Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BSX scored 71.4, MEDP scored 76.6 — MEDP leads.
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BSX
Boston Scientific Corporation
Medical Devices · Quality-Growth
71.4
$42.73 · $61.9B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.2
MEDP leads
MEDP
Medpace Holdings, Inc.
Diagnostics & Research · Quality-Growth
76.6
$612.05 · $17.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestBSX17.3x
Fastest growthMEDP+24.7%
Strongest balance sheetMEDP0.33
Highest qualityMEDP87 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BSX
stronger →← stronger
MEDP
66
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
87
78
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
88
71
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
58
MEDP is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BSX
MEDP
$1.8bC+
FCF
$707mC+
+19.9%B+
Rev
+24.7%A-
0.50B
D/E
0.33B
17.3xA-
P/E
35.9xC+
0.59A-
PEG
2.87C
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
BSX
MEDP
20% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
26% above
~14%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~20%/yr
-28%
1-yr DCF upside
-37%
-16%
5-yr DCF upside
-21%
+5%
10-yr DCF upside
+10%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BSX
Why this score
Buying back stock
MEDP
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
BSXBoston Scientific Corporation
Medical Devices · $42.73 · beta 0.57
Why now
Medical Devices · market cap $61.9b. Down 60% from 52-week high of $105.65 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +20%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.59 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 29 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $59.90 (implying +40% upside).
Moat
Net margin 17% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 15% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. $61.9b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Down 60% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
MEDPMedpace Holdings, Inc.
Diagnostics & Research · $612.05 · beta 1.18
Why now
Diagnostics & Research · market cap $17.1b. 10% off the 52-week high of $677.90. Revenue growing +25%, comfortably above the S&P median. 13 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $595.92 (implying -3% upside).
Moat
Net margin 18% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. FCF converts 144% of net income, helped by cash released from working capital ($120m) that doesn't repeat every year.
Risk
Trailing P/E 36x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where BSX and MEDP diverge
On the headline score the gap is 5.2 points in favor of MEDP. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityBSX 65.8 · MEDP 87.4MEDP +21.6
ValueBSX 70.7 · MEDP 58.4BSX +12.3
GrowthBSX 78.3 · MEDP 88.3MEDP +10.0
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is MEDP or BSX the better stock?
MEDP scores higher: MEDP 76.6, BSX 71.4 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do MEDP and BSX differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where MEDP leads by 22 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are MEDP and BSX scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.