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ISRG: INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC - Stock Quote Enter Ticker:
 

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INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC (NASD)
ISRG 494.00 2.61 (0.53%) Vol.  227,287 16:00 ET

Zacks Rank: 2 - Buy


Day Low - High 488.39 - 494.57
52wk Low - High 315.01 - 495.53
Avg Volume 460,314
Industry MED INSTRUMENTS
Market Cap 19.16 B
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 33.91
PEG Ratio 1.69
Current Year Est. 14.49
EPS Last Year 12.30
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INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC ISRG 2
HANSEN MEDICAL HNSN 1
SYNERON MED LTD ELOS 1
CANTEL MED CORP CMN 2
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.23
ABR (Last Week) 2.23
# of Recs in ABR 13
Average Target Price 481.15
Rank in Industry 45 out of 55
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR ISRG
Zacks Blog: Earnings Scorecard: Intuitive
Feb 01, 2012
Zacks Equity Research: Report for ISRG
Jan 23, 2012
Zacks Blog: Intuitive Beats Squarely
Jan 20, 2012
Zacks Blog: Earnings Preview: Intuitive
Jan 17, 2012
Zacks Blog: FDA Clears Intuitive's EndoWrist
Jan 10, 2012
Zacks Blog: The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: St. Jude Medical, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Intuitive Surgical and Thermo Fisher Scientific
Dec 22, 2011
Zacks Blog: New Year Bets from MedTech
Dec 21, 2011
Zacks Blog: Intuitive Wins FDA Clearance
Dec 19, 2011
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NEWS
Invacare is Among the Companies in the Health Care Equipment Industry With the Highest Sales per Share (IVC, ISRG, TFX) - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 07, 2012
How To Invest: Gap-Up Gain Can Be Best Time To Buy - Investors Business Daily
Feb 06, 2012
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Showing Bullish Technicals But Could Fall Through $478.32 Support - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 06, 2012
Intuitive Surgical Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K) - GuruFocus
Feb 06, 2012
Uptrend Still Intact, But Buys Get Harder To Find - Investors Business Daily
Feb 06, 2012
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Crosses Pivot Point Resistance at $493.39 - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 03, 2012
Watch for Continued Gains in Shares of Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 03, 2012
A Forward Look, The Year Ahead - Featured Research on IntuitiveSurgical, Inc. and ManpowerGroup - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 02, 2012
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
03/2012
Next Quarter
06/2012
This Year
12/2012
Next Year
12/2013
Average Estimate 3.17 3.53 14.49 16.78
Number of Estimates 13 13 14 12
Low Estimates 2.83 3.38 14.30 15.57
High Estimate 3.54 3.80 15.04 17.39
Year Ago EPS 2.59 2.91 12.32 14.49
EPS Growth 22.22% 21.44% 17.61% 15.83%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. designs and manufactures the da Vinci Surgical System. The da Vinci Surgical System seamlessly translates the surgeon's natural hand movements on instrument controls at a console into corresponding micromovements of instruments positioned inside the patient through small puncture incisions, or ports. The products provide the surgeon with the range of motion and fine tissue control previously possible only with open surgery, while simultaneously allowing the surgeon to work through small ports.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 12.3
Sales 1757.3
Net Income 495.1
Price/Earnings 39.95
Price/Book 7.24
Price/Cash Flow 45.73
Price/Sales 10.9


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