Dissent · Tue, Sep 8, 2026

One stock a day where insiders, the crowd, the headlines and our model disagree. We show where each stands and, at the 4:00 PM ET close, mark who was right. Today’s card

MMSI: insiders are selling while the crowd is bullish

Four voices, one question: does MMSI close up or down today?

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.. #1 of our 3 picks today, and the one where the voices split widest.

$87.72 when posted, already -2.10% on the day.

Leans up

  • Retail crowd · Up

    Bullish: 100% of 5 StockTwits posts with a bull or bear tag today.

  • Headlines · Up

    Positive: 100% of 5 headlines scored in the last 7 days.

  • Our model · Up

    Bullish: 89 out of 100 on our model (analyst ratings + social sentiment).

Leans down

  • Insiders & Congress · Down

    Selling: 0 buys, 2 sells in insider and Congress filings from the last 45 days. Insider sells can include scheduled plan sales.

MMSI closed at $87.38, down 2.48%. The down side was right: the insiders. Wrong: the crowd, the headlines and our model.

Not financial advice. The card is posted with the 1:30 PM ET picks and scored on the whole day (today’s close vs yesterday’s), so part of the move had already happened when it was posted.

Not financial advice. The sources disagree on purpose; nothing here is a buy or sell signal.