GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. vs Intuitive Surgical, Inc., two Medical Devices stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GEHC and ISRG diverge most: on fcf yield, GEHC reads -0.4% and ISRG reads 2.5%; on debt / equity, GEHC reads 0.95 and ISRG reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What GEHC'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 | GEHC | ISRG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $68.03 | $353.34 |
| Market cap | $31.1B | $126.2B |
| Sector | Medical Devices | Medical Devices |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.7% | — |
| P/E | 16.3 | 40.6 |
| P/B | 2.91 | 6.90 |
| P/S | 1.48 | 11.44 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.3 | 35.8 |
| Revenue growth | +5.9% | +20.8% |
| Gross margin | 38.5% | 67.8% |
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 33.6% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 28.4% |
| Return on equity | 17.9% | 17.1% |
| Return on assets | 5.1% | 15.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.4% | 14.7% |
| FCF yield | -0.4% | 2.5% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.95 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.22 | 4.96 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.60 | 7.58 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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