Edwards Lifesciences (EW)

• Market cap: $48.4B
• 1 day: 3%
• 5 days: 9.29%
• 1 month: 1.93%
• 3 months: -0.98%
• 6 months: 5.7%
• Year to date: 0.67%
• 1 year: 19.37%
• 5 years: 3.37%
• 10 years: 193.07%
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Medical Devices

About: Spun off from Baxter International in 2000, Edwards Lifesciences designs, manufactures, and markets a range of medical devices and equipment for advanced stages of structural heart disease. It has established itself as a leader across key products, including surgical tissue heart valves, transcatheter aortic valves, and transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve technologies. The firm derives about 60% of its total sales from outside the US.

Employees: 15,800