Intuitive Surgical vs Steris
ISRG and STE side by side, both in surgical, medical, and dental instruments and supplies. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ISRG and STE compare
Intuitive Surgical is the larger company, worth 6.9 times as much as Steris ($153B against $22.1B).
On earnings, Steris is cheaper: it trades at 27.8× trailing earnings, against 49.5× for Intuitive Surgical.
Intuitive Surgical grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.7% versus 8.4% for Steris).
Intuitive Surgical keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 28.4% compared with 13.3% at Steris.
Steris pays a dividend yielding 0.86%; Intuitive Surgical does not pay one.
Steris scores higher on the StockData Score (21 against 17 for Intuitive Surgical), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ISRG | STE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $153B | $22.1B |
| Share price | $432.01 | $227.12 |
| Change, 1 year | −19.6% | −4.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 18.4% | 1.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.33 | 0.77 |
| Employees | 17K | 17K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 | 21 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 49.5× | 27.8× (better) |
| P/S | 13.8× | 3.7× (better) |
| P/B | 8.4× | 3.1× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 42.7× | 14.4× (better) |
| P/FCF | 47.4× | 23.9× (better) |
| PEG | 1.70 | 0.29 (better) |
| FCF yield | 2.1% | 4.2% (better) |
| Fair value | $350.05 | $255.07 |
| Margin of safety | −23.4% | 11.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 20.7% (better) | 8.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 18.2% (better) | 13.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 20.4% | 24.5% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 21.8% | 25.5% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 21.8% (better) | 11.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 66.7% (better) | 44.4% |
| Operating margin | 31.3% (better) | 18.9% |
| Net margin | 28.4% (better) | 13.3% |
| FCF margin | 29.2% (better) | 15.3% |
| Return on equity | 17.4% (better) | 11.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.5% (better) | 9.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.26 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 0.86 |
| Interest coverage | – | 18.8× |
| Current ratio | 4.96 (better) | 1.91 |
| Altman Z-score | 37.48 (better) | 5.23 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 9 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.86% |
| Payout ratio | – | 30.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 9 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 9.4% |
| Buyback yield | 2.3% (better) | 1.5% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.3% | 2.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 86.9% | 97.4% |
| Held by insiders | 0.47% | 0.34% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$57.3M | −$9.8M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.1% | 2.9% |
Go deeper
- ISRG stock overview
- ISRG income statement
- ISRG valuation and score
- STE stock overview
- STE income statement
- STE valuation and score
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