BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION vs Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, two Medical Devices stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BSX and EW diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), BSX reads +1.6% and EW reads +24.9%; on debt / equity, BSX reads 0.50 and EW reads 0.06. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BSX price has a different growth bar priced in than EW (+1.6% implied for BSX vs +24.9% for EW); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What BSX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What EW's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BSX | EW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $42.74 | $85.23 |
| Market cap | $63.0B | $49.2B |
| Sector | Medical Devices | Medical Devices |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +1.6% | +24.9% |
| P/E | 17.3 | 49.0 |
| P/B | 2.50 | 4.59 |
| P/S | 3.00 | 7.56 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.8 | 29.1 |
| Revenue growth | +13.8% | +14.6% |
| Gross margin | 70.7% | 77.5% |
| Operating margin | 21.6% | 29.5% |
| Net margin | 17.5% | 15.4% |
| Return on equity | 14.6% | 9.4% |
| Return on assets | 8.1% | 7.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | 6.5% |
| FCF yield | 5.8% | 2.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.50 | 0.06 |
| Current ratio | 1.24 | 4.52 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.83 | 8.55 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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