EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION vs Intuitive Surgical, Inc., two Medical Devices stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EW and ISRG diverge most: on debt / equity, EW reads 0.06 and ISRG reads 0.00; on return on assets, EW reads 8.2% and ISRG reads 15.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What EW's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What ISRG's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | EW | ISRG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $86.03 | $353.34 |
| Market cap | $50.0B | $126.2B |
| Sector | Medical Devices | Medical Devices |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 45.8 | 40.6 |
| P/B | 4.84 | 6.90 |
| P/S | 7.93 | 11.44 |
| EV/EBITDA | 34.7 | 35.8 |
| Revenue growth | +14.1% | +20.8% |
| Gross margin | 78.0% | 67.8% |
| Operating margin | 29.0% | 33.6% |
| Net margin | 17.4% | 28.4% |
| Return on equity | 10.6% | 17.1% |
| Return on assets | 8.2% | 15.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.2% | 14.7% |
| FCF yield | 2.2% | 2.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.06 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 4.42 | 4.96 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.56 | 7.58 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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