LMAT vs BSX vs MDT Stock Comparison

Lemaitre Vascular, Boston Scientific and Medtronic Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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LMAT Lemaitre Vascular Inc
$85.27 +2.9% 1M -4.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.85B
P/E
28.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$262.43M
Div. yield
0.01%
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins
BSX Boston Scientific Corp
$42.68 -2.8% 1M -57.4% 1Y
Market cap
$61.64B
P/E
17.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.07B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
2 wins
MDT Medtronic plc
$97.10 +11.5% 1M +5.9% 1Y
Market cap
$123.68B
P/E
23.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$37.54B
Div. yield
0.03%
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Medtronic leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Medtronic 4, Lemaitre Vascular 4, Boston Scientific 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLMATBSXMDTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.85B $61.64B $123.68B MDT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 28.1x 17.6x 23.6x BSX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.9x 13.7x 17.4x BSX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.8% +8.9% +9.8% LMAT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 25.0% — 13.9% LMAT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 6.9% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.0x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.03% MDT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -4.1% -57.4% +5.9% MDT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +10.4%/yr -0.2%/yr -4.1%/yr LMAT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.2% 40.3% 24.8% MDT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 82/100 — 66/100 LMAT

Percentile Scorecard

LMATBSXMDT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisLMATBSXMDT
Valuation 74 #60 of 227 86 #32 of 227 83 #40 of 227
Growth 89 #26 of 218 71 #64 of 218 52 #105 of 218
Profitability 96 #9 of 202 – 89 #24 of 202
Financial Health 89 #26 of 233 – 50 #118 of 233
Shareholder Returns 64 #48 of 130 – 58 #55 of 130
Overall 82 – 66
  • LMAT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • BSX ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • MDT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodLMATBSXMDTSPY
1 month +2.9%-2.8%+11.5% +0.7%
3 months -16.6%-7.2%+13.3% +3.7%
6 months -22.3%-25.9%+19.9% +7.1%
Year to date +5.1%-55.2%+1.1% +12.8%
1 year -4.1%-57.4%+5.9% +11.9%
3 years +78.0%-14.7%+38.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +21.2%-5.2%+11.5% +22.8%
5 years +63.9%-1.0%-19.0% +67.6%
5 years, per year +10.4%-0.2%-4.1% +10.9%
10 years +295.1%+93.2%+18.5% +262.0%
10 years, per year +14.7%+6.8%+1.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureLMATBSXMDTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.2%40.3%24.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.2%47.8%22.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.420.130.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.09-1.430.24 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.5%-61.6%-43.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.4%-59.3%-7.8% -1.2%
52-week high $117.39$104.98$105.35 $779.14
52-week low $78.80$41.57$73.75 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleLMATBSXMDT
P/E now vs peer median 29.7xmedian 28.7x 17.9xmedian 28.7x 23.8xmedian 28.7x
P/S now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 3.0x 2.9xmedian 3.0x 3.3xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.7xmedian 17.8x —median 17.8x 14.8xmedian 17.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.4xmedian 26.4x 17.6xmedian 26.4x 20.3xmedian 26.4x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 2.4x —median 2.4x 2.4xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.88median 0.99 0.41median 0.99 1.64median 0.99

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsLMATBSXMDT
Revenue $262.43M $21.07B $37.54B
Gross profit $191.31M $14.57B $24.41B
Operating income $77.32M $3.93B $6.79B
Net income $65.67M – $5.27B
Free cash flow $73.83M – $6.13B
R&D $15.41M $2.16B $2.92B
EPS (diluted) $2.68 $2.37 $4.07
Cash & equivalents $26.63M – $1.69B
Total debt – – $113.29B
Shares (diluted) 24.53M 1.47B 1.29B
Enterprise value $402.19M $61.64B $88.93B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricLMATBSXMDT
P/E 29.7x 17.9x 23.8x
P/FCF 26.4x 17.6x 20.3x
P/Operating cash flow 23.5x – 15.5x
P/S 7.4x 2.9x 3.3x
P/B 4.6x – 2.4x
P/Tangible book 5.0x – 3.1x
EV/EBITDA 17.7x – 14.8x
EV/EBIT 20.4x – 21.2x
EV/Revenue 6.0x 2.9x 3.8x
EV/FCF 21.3x – 23.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.0x – 17.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.88 0.41 1.64

