4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Intuitive Surgical

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, surgical robot specialist Intuitive Surgical (Nasdaq: ISRG) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Intuitive's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

Intuitive facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Sunnyvale, Calif. (1995)
Market Cap	$9.4 billion
Industry	Health-care equipment
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$960.7 million
Management	CEO Lonnie Smith (since 1997) CFO Marshall Mohr (since 2006)
Compound Annual Revenue and Net Income Growth (Over Past 3 Years)	42.5% and 28.1%, respectively
Cash/Debt	$512.8 million / $0
Other Highly Rated Health-Care Equipment Stocks	Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) St.Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ)
CAPS Members Bullish on ISRG Also Bullish on	Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)
CAPS Members Bearish on ISRG Also Bearish on	Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 95% of the 3,741 members who have rated Intuitive believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include gweech and Twg345.

Late last month, gweech touched briefly on the company's most recent quarter:

[P]atent lock, cash pigs, absolutely required health technology, revolutionary procedures. Crushed estimates. This stock defines the Fool philosophy.

In an earlier pitch, Twg345 tapped Intuitive's "razors and blades" business model as a rather sharp decision:

[Intuitive] is a well run company with a huge market share in its respective industry. [Intuitive's] Da Vinci System is an absolute one of a kind product that further distinguishes [the company] from other health care companies. This company also produces razor blades. ... I wouldn't be surprised to see this stock make drastic gains in the near future. Also, it will be very interesting to see how this stock is affected by the Obama administration as it begins to make important decisions with health care.

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