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RMD vs SWAV

Side-by-side comparison of ResMed Inc. (RMD) and Shockwave Medical Inc. (SWAV): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both RMD and SWAV operate in Medical/Dental Instruments (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
  • RMD is the larger of the two at $28.44B, about 6.0x SWAV ($4.73B).
  • RMD has hit the wire 6 times in the past 4 weeks while SWAV has been quiet.
  • RMD has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 21 for SWAV).
MetricRMDSWAV
Company
ResMed Inc.
Shockwave Medical Inc.
Price
$196.01+0.92%
$334.80-0.01%
Market cap
$28.44B
$4.73B
1M return
-6.57%
-
1Y return
-21.95%
-
Industry
Medical/Dental Instruments
Medical/Dental Instruments
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
2019
News (4w)
6
0
Recent ratings
25
21
RMD

ResMed Inc.

ResMed Inc. develops, manufactures, distributes, and markets medical devices and cloud-based software applications that diagnose, treat, and manage respiratory disorders comprising sleep apnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, neuromuscular disease, and other chronic diseases. The company operates in two segments, Sleep and Respiratory Care, and Software as a Service. It offers various products and solutions for a range of respiratory disorders, including technologies to be applied in medical and consumer products, ventilation devices, diagnostic products, mask systems for use in the hospital and home, headgear and other accessories, dental devices, portable oxygen concentrators, and cloud-based software informatics solutions to manage patient outcomes, as well as provides customer and business processes. The company also provides U-Sleep, which enables automated patient coaching through a text, email, or interactive voice phone call; AirView that enables remote monitoring, over-the-air trouble shooting, and changing of device settings; and myAir, a patient engagement application that offers sleep data and a daily score based on their previous night's data, as well as connectivity module and propeller solutions. In addition, it provides business management software and services to out-of-hospital providers, home medical equipment, pharmacy, home infusion, orthotics, and prosthetics; and HEALTHCAREfirst and MatrixCare solutions. The company markets its products to sleep clinics, home healthcare dealers, patients, hospitals, physicians, and third-party payers through a network of distributors and direct sales force in approximately 140 countries. ResMed Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

SWAV

Shockwave Medical Inc.

ShockWave Medical, Inc., a medical device company, engages in developing and commercializing intravascular lithotripsy technology to treat calcified plaque in patients with peripheral vascular, coronary vascular, and heart valve diseases worldwide. The company offers M5 catheters for treating above-the-knee peripheral artery disease; C2 catheters for treating coronary artery disease; and S4 catheters for treating below-the-knee peripheral artery disease. It serves interventional cardiologists, vascular surgeons, and interventional radiologists through sales representatives and sales managers, and distributors. ShockWave Medical, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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