By Insider Monkey: By Matt DoironWe track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors. Even though the information in 13Fs is a bit old by the time these filings are released, there are still a few ways to make use

Below are the top large-cap medical appliances & equipment stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin.The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) is 40.78%.

Though there are legitimate concerns, there's no telling how important Intuitive's daVinci will be in coming years.

By Valuentum:Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) recently received some favorable news that may help with its stock's sentiment. Such a favorable ruling may help set the tone for the stock to make a large move higher. But how much higher? Well, let's dig into

One Fool explains his second-largest holding and why he's not likely to sell any time soon.

By Fundamental Investor:Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) is a company with exceptionally strong growth potential whose stock has skyrocketed by about 25 times from its IPO in 2000. Any stock with such phenomenal appreciation will be under tremendous selling

Below are the top healthcare stocks in terms of earnings per share.The trailing-twelve-month earnings per share at Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) is $17.04. Intuitive Surgical's ROE for the same period is 20.96%.The trailing-twelve-month earnings

Intuitive Surgical's revolutionary surgical robots come under continued scrutiny, and the company's shares have fallen in recent months.Does this amount to one of the market's best opportunities?

Intuitive Surgical warns of a potentially defective module.

By Trefis: Intuitive Surgical(ISRG), a developer of roboticsurgical systems called da VinciSurgical System, released its Q1 earnings on April 18. The medicaldevice maker continued with its streak of beatingmarket expectationsas revenues grew over 23%

ByScipio Advisors:Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) has been the darling of Wall Street in medical technology. Since its IPO in 2000, its stock price has appreciated 2600%, making it a 26-bagger for early investors. Recently, the company started facing signi

Market-trouncing returns could be written in this 4-Star.

Fascinating investigative journalism from the great Herb Greenberg: 450,000 people had robot-assisted surgery last year, making Intuitive Surgical, the maker of the da Vinci machine, one of the hottest stocks around. Hospitals across the country embr

Shares are falling fast as investors panic over lawsuits and an FDA investigation, but don't let that shake your investing strategy

ByNick Chiu:Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) designs, manufactures and markets da Vinci Surgical systems and related instruments and accessories, allowing a surgeon to control up to three endoscopic instruments from a remote console while a dual camer

Chalk up another victory for this company's most recent quarter

* Sees 2013 procedure growth at low end of 20-23 pct range

April 18 (Reuters) - Intuitive Surgical Inc : * Says sold 164 da vinci systems in Q1, including 25 in Japan * Sees 2013 procedure growth at lower end of 20-23 percent range * Sees 2013 revenue growth at higher end of 16-19 percent range

April 18 (Reuters) - Intuitive Surgical Inc : * Says sold 164 da vinci systems in Q1, including 25 in Japan * Sees 2013 procedure growth at lower end of 20-23 percent range * Sees 2013 revenue growth at higher end of 16-19 percent range

NEW YORK, April 18 (Reuters) - Intuitive Surgical Inc : * Shares were down 4.2 percent after the bell following the release of its results

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April 18 (Reuters) - Intuitive Surgical Inc on Thursday reported much higher-than-expected first-quarter profit as sales of its da Vinci surgical robots and procedures using the high-priced machines increased during the period.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Intuitive Surgical Inc.said late Thursday that its first-quarter earnings rose to $188.9 million, or $4.56 a share, from $143.5 million, or $3.50 a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $611.4 million from $495

April 18 (Reuters) - Intuitive Surgical Inc on Thursday reported much higher first-quarter profit as sales of its da Vinci surgical robots and procedures using the high-priced machines increased during the period.

By Joey Solitro:Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) has assisted in saving millions of lives with its surgical systems and instruments, but the safety of those products have come under fire. The company is set to report earnings on April 18 and it may cause a

Optimism surrounds Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), as it gets ready to report its first quarter results on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Analysts are expecting the company to book a profit of $3.99 a share, up from $3.50 a year ago.

A widow whose husband cried about being “trapped” in his body after undergoing a prostatectomy that used Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci robotic system is suing the company.

PITTSBURGH (TheStreet) -- Let me offer you -- the good readers of TheStreet -- some notice. I make money the old fashion way. I cut people open. I work full time as a busy academic urologic oncologist. So why am I here? To rant about why the recent p

A doctor rants against the naysyers and nitpickers slamming robotic surgery. It's here for good, so get used to it. Click to view a price quote on ISRG. Click to research the Health Services industry.

The bearish sentiment around Intuitive Surgical won't go away anytime soon, so new investors should be prepared to deal with some volatility over the short term.

ByNick Chiu:Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) was up 0.53% and closed at $489.39 on March 22, 2013. ISRG had been trading in the range of $455.18-$594.89 in the past 52 weeks. ISRG has a market cap of $19.64B with a beta of 1.58. A lot has happened sin

By Trefis: Intuitive Surgical’s (ISRG) stock has been hammered by the recent inflow of negative reports regarding the safety and cost-benefits of its da Vinci Surgical system. A new comprehensive study by Columbia University suggests that surgery t

This stock recently announced a new buyback program. Are you buying it?

Intuitive Surgical’s stock has been hammered by the recent inflow of negative reports regarding the safety and cost-benefits of its da Vinci Surgical system. A new study by Columbia University suggests that surgery through the system costs signific

Intuitive Surgical increased its stock-buyback program by $1 billion, a show of confidence as the company battles doubts about its robotic devices.

Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) today announced that its board of directors has authorized the Company to repurchase an additional $1 billion of the Company's outstanding common stock. The $1 billion repurchase authorization will be available after

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) is a leading medical device company that specializes in minimally invasive surgery ("MIS") with its da Vinici Surgical System. The platform enables surgeons to perform surgeries by guiding the precise medical instruments thr

By The Value Investor: Shares of Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) ended the final trading day of the week with losses of 6.2%. The losses followed up on a correction which started around lunch time on Thursday, as shares have lost a cumulative 10% in merely

One analyst finds the robotic surgery expert deeply undervalued, and even his worst-case scenario calls for higher prices. Here's why.

ByStock Trader :I am writing to explain why Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) is the perfect buy right now.It is not difficult to understand why ISRG has had such a large drop in stock price over the past month. If one is not in the medical field (as I assum

By Zvi Bar:At the start of the month, I noted that Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG) and its "da Vinci" robotic surgical system might face headwinds from both peer reviewed research data that questions the broad usage of robotic assisted surgery and gov

Intuitive Surgical shares just hit a new 52-week low, but this analyst thinks its a buying opportunity.

Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) fell to a new intra-day 52-week low on Friday after a doctors' group questioned the value of its da Vinci surgical devices late on Thursday. In the wake of the statement on Thursday, ISRG fell around 4 percent.

Lazard's Sean Lavin earlier issued some comments which may give some reassurance to investors in Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG).

In response to general inquiries regarding a recent rise in Medical Device Reports (MDR) filed by Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG), the company explained that the noted rise does not reflect a change in product performance but rather a change in MDR

Fool contributor Anders Bylund tells investors why these two stocks are the largest holdings in his portfolio.

Cramer likes Archer Daniels Midland but he's worried about Pitney Bowes and avoiding Intuitive Surgical. Click to view a price quote on ADM. Click to research the Food & Beverage industry.

By Stephen Simpson:Just in recent memory, investors have had little problem with talking highly-valued med-tech stories like Edwards Lifesciences (EW), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), and Cepheid (CPHD) and pushing them even higher on their uncommonly str

Northland Capital Markets earlier initiated coverage on Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) with an Underperform rating and $400 price target.