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLMATBSXMDT
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.8% 8.9% 9.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.0% 15.3% 6.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.0% 9.8% 9.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 18.8% 15.1% 5.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 41.2% 13.5% 10.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 36.4% 22.1% 6.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 39.4% – 12.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 37.6% – 13.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 30.1% 27.2% 12.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 33.6% 43.2% 14.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 41.2% – 12.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 48.0% – 11.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 41.1% – 15.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.4% – 11.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLMATBSXMDT
Gross margin 72.9% – 65.0%
EBITDA margin 33.8% – 25.9%
Operating margin 29.5% – 18.1%
Pretax margin 32.3% – 17.6%
Net margin 25.0% – 13.9%
FCF margin 28.1% – 16.3%
Operating cash flow margin 31.6% – 21.4%
Return on equity 15.9% – 10.4%
Return on assets 10.3% – 5.7%
Return on invested capital – – 6.9%
Return on capital employed 12.8% – 8.3%
Asset turnover 0.4x – 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x – 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 3.0% – 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLMATBSXMDT
Debt / assets – – 30.2%
Debt / equity – – 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.0x
Debt / FCF – – 4.6x
Liabilities / assets 34.4% – 45.5%
Equity / assets 65.6% – 54.5%
Interest coverage 14.9x – 9.4x
Current ratio 16.3x – 2.1x
Quick ratio 13.8x – 1.3x
Cash ratio 12.6x – 0.7x
Altman Z-score 7.43 – 3.06

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLMATBSXMDT
Dividend yield 1.1% – 2.9%
Net buyback yield -0.3% – 0.2%
Shareholder yield 0.8% – 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 31.2% – 69.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) 27.8% – 59.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) 26.3% – 1.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 20.5% – 0.2%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusLMATBSXMDT
Forward P/E 28.9xFY2026 13.7xFY2026 17.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.95FY2026 $3.12FY2026 $5.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.1%FY2026 +2.0%FY2026 +0.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +14.7% +7.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $266.90MFY2026 $20.67BFY2026 $39.92BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.9%FY2026 +3.0%FY2026 +9.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.4% +1.6% -4.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLMATBSXMDT
Held by institutions 99.3% 90.5% 85.1%
Institutions holding 327 1,482 2,126
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% -0.7% -0.2%
Institutions buying 172 739 1,015
Institutions selling 98 610 913
Buyers to sellers 1.76 1.21 1.11

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

LMATBSXMDT
LMAT 1.00 0.27 0.25
BSX 0.27 1.00 0.46
MDT 0.25 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LMAT, BSX and MDT?

Medtronic (MDT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) $1.85B, Boston Scientific (BSX) $61.64B, Medtronic (MDT) $123.68B.

Which stock is cheaper, LMAT, BSX and MDT?

Boston Scientific (BSX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 28.1x, Boston Scientific (BSX) 17.6x, Medtronic (MDT) 23.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Boston Scientific (BSX) is cheapest (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 28.9x, Boston Scientific (BSX) 13.7x, Medtronic (MDT) 17.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +11.8%, Boston Scientific (BSX) +8.9%, Medtronic (MDT) +9.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) has the highest net margin (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 25.0%, Medtronic (MDT) 13.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Medtronic (MDT) returned the most: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) -4.1%, Boston Scientific (BSX) -57.4%, Medtronic (MDT) +5.9%. Over five years, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) compounded fastest (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +10.4%/yr, Boston Scientific (BSX) -0.2%/yr, Medtronic (MDT) -4.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Medtronic (MDT) has the highest dividend yield: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 0.01%, Boston Scientific (BSX) 0.00%, Medtronic (MDT) 0.03%. Boston Scientific (BSX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Medtronic (MDT) has been the steadiest (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 46.2%, Boston Scientific (BSX) 40.3%, Medtronic (MDT) 24.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LMAT, BSX and MDT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Medtronic (MDT) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.