Intuitive Surgical Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization decreased by 15.1% to $178.20M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 15.9%, from $212.00M to $178.20M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization shows a downward trend with a -5.0% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
A rising balance relative to gross assets indicates an aging portfolio of intangible assets nearing the end of their useful lives.
The cumulative amount of amortization expense recognized against finite-lived intangible assets since their acquisition...
Standard accounting metric; peers with older acquisition cycles will show higher accumulated amortization relative to gross assets.
other_finite_lived_intangible_assets_accumulated_amortization| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $193.30M | $200.20M | $206.90M | $212.50M | $218.10M | $223.50M | $192.90M | $197.60M | $200.10M | $204.90M | $210.50M | $215.10M | $215.80M | $206.60M | $208.80M | $212.00M | $215.80M | $218.50M | $209.90M | $178.20M |
| QoQ Change | — | +3.6% | +3.3% | +2.7% | +2.6% | +2.5% | -13.7% | +2.4% | +1.3% | +2.4% | +2.7% | +2.2% | +0.3% | -4.3% | +1.1% | +1.5% | +1.8% | +1.3% | -3.9% | -15.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +12.8% | +11.6% | -6.8% | -7.0% | -8.3% | -8.3% | +9.1% | +8.9% | +7.8% | +0.8% | -0.8% | -1.4% | +0.0% | +5.8% | +0.5% | -15.9% |