Intuitive Surgical

ISRG

Market cap $156B

Intuitive Surgical's Ion platform gains traction in ambulatory centers, driving 52% growth as outpatient lung diagnostics accelerate.

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG 0.22%) is a growth stock, hailing from the medical-device segment of the broader healthcare sector. It makes the da Vinci surgical robot system, which is one of the leading choices for surgical robotics.

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Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) stock deserves your consideration. Why? Because you get monopoly-like high margins for a discounted price.

ISRG's growth momentum faces pressure as tariffs and China's rare earth export curbs threaten margins and supply stability.

Intuitive Surgical Inc. NASDAQ: ISRG is entering a potential breakout window as it heads into its next earnings report on October 21, 2025. A wave of recent developments has improved the outlook and set the stage for a possible rally leading into—or following—the announcement.

Our largest area of underperformance was Technology, where contrary to last quarter, the underperformance was pervasive, with only 6 of our 17 period-end holdings outperforming the benchmark. Strong returns were concentrated in the AI supply chain trade, with stocks levered to the massive capex cycle outperforming stocks that stand to be "hurt" by AI eating the world. Our trailing 12-month turnover increased to 20.3% while our trailing 3-year average annual turnover increased to 15.2%.

To find stocks that can perform well over a decade or more, it's helpful to identify industries that seem to be on a long-term growth trajectory, then dig into the companies that lead these markets. In that spirit, let's look at two stocks that are among the dominant players in sectors with excellent prospects: Intuitive Surgical (ISRG -3.19%) and Amazon (AMZN -4.97%).

I'm invested in several healthcare stocks, and the one that I'm most excited about is Intuitive Surgical (ISRG -3.19%). The stock is down 15.5% year to date as I write this, making it more attractively priced than it was last year.

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) reached $429.54 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a -3.2% change compared to its last close.