4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Intuitive Surgical
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 (NAS: 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) |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 20.1% |
Cash / Debt | $971.3 million / $0 |
Competitors | Accuray |
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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