The Cooper Companies, Inc. (COO) vs Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG)

The Cooper Companies, Inc. and Intuitive Surgical, Inc. are both Medical Instruments & Supplies companies. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $162.4B against $12.1B — 13.4× the size. The Cooper Companies, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 21.7× against 55.7×. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.5% against 4.73%. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. has the higher net margin (25.5% vs 13.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.0% vs 3.17%). Across the 22 metrics below, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. leads on 14 and The Cooper Companies, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric COO ISRG Medical Instruments & Supplies median
P/E 21.65 55.70 30.28
P/S 2.89 14.04 2.49
P/B 1.47 10.08 2.34
Price to free cash flow 18.06 44.60 23.49
EV/EBITDA 15.77 38.32 14.87
EV/Sales 3.45 13.69 2.75
Earnings yield 4.62% 1.80% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 5.54% 2.24% 0.59%

Profitability

Metric COO ISRG Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Gross margin 65.93% 67.19% 53.60%
Operating margin 12.84% 28.37% 1.97%
Net margin 13.46% 25.54% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 16.00% 31.47% 2.36%
Return on equity 6.84% 17.84% 0.00%
Return on assets 4.55% 15.28% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 3.17% 17.00% 0.13%

Growth

Metric COO ISRG Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.73% 20.45% 8.97%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (4.59%) 22.59% 6.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.98% 18.22% 8.85%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.48% 21.91% 0.00%

Health

Metric COO ISRG Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Debt to equity 0.31 0.00 0.10
Current ratio 1.22 3.33 2.47
Net debt to EBITDA 2.26 (1.64) 0.97

Dividend

Metric COO ISRG Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Dividend yield — — 1.02%
Payout ratio — — 0.27

Size

Metric COO ISRG Medical Instruments & Supplies median
Market cap 12.08b 162.41b 1.71b

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