MDLN vs RMTI vs RVP Stock Comparison

Medline, Rockwell Medical and Retractable Technologies Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MDLN Medline Inc.
$33.63 -5.6% 1M
Market cap
$44.21B
P/E
34.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$28.57B
Div. yield
–
Medical Supplies Healthcare
4 wins
RMTI Rockwell Medical, Inc.
$6.91 -19.2% 1M +522.5% 1Y
Market cap
$27.45M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$69.39M
Div. yield
–
Medical Supplies Healthcare
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Medline leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Medline 4, Retractable Technologies 3, Rockwell Medical 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMDLNRMTIRVPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $44.21B $27.45M $17.06M MDLN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 34.4x -5.4x -4.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.4x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -21.1% -11.2% RVP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.9% -7.3% -10.6% MDLN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.4% — -31.4% MDLN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 7.8x 2.6x RVP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — +522.5% -35.1% RMTI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +2.3%/yr -42.9%/yr RMTI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.5% 402.6% 40.2% RVP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 57/100 53/100 MDLN

Percentile Scorecard

MDLNRMTIRVP

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

AxisMDLNRMTIRVP
Valuation 82 #42 of 227 90 #23 of 227 73 #63 of 227
Growth – 26 #164 of 220 34 #145 of 220
Profitability 72 #59 of 209 56 #92 of 209 38 #130 of 209
Financial Health 41 #143 of 240 55 #108 of 240 65 #84 of 240
Shareholder Returns 72 #39 of 138 – –
Overall 67 57 53
  • MDLN ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • RMTI ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • RVP 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

PeriodMDLNRMTIRVPSPY
1 month -5.6%-19.2%-18.6% -2.3%
3 months -16.9%-4.4%-14.9% -0.7%
6 months -23.9%+676.4%-12.3% +4.8%
Year to date -19.9%+732.5%-26.2% +10.3%
1 year —+522.5%-35.1% +10.3%
3 years —+233.8%-48.6% +73.0%
3 years, per year —+49.5%-19.9% +20.1%
5 years —+12.2%-93.9% +61.9%
5 years, per year —+2.3%-42.9% +10.1%
10 years —-88.9%-78.2% +258.6%
10 years, per year —-19.8%-14.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMDLNRMTIRVPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.5%402.6%40.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.3%354.5%44.8% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.571.680.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —1.30-0.87 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -36.7%-91.1%-93.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.7%-21.9%-35.3% -3.5%
52-week high $49.99$8.85$0.88 $779.14
52-week low $31.64$0.55$0.57 $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.

MultipleMDLNRMTIRVP
P/E now vs peer median 34.4xmedian 28.4x -5.4xmedian 28.4x -4.7xmedian 28.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 3.0x 0.4xmedian 3.0x 0.5xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.5xmedian 18.0x -5.8xmedian 18.0x 1.5xmedian 18.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.8xmedian 25.0x 18.3xmedian 25.0x -3.3xmedian 25.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.3xmedian 2.3x 0.8xmedian 2.3x 0.2xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.93 -0.13median 0.93 0.22median 0.93

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 monthsMDLNRMTIRVP
Revenue $28.57B $69.39M $33.90M
Gross profit $7.79B $12.29M -$491.51K
Operating income $2.03B -$4.52M -$22.68M
Net income $1.03B -$5.08M -$3.37M
Free cash flow $1.59B $1.50M -$5.11M
R&D – $40.00K $682.03K
EPS (diluted) $0.97 $-1.28 $-0.12
Cash & equivalents $2.33B $10.52M $2.64M
Total debt $12.58B $9.00M $715.92K
Shares (diluted) 861.00M 3.96M 29.94M
Enterprise value $44.67B -$69.94M -$129.34M

