Edwards Lifesciences Corporation vs Medtronic plc, two Medical Devices stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EW and MDT diverge most: on debt / equity, EW reads 0.06 and MDT reads 0.55; on implied growth (priced in), EW reads +24.9% and MDT reads +3.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's EW price has a different growth bar priced in than MDT (+24.9% implied for EW vs +3.2% for MDT); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What EW's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What MDT'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 | EW | MDT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $85.23 | $88.48 |
| Market cap | $49.2B | $113.7B |
| Sector | Medical Devices | Medical Devices |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +24.9% | +3.2% |
| P/E | 49.0 | 21.8 |
| P/B | 4.59 | 2.24 |
| P/S | 7.56 | 3.03 |
| EV/EBITDA | 29.1 | 14.4 |
| Revenue growth | +14.6% | +9.8% |
| Gross margin | 77.5% | — |
| Operating margin | 29.5% | 18.1% |
| Net margin | 15.4% | 13.9% |
| Return on equity | 9.4% | 10.3% |
| Return on assets | 7.3% | 5.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.5% | 7.2% |
| FCF yield | 2.9% | 5.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.06 | 0.55 |
| Current ratio | 4.52 | 2.07 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.55 | 2.73 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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