares following strong first-quarter 2026 financial results and raised full-year guidance.
- Research score
- 69
- AI adjustment
- +9
Research score, not a recommendation.
Market data
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Why this score
Research score: a weighted blend of the five factors, times the routine and offering discounts, minus the selling penalty.
Why are they buying?
AI · discretionary · catalyst credible · documentedThe insider purchases occurred shortly after Merit Medical reported robust first-quarter 2026 results that exceeded expectations, alongside raised full-year guidance and positive business developments such as the View Point Medical acquisition.
CEO Martha Aronson, CFO Raul Parra, and other executive officers collectively acquired shares in the open market and via 401(k) plan holdings in early May 2026, following the April 30 earnings release showing a 7% increase in reported revenue and a 39% increase in GAAP EPS.
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Stock Price & Insider Purchase History
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| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | Voigt Michel J. history of Voigt Michel J.'s purchases | Other C-suite | 2,250 | $60.65 | $136.5K | SEC filing for Voigt Michel J. (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-05-07 | Lloyd Brian G. history of Lloyd Brian G.'s purchases | Other C-suite | 2,000 | $62.63 | $125.3K | SEC filing for Lloyd Brian G. (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-05-06 | Aronson Martha Goldberg history of Aronson Martha Goldberg's purchases | CEO | 2,000 | $60.44 | $120.9K | SEC filing for Aronson Martha Goldberg (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-05-11 | Smith Christian Adam history of Smith Christian Adam's purchases | Other C-suite | 1,626 | $61.00 | $99.2K | SEC filing for Smith Christian Adam (opens in a new tab) |
| 2026-05-06 | Parra Raul Jr. history of Parra Raul Jr.'s purchases | CFO | 1,500 | $61.01 | $91.5K | SEC filing for Parra Raul Jr. (opens in a new tab) |
| Total | $573.3K | |||||
What happened next
A run ends after a pause in the buying, so one company can have several. Returns are the stock's return minus its benchmark's (IWM for small companies, SPY otherwise), from the first open after the run became a cluster. Past results, not a forecast.
After this run became a cluster: 21 days +5.6%63 days +35.3%126 days –