Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-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 | $21.8 billion |
| Industry | Healthcare equipment |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $1.9 billion |
| Management | CEO Gary Guthart (since 2010) CFO Marshall Mohr (since 2006) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 20.1% |
| Cash / Debt | $971.3 million / $0 |
| Competitors | Accuray Curexo Technology Medtronic |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 4,311 members who have rated Intuitive believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Earlier this month, one of those Fools, mario17, highlighted several of Intuitive's positives:
Although growth is slowing down, there is still growth potential, not only from its actual procedures but from possible new ones. This potential growth combine with an excellent management, a dominant position, no debt, huge cash flow, and so on, makes this company have excellent reasons to believe it can outperform the S&P 500.
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Report this Comment On July 20, 2012, at 1:32 PM, pkedrow wrote:
Is down 42 considered a "POP"?
Report this Comment On July 20, 2012, at 2:43 PM, DuncanDeac wrote:
Very interesting timing on this article Fool. It's as if you're trying to drive demand for a stock that has suffered some bad news in the last 24 hours.
Report this Comment On July 20, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Gilseki2U wrote:
I'm sorry, did I miss something? What bad news are you referring to?
A decrease in prostatectomies was offset by an increase in gynecological procedures. The 150 da Vincis' sold just last quarter will substantially increase the "razorblades" side of the business in spite of a "possible" slow down in European sales. In fact, management actually increased guidance for the rest of 1012. So what I am seeing is a knee-jerk reaction by Wall Street, which I took as an opportunity to buy some ISRG today. A beat on both revenues and earnings, combined with an 8% drop is truly a "Foolish" opportunity...
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