Which is more profitable, Intuitive Surgical or Medtronic?

Intuitive Surgical keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Intuitive Surgical or Medtronic?

Intuitive Surgical grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Intuitive Surgical or Medtronic?

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

Which has less debt, Intuitive Surgical or Medtronic?

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

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Intuitive Surgical vs Medtronic stock

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

In one sentence

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

Side by side

	Intuitive Surgical	Medtronic
	$154 billion	$132 billion
	28.4%	13.2%
	+18.2%	+3.8%
	53.8×	27.4×
	Net cash	2.7 years
	13.4%	7.2%
	–	3.5%

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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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