Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. ZBH

Look at the breakdown of Intuitive Surgical's revenue streams—Instruments and Accessories alone generate roughly 60% of the top line on a per-procedure basis. That tight link between surgery volume and cash flow explains why investors reacted so sharply when Intuitive noted in its fiscal Q2 2026 call that U.S. procedure growth had slowed. With recurring earnings visibility clouded, how much downside risk is the market actually pricing in.

Stryker's sales have grown about 10% a year on average over the past three years, and so have ResMed's. That shared growth rate in medical devices is the bet the two have in common. Stryker (SYK) is the giant, selling hospitals everything from hip and knee products to capital equipment. ResMed is a sleep device maker with less than a quarter of Stryker's revenue. Stryker costs 32.6 times its past year's earnings, against 21.9 times for ResMed. So does Stryker's reach justify that higher price? T

Zimmer Biomet currently trades at $91.50 per share and has shown little upside over the past six months, posting a middling return of 4.4%. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 16.9% gain during that period.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings: recent performance and context Zimmer Biomet Holdings (ZBH) has drawn investor attention after a stretch of weaker share performance, with the stock down 1.3% over the past day and 10.5% over the past month. At a share price of US$89.69, Zimmer Biomet Holdings has seen momentum fade recently, with the 30-day share price return down 10.5% and the 1-year total shareholder return declining 6.5%. This points to cooler sentiment following earlier periods of...

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) shares fell 10.4% in the past year, while the S&P 500 returned 16.5%. Much of the market has focused on moderating U.S. procedure growth. The more telling number is 144 trade-ins in fiscal Q2 2026, up from 83 a year earlier. Most came from customers moving to the new da Vinci 5 robot. Those trade-ins matter most if upgrades continue and each surgery also earns more. Is that number a blip, or are customers still trading up.

The global medical robots market is projected to grow from USD 20.6 billion in 2026 to USD 41.7 billion by 2031, at a 15.1% CAGR. Growth is driven by demand for minimally invasive surgery, healthcare automation, precision procedures, and advances in AI-powered surgical, rehabilitation, radiosurgery, hospital, and pharmacy robots. Robotic systems will hold the largest market share, while surgical robots will lead by type. Ambulatory surgery centers are set for the fastest end-user growth, and Asi

A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after sentiment in the healthcare sector weakened, as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services moved to cancel Affordable Care Act coverage for roughly 760,000 people and claw back billions in subsidies.

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Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) stock could climb 23.9% to the April high it last fell back from, and you would risk about 5% to find out. That looks like a surgical-robot leader on sale, but the price history disagrees. Over the last two years, none of its visits to this price range turned into a 20% gain before a 5% drop.

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) has lost about 12% over the past year, while the S&P 500 returned about 17%. Most of the debate has been about the U.S. procedure growth slowing. The number that should worry a holder more is the money the company collects on the instruments used in each operation. Intuitive plans to lower it.

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), maker of the da Vinci surgical robots, trades at about $382, some 36% below its 52-week high. Even so, you pay about 35.9 times trailing adjusted earnings. That is normalized net income with stock-based compensation added back, a basis meant to sit closer to the one analysts forecast on, though the two are not defined identically. Analysts' forecasts run to 2027, the year Intuitive plans to start lowering what customers pay per use on some instruments.

As Zimmer Biomet has lagged behind the broader Nasdaq Composite over the past year, Wall Street analysts remain cautious about the stock’s prospects.

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) trades near $370, about 38% below its 52-week high, after growth in its US robotic-surgery procedures slowed. Selling a put pays you now for agreeing to buy the shares much lower, and you keep the payment either way. The catch is it only works if you would want this business at that price.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. recently announced a major reshuffling of its leadership structure, effective October 1, 2026, promoting Gary Campbell to President, Americas; Brian Hatcher to President, Recon, S.E.T., CMFT, Neuro and Biosurgery; and Bradley Kessler to President, Americas – Robotics, Technology and Data, while Group President Kevin Thornal exited on September 30, 2026. This overhaul elevates long-tenured internal leaders with deep orthopedic, robotics and commercial experience,...

Reducing headcount at the Swiss site is part of an ongoing effort to simplify the company’s manufacturing footprint and supply chain.