Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $6.1 billion, up 11.5% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 13.6%, EPS fell 26.3%, free cash flow grew 142.8% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; revenue growth for three consecutive years.
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Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (EW) Altman Z-score
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation's Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 11.54, in the safe zone (above 2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 11.54 | 0.05 |
| FY2024 | 11.49 | (1.72) |
| FY2023 | 13.20 | (0.66) |
| FY2022 | 13.86 | (6.88) |
| FY2021 | 20.74 | 5.68 |
| FY2020 | 15.06 | 0.16 |
| FY2019 | 14.90 | 3.91 |
| FY2018 | 11.00 | 3.77 |
| FY2017 | 7.23 | (2.00) |
| FY2016 | 9.23 | (0.10) |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.36 | — | 0.43 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 1.04 | — | 1.46 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.09 | — | 0.30 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 14.84 | — | 8.90 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.44 | — | 0.44 | |
| Altman Z-score | Safe zone | 11.54 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 9.60 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporation | 11.5× |
| DXCM DexCom, Inc. compare | 6.4× |
| BSX Boston Scientific Corporation compare | 5.4× |
| STE STERIS plc compare | 5.1× |
| SYK Stryker Corporation compare | 4.8× |
| MDT Medtronic PLC compare | 2.7× |
| ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. compare | 2.4× |
| PHG Koninklijke Philips N.V. compare | 2.0× |
| GEHC GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. compare | 2.0× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets
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