| Company name | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| Stock ticker | ISRG |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]ISRG[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Good |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
| Employee productivity | Good |
| Sales growth | Poor |
| EPS growth | Good |
| P/E growth | Poor |
| EBIT growth | Good |
ANALYSIS
| Confident Investor Rating | Fair |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $314.69 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $448.4 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $470.31 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $392.66 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=isrg
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (Intuitive) designs, manufactures and markets da Vinci Surgical Systems and related instruments and accessories. A da Vinci Surgical System consists of a surgeon’s console, a patient-side cart and a high performance vision system. The da Vinci Surgical System translates a surgeon’s natural hand movements, which are performed on instrument controls at a console, into corresponding micro-movements of instruments positioned inside the patient through small incisions, or ports. The da Vinci Surgical System is designed to provide its operating surgeon with intuitive control, range of motion, fine tissue manipulation capability and three dimensional (3-D), high-definition (HD) vision while simultaneously allowing the surgeon to work through the small ports of MIS. In January 2014, Luna Innovations Inc announced the sale of its shape-sensing technology for medical applications to Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Confident Investor comments: At this time, I think that a Confident Investor can cautiously invest in Intuitive Surgical, Inc. as long as the price is correct. Most of the fundamentals of this company are good but there are some concerns. I am removing Intuitive Surgical from my Watch List.
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How was this analysis of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. calculated?
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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:
Stock price at the time of the calculation: $365.47
Growth: 0.12
Current EPS (TTM): $13.29
P/E: 27
Future EPS Calc: $23.42
Future Stock Price Calc: $632.38
Target stock price: $392.65
I hope that this makes you a better investor. [/s2If]