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
MetricMDLNRMTIRVP
P/E 34.4x -5.4x -4.7x
P/FCF 27.8x 18.3x -3.3x
P/Operating cash flow 22.0x 9.6x -3.4x
P/S 1.5x 0.4x 0.5x
P/B 2.3x 0.8x 0.2x
P/Tangible book 8.0x 1.1x 0.2x
EV/EBITDA 17.5x -5.8x 1.5x
EV/EBIT 26.7x -2.6x 1.0x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 0.2x -0.7x
EV/FCF 34.0x 7.8x 4.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.0x 4.1x 4.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -0.13 0.22

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMDLNRMTIRVP
Revenue growth (1Y) – -21.1% -11.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -2.9% -14.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -20.3% 81.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 22.1% -26.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -250.1% -2.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 23.4% -11.7%
Net income growth (1Y) – -142.2% 61.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 24.1% -23.9%
EPS growth (1Y) – -109.9% 59.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 41.1% -21.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -18.3% 58.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 34.2% -16.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -44.2% 62.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 30.2% 20.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMDLNRMTIRVP
Gross margin 27.3% 17.7% -1.4%
EBITDA margin 10.8% -2.9% -43.9%
Operating margin 7.1% -6.5% -66.9%
Pretax margin 4.3% -7.9% -9.9%
Net margin 2.9% -7.3% -10.6%
FCF margin 5.6% 2.2% -15.1%
Operating cash flow margin 7.0% 4.1% -14.6%
Return on equity 5.4% -15.5% -4.7%
Return on assets 2.6% -9.6% -2.4%
Return on invested capital 5.4% – -31.4%
Return on capital employed 5.6% -9.9% -18.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.2x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x -0.6x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3% 2.7% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMDLNRMTIRVP
Debt / assets 32.0% 15.9% 0.5%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.3x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.2x 7.8x 2.6x
Debt / FCF 7.9x 6.0x -0.1x
Liabilities / assets 51.5% 37.9% 48.6%
Equity / assets 48.5% 62.1% 51.4%
Interest coverage – -4.0x -278.8x
Current ratio 4.3x 3.3x 4.9x
Quick ratio 2.3x 3.0x 3.7x
Cash ratio 1.0x 2.2x 3.0x
Altman Z-score 2.49 -7.78 0.43

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMDLNRMTIRVP
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 0.0% – –
Shareholder yield 0.0% – –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusMDLNRMTIRVP
Forward P/E 23.4xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.44FY2026 $-0.97FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +0.7%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +13.9% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $32.52BFY2026 $77.07MFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +14.4%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +8.0% +7.5% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMDLNRMTIRVP
Held by institutions 57.1% 8.6% 8.8%
Institutions holding 409 33 32
Change in shares held, QoQ +17.9% -14.2% +5.9%
Institutions buying 322 13 10
Institutions selling 69 9 4
Buyers to sellers 4.67 1.44 2.50

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.

MDLNRMTIRVP
MDLN 1.00 0.13 0.12
RMTI 0.13 1.00 0.03
RVP 0.12 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MDLN, RMTI and RVP?

Medline (MDLN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Medline (MDLN) $44.21B, Rockwell Medical (RMTI) $27.45M, Retractable Technologies (RVP) $17.06M.

Which company is growing faster?

Retractable Technologies (RVP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Rockwell Medical (RMTI) -21.1%, Retractable Technologies (RVP) -11.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Medline (MDLN) has the highest net margin (Medline (MDLN) 2.9%, Rockwell Medical (RMTI) -7.3%, Retractable Technologies (RVP) -10.6%). On return on invested capital, Medline (MDLN) leads (Medline (MDLN) 5.4%, Retractable Technologies (RVP) -31.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Rockwell Medical (RMTI) returned the most: Rockwell Medical (RMTI) +522.5%, Retractable Technologies (RVP) -35.1%. Over five years, Rockwell Medical (RMTI) compounded fastest (Rockwell Medical (RMTI) +2.3%/yr, Retractable Technologies (RVP) -42.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Retractable Technologies (RVP) has been the steadiest (Medline (MDLN) 44.5%, Rockwell Medical (RMTI) 402.6%, Retractable Technologies (RVP) 40.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MDLN, RMTI and RVP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Medline (MDLN) 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.