Edwards Lifesciences (EW)

• Market cap: $49.8B
• 1 day: -1.18%
• 5 days: 5.84%
• 1 month: 3.65%
• 3 months: 0.05%
• 6 months: -0.18%
• Year to date: 1.38%
• 1 year: 13.5%
• 5 years: -8.31%
• 10 years: 159.4%
• 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: 16,000