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ISRG vs. ABT, BSX, SYK, MDT, BDX, EW, IDXX, RMD, DXCM, and STE

Should you be buying Intuitive Surgical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intuitive Surgical include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Boston Scientific (BSX), Stryker (SYK), Medtronic (MDT), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), ResMed (RMD), DexCom (DXCM), and STERIS (STE). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.

Intuitive Surgical vs.

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) and Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Abbott Laboratories has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuitive Surgical has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Abbott Laboratories has higher revenue and earnings than Intuitive Surgical. Abbott Laboratories is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuitive Surgical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abbott Laboratories$41.95B5.40$13.40B$7.7116.95
Intuitive Surgical$8.71B21.21$2.32B$6.8275.63

75.2% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Intuitive Surgical shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Abbott Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Intuitive Surgical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Intuitive Surgical had 11 more articles in the media than Abbott Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Intuitive Surgical and 45 mentions for Abbott Laboratories. Abbott Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Intuitive Surgical's score of 0.80 indicating that Abbott Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Abbott Laboratories
36 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Intuitive Surgical
30 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Intuitive Surgical received 106 more outperform votes than Abbott Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Abbott Laboratories an outperform vote while only 68.88% of users gave Intuitive Surgical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Abbott LaboratoriesOutperform Votes
952
70.00%
Underperform Votes
408
30.00%
Intuitive SurgicalOutperform Votes
1058
68.88%
Underperform Votes
478
31.12%

Abbott Laboratories currently has a consensus target price of $142.59, suggesting a potential upside of 9.09%. Intuitive Surgical has a consensus target price of $598.95, suggesting a potential upside of 16.12%. Given Intuitive Surgical's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Intuitive Surgical is more favorable than Abbott Laboratories.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Abbott Laboratories
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84
Intuitive Surgical
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Abbott Laboratories has a net margin of 31.95% compared to Intuitive Surgical's net margin of 27.81%. Abbott Laboratories' return on equity of 20.74% beat Intuitive Surgical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abbott Laboratories31.95% 20.74% 11.19%
Intuitive Surgical 27.81%14.55%12.88%

Summary

Intuitive Surgical beats Abbott Laboratories on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ISRG vs. The Competition

MetricIntuitive SurgicalSurgical appliances & supplies IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$184.87B$9.15B$5.56B$7.82B
Dividend YieldN/A1.64%5.11%4.22%
P/E Ratio80.4719.2722.5118.48
Price / Sales21.2171.13395.68103.60
Price / Cash75.9319.6738.1834.62
Price / Book11.114.956.774.25
Net Income$2.32B$284.66M$3.22B$248.23M
7 Day Performance1.51%0.01%1.45%0.89%
1 Month Performance3.92%1.87%3.97%3.53%
1 Year Performance38.77%-17.14%16.14%5.08%

Intuitive Surgical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ISRG
Intuitive Surgical
4.6173 of 5 stars
$519.72
+0.8%
$598.95
+15.2%
+39.2%$186.25B$8.71B81.0712,100Analyst Revision
ABT
Abbott Laboratories
4.8966 of 5 stars
$129.34
+0.4%
$142.59
+10.2%
+23.4%$224.39B$41.95B16.91115,000Positive News
BSX
Boston Scientific
4.5301 of 5 stars
$101.87
0.0%
$114.52
+12.4%
+43.2%$150.69B$17.55B81.5045,000Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
SYK
Stryker
4.8319 of 5 stars
$365.55
+0.1%
$423.53
+15.9%
+11.2%$139.51B$22.60B47.1051,000Positive News
MDT
Medtronic
4.5394 of 5 stars
$83.79
-0.4%
$96.14
+14.7%
+5.4%$107.48B$33.20B25.4795,000Positive News
BDX
Becton, Dickinson and Company
4.9057 of 5 stars
$204.61
-0.2%
$272.86
+33.4%
-11.8%$58.70B$20.64B33.9677,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
EW
Edwards Lifesciences
4.6106 of 5 stars
$75.23
-1.1%
$79.45
+5.6%
-10.8%$44.12B$5.25B10.7717,300Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
IDXX
IDEXX Laboratories
3.9573 of 5 stars
$432.03
-1.2%
$523.75
+21.2%
-12.2%$34.99B$3.90B40.4610,800Earnings Report
Positive News
Gap Up
RMD
ResMed
4.0268 of 5 stars
$232.78
-1.3%
$258.83
+11.2%
+10.5%$34.20B$5.02B27.498,160Dividend Announcement
DXCM
DexCom
4.9426 of 5 stars
$71.07
-0.8%
$99.00
+39.3%
-44.0%$27.86B$4.03B49.697,600Positive News
STE
STERIS
4.5006 of 5 stars
$225.34
+0.2%
$258.75
+14.8%
+9.8%$22.12B$5.40B47.8016,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News

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