Which is more profitable, Amgen or Intuitive Surgical?

Intuitive Surgical keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Amgen or Intuitive Surgical?

Intuitive Surgical grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Amgen or Intuitive Surgical?

Amgen costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Amgen or Intuitive Surgical?

Intuitive Surgical would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Amgen vs Intuitive Surgical stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Amgen is cheaper for its profits. Intuitive Surgical is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Amgen	Intuitive Surgical
	$252 billion	$154 billion
	21.0%	28.4%
	+7.6%	+18.2%
	32.7×	53.8×
	2.7 years	Net cash
	15.0%	13.4%
	2.9%	–

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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