Down 4.2% on a down day: the S&P 500 is down 4.1% and 9 in 10 stocks are lower; health care stocks are down 5.2%; fertilizer stocks and insurer stocks rose.
Rose on Nov 4
Up 9% on Nov 4, a up day for the market: the S&P 500 rose 2% and 71% of stocks rose.
ISRG's Quality Score rose 3 points on Wed, Nov 4, to 12. Its week-by-week trend turned up (4 chart checks started).
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| The company | Profit up 20% to $3.1B |
| Its score | Up:Up to Above Average for the first time since Jan 2026 |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Nov 2 |
TodayOn a down day.
After its last 4 reports it closed -2.4% on average, higher 1 of 4 times.
Above Averagefor quality, not price, 7 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
Well above its recent run. ISRG scores 12 today, against a median of 8 over its last 20 recorded sessions.
ISRG is #20 of 85 by Quality Score.
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Expected to report Thu Jan 21, after the close (in 77 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $3.0B, 22% more than a year ago; a profit of $1.49 a share, from $1.95.
“The higher third quarter revenue was driven by growth in procedure volume, higher operating lease revenue, and an increase in the installed base of systems.”
ISRG's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Non-GAAP gross profit margin | 68.7% to 69.3% |
“The increase in instruments and accessories revenue was primarily driven by approximately 14% growth in da Vinci procedure volume and approximately 31% growth in Ion procedure volume.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Oct 20)
Sales grew 18% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Its share count grew 0.1% a year over 5 years.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
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| Oct 20, 2026 | -8.1% | -2.3% | +1.8% |
| Jul 16, 2026 | -9.3% | -14.2% | -17.5% |
| Apr 21, 2026 | +2.2% | +7.2% | +3.4% |
Sales grew in six of the last seven years, to $10B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
43 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: ISRG is 0.8% of QQQI, 0.8% of QQQ, and 0.8% of JEPQ, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Intuitive develops, produces, and markets a robotic system for assisting minimally invasive surgery. It also provides the instrumentation, disposable accessories, and warranty services for the system. The company has placed more than 11,000 da Vinci systems in hospitals worldwide, with more than 6,600 installations in the US and a growing number in emerging markets.
“We face competition in the forms of existing open surgery, conventional MIS (laparoscopy), drug therapies, radiation treatment, and other emerging diagnostic and interventional surgical approaches.”
ISRG scores 12 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average. It is #20 of 85 in Medical Devices by Quality Score, with 7 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 9% on Nov 4, a up day for the market: the S&P 500 rose 2% and 71% of stocks rose. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
ISRG scores 12 today, which Breakaway calls Above Average (11 to 14). That is #20 of 85 in Medical Devices by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind ISRG's 12.
Expected to report Thu Jan 21, after the close, a date Breakaway expects from the company's usual timing; the company has not confirmed it. ISRG closed higher after 1 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.
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