Which is more profitable, Bristol-Myers Squibb or Intuitive Surgical?

Intuitive Surgical keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Bristol-Myers Squibb or Intuitive Surgical?

Intuitive Surgical grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Bristol-Myers Squibb or Intuitive Surgical?

Bristol-Myers Squibb costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Bristol-Myers Squibb or Intuitive Surgical?

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

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Bristol-Myers Squibb 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

Bristol-Myers Squibb is cheaper for its profits. Intuitive Surgical is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Bristol-Myers Squibb	Intuitive Surgical
	$130 billion	$154 billion
	14.6%	28.4%
	+2.5%	+18.2%
	18.4×	53.8×
	2.4 years	Net cash
	13.9%	13.4%
	4.4%	–

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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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