| Company name | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| Stock ticker | ISRG |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]ISRG[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Good |
| Employee productivity | Good |
| Sales growth | Good |
| EPS growth | Good |
| P/E growth | Poor |
| EBIT growth | Good |
| Confident Investor Rating | Good |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $642.31 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $874.32 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $614.33 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $644.1 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=isrg
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (Intuitive Surgical) designs, manufactures and market da Vinci Surgical Systems, which are advanced surgical systems.The Company’s principal products include three models of da Vinci Surgical System: da Vinci Si Surgical System, da Vinci S Surgical System and standard da Vinci Surgical System, along with a variety of EndoWrist instruments and accessories. The da Vinci Surgical System is used to perform surgery across multiple surgical specialties, including urology, gynecology, cardiothoracic surgery, transoral surgery, and general surgery. As of December 31, 2010, the Company had an installed base of 1,752 da Vinci Surgical Systems. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company introduced da Vinci Si-e systems and da Vinci Si Surgical System. During 2010, it sold nine da Vinci Si-e systems. The da Vinci Surgical System consists of a surgeon�s console, or consoles, a patient-side cart and vision system.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.