Which is more profitable, Intuitive Surgical or Merck &?

Intuitive Surgical keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Intuitive Surgical or Merck &?

Intuitive Surgical grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Intuitive Surgical or Merck &?

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

Which has less debt, Intuitive Surgical or Merck &?

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

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Intuitive Surgical vs Merck & 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. Merck & is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Intuitive Surgical	Merck &
	$154 billion	$364 billion
	28.4%	28.1%
	+18.2%	+9.4%
	53.8×	20.0×
	Net cash	1.2 years
	13.4%	17.8%
	–	2.8%

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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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