Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Competitors

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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 community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Abbott Laboratories had 9 more articles in the media than Intuitive Surgical. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Abbott Laboratories and 49 mentions for Intuitive Surgical. Intuitive Surgical's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Abbott Laboratories' score of 1.22 indicating that Intuitive Surgical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Abbott Laboratories
41 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Intuitive Surgical
41 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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%

Abbott Laboratories presently has a consensus price target of $133.06, indicating a potential upside of 1.30%. Intuitive Surgical has a consensus price target of $613.10, indicating a potential upside of 2.92%. Given Intuitive Surgical's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Intuitive Surgical
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Abbott Laboratories has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuitive Surgical has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

75.2% of Abbott Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Intuitive Surgical shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Abbott Laboratories shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Intuitive Surgical shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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$41.95B5.43$13.40B$7.6517.17
Intuitive Surgical$8.35B25.40$2.32B$6.4192.93

Intuitive Surgical received 109 more outperform votes than Abbott Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.88% of users gave Abbott Laboratories an outperform vote while only 68.87% of users gave Intuitive Surgical an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Abbott LaboratoriesOutperform Votes
942
69.88%
Underperform Votes
406
30.12%
Intuitive SurgicalOutperform Votes
1051
68.87%
Underperform Votes
475
31.13%

Summary

Abbott Laboratories beats Intuitive Surgical 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$212.18B$10.23B$5.69B$9.04B
Dividend YieldN/A1.39%5.28%4.01%
P/E Ratio92.9318.8189.8619.47
Price / Sales25.4034.401,036.2273.94
Price / Cash73.6719.5846.0638.79
Price / Book12.845.445.134.78
Net Income$2.32B$198.18M$113.50M$222.19M
7 Day Performance2.77%-0.57%-0.48%0.25%
1 Month Performance8.81%0.81%3.89%3.05%
1 Year Performance53.44%-11.96%22.49%20.50%

Intuitive Surgical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ISRG
Intuitive Surgical
4.6642 of 5 stars
$589.16
-1.1%
$613.10
+4.1%
+53.4%$209.49B$8.35B91.7513,676Insider Trade
Positive News
ABT
Abbott Laboratories
4.9171 of 5 stars
$130.99
+1.5%
$133.06
+1.6%
+17.5%$227.20B$41.95B17.12114,000Positive News
BSX
Boston Scientific
4.7012 of 5 stars
$106.02
+0.7%
$107.39
+1.3%
+62.1%$156.25B$16.75B84.8148,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SYK
Stryker
4.8657 of 5 stars
$391.66
+0.1%
$420.68
+7.4%
+14.7%$149.31B$22.60B50.4752,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
MDT
Medtronic
4.7338 of 5 stars
$90.63
+0.7%
$95.00
+4.8%
+6.9%$116.22B$32.36B27.7295,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
BDX
Becton, Dickinson and Company
4.9795 of 5 stars
$229.10
-0.3%
$283.00
+23.5%
-5.9%$66.50B$20.18B38.0974,000Earnings Report
Insider Trade
EW
Edwards Lifesciences
4.7036 of 5 stars
$70.97
+0.9%
$79.19
+11.6%
-16.4%$41.86B$6.31B10.2419,800Positive News
IDXX
IDEXX Laboratories
4.7563 of 5 stars
$465.43
+1.2%
$533.75
+14.7%
-18.8%$38.09B$3.90B43.6011,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
RMD
ResMed
4.6286 of 5 stars
$238.42
+0.6%
$244.73
+2.6%
+29.2%$34.99B$4.69B28.139,980
DXCM
DexCom
4.9281 of 5 stars
$87.59
-0.6%
$98.41
+12.3%
-26.7%$34.24B$3.62B52.499,600Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
STE
STERIS
4.8679 of 5 stars
$223.77
+0.2%
$258.75
+15.6%
0.0%$22.09B$5.14B47.5118,179Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:ISRG) was last updated on 2/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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