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Intuitive Surgical ISRG Return on equity

Return on equity at other companies

Johnson & Johnson logo
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ
26.4%-3.0pp
Medtronic logo
MedtronicMDT
9.8%+0.4pp
Boston Scientific logo
Boston ScientificBSX
14.8%+5.2pp
STERIS logo
STERISSTE
11.3%+1.8pp
Fortive logo
FortiveFTV
6.7%-1.0pp
ROP
Roper Technologies, Inc.ROP
9%+0.9pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.8B+23.0%
Gross profit$1.8B+25.6%
Operating income$855.3M+47.9%
Net income$821.5M+17.6%
EPS (diluted)$2.28+18.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.1B-21.6%
Total equity$17.5B+2.2%
Total assets$20.1B+4.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$911.9M+56.8%
CapEx$103.3M-11.4%
Free cash flow$808.6M+73.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$142.44B-7.7%
P/E47.8×-14.5×
P/S13.5×-4.3×

Profitability

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Gross margin66.3%-0.8pp
Operating margin30.5%+2.3pp
Net margin28.2%-0.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity0.0×
Current ratio4.6×-0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Intuitive Surgical’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Intuitive Surgical’s 10-Q, filed April 22, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Intuitive Surgical's return on equity?
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) reported return on equity of 17.2% in Q1 2026.
How has Intuitive Surgical's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Intuitive Surgical's return on equity increased by 8.1% year-over-year, from 15.9% to 17.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Intuitive Surgical's return on equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Intuitive Surgical's return on equity has grown at a 1.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 61.3% to 65.5%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.