NASDAQ: ISRG

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Nov 4 close

$482.10+41.35 (+9.4%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryNov 4 close

Intuitive Surgical shares rose this week after election results confirmed Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, lifting several healthcare names including ISRG. The company also announced that Aaron Martin, President of Insurance at Humana, will join its board effective 1 January 2027, with a prorated $70,000 annual cash retainer and an initial restricted stock unit grant targeted at $93,333. Separately, commentary this week noted ISRG trades at a P/E multiple of 51.6 times earnings, the highest among healthcare peers listed, which it attributes to the company's operating margin and revenue growth.

ISRG closed at $482.10, up 9.4%, sitting above both its 50-day average of $406.25 and 200-day average of $431.84. The GekkoIndex reads 42.3, placing the stock in the Distribution zone, down 4.3 over the past five readings. Price sits 30.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $369.64.

The next earnings date falls on 28 January 2027, 84 days away, outside a typical 20-trading-day holding window. Smart money activity in the last 90 days shows 4 Congressional buys and 0 sales, alongside 2 billionaire holders and 2 trailblazer holders. Seasonality from this point in the calendar has averaged a 5.1% return over the next 20 trading days across 5 years, rising in 4 of them. A Form 4 filing from VP Corporate Controller Fredrik Widman and a Form 8-K dated 2 November round out recent disclosures. The gap to Gekko Fair Value bears watching given the current Distribution reading.

Written by AI from the Nov 4, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.

Intuitive Surgical price vs fair value

$482.10$369.64Nov ’25May ’26Nov ’26
Close $482.10200-day averageGekko Fair Value $369.64

Intuitive Surgical quick facts

Market cap
$170.3B
P/E ratio
52.8
Forward P/E
35.6
EPS, TTM
$8.27
Revenue, TTM
$11.58B
Profit margin
25.5%
Dividend yield
—
Beta
1.44
Volume
4.79M avg 2.57M
1-year return
−11.4%
Typical daily move
±3.4%
Typical 20-day move
±6.5%
50-day average
$406.25
200-day average
$431.84
Next earnings
Jan 28 after close
Shares outstanding
353.3M
52-week range
$328.57$603.88

Intuitive Surgical swing-trade checklist

Intuitive Surgical scores 3 supportive, 1 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

3 supportive1 mixed2 headwinds

  • Trendmixed

    Averages disagree

    Close $482.10 sits between the 50-day ($406.25) and 200-day ($431.84) averages, or the averages disagree.

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  • GekkoIndexheadwind

    42.3, Distribution

    Reading 42.3 is in the Distribution zone.

    See the GekkoIndex
  • Fair valueheadwind

    30.4% above

    Price is 30.4% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).

    See fair value
  • Smart moneysupportive

    Leans bullish

    Last 90 days: Congress 4 buys / 0 sales.

    See smart money
  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 84 days

    Next report Jan 28, 2027, 84 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +5.1% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +5.1% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.

    See seasonality

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Intuitive Surgical stock chart and price history

Intuitive Surgical closed at $482.10 on Nov 4, 2026, −11.4% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $328.57 to $603.88.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Intuitive Surgical share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$350$400$450$500$550$600DecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct482.10

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
+19.1%
3 months
+29.0%
6 months
+6.7%
1 year
−11.4%
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About Intuitive Surgical

Intuitive Surgical designs, builds, and sells advanced medical devices aimed at making surgery less invasive for patients. Its best-known product is the da Vinci Surgical System, used to perform complex procedures through small incisions. The company also makes the Ion endoluminal system, which supports diagnostic work such as minimally invasive lung biopsies.

Beyond its two core systems, the company sells related instruments like staplers, energy devices, and other core components used alongside its equipment. It also provides training so medical staff can operate its technology properly, along with ongoing support such as installation, repair, and maintenance services. In addition, it builds digital tools meant to connect its systems and give hospitals data to help run more efficiently. Its customers are medical professionals and healthcare facilities in the United States and other countries.

Intuitive Surgical was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker ISRG.

Listed
NASDAQ
Sector
Health technology
Industry
Medical specialties
Website
intuitive.com

Intuitive Surgical GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Intuitive Surgical’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 42.3, in the Distribution zone, down 4.3 points over five sessions.

010042.3Distribution

Down 4.3 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.

Reading for Nov 4, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying34+0.9%+2.3%+2.8%+4.8%
Accumulation250−0.4%0.0%+0.4%+0.8%
Neutral367+0.7%+0.6%+0.7%+1.2%
Distribution (current zone)45−0.7%+0.1%+1.1%−0.2%
Selling1Too few readings yet

Average ISRG share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Distribution readings averaged +1.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Distribution zone: Institutions potentially offloading. About the five zones →

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Is Intuitive Surgical stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Intuitive Surgical trades 30.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $369.64, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Intuitive Surgical shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$369.64

Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026

30.4% Overvalued

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 18.5% above the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$370$441Aug 2026SepOctNov 2026

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Intuitive Surgical insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Intuitive Surgical, and members of Congress disclosed 4 purchases and 0 sales, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for ISRG in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

4trades disclosed: 4 purchases and 0 sales.

MemberTypeAmountDisclosed
Ro Khanna
House, CA, purchase
Purchase$1,001 - $15,000Oct 9
traded Sep 25
Ro Khanna
House, CA, purchase
Purchase$1,001 - $15,000Oct 9
traded Sep 11
Ro Khanna
House, CA, purchase
Purchase$1,001 - $15,000Oct 9
traded Sep 4
Michael McCaul
House, TX, purchase
Purchase$15,001 - $50,000Oct 16
traded Aug 7

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

Buybacks

Intuitive Surgical has been buying back its own shares.

Latest authorization
$5.00B, May 4, 2026
Bought back, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
$2.98B
As a share of market cap
1.75%
Trailing four quarters
$4.62B

From company filings.

Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30

4of the funds Gekko tracks hold ISRG.

1added1opened2trimmed1sold out
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Intuitive Surgical earnings: next date and track record

Intuitive Surgical reports on Jan 28, 2027, after the close (84 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.

8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±5.3%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−4.3%Jan ’25+4.2%Apr ’25−2.7%Jul ’25+15.0%Oct ’25+0.1%Jan ’26+3.9%Apr ’26−11.2%Jul ’26−1.2%Oct ’26

Last earnings call, Oct 20, 2026 AI summary

What they said
ISRG reported strong Q3 2026 results with total procedures up 15%, including 14% da Vinci growth and 31% Ion growth. U.S. da Vinci procedures grew 10%, international grew 20%. System placements rose 28% globally, with da Vinci 5 and SP comprising 65% of placements. The installed base exceeded 13,200 systems worldwide, with over 2,000 da Vinci 5 units deployed.
Guidance
Management announced pricing actions for high-volume benign procedures to expand addressable market. Q4 plans include a U.S. submission for the SP vessel sealer. Full 2026 financial outlook update was referenced but not fully detailed in this excerpt.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Oct 20, 2026$3.00
est $2.65
+13.2%$3.05B
est $2.91B
+4.9%−1.2%
Jul 16, 2026$2.80
est $2.02
+38.6%$2.89B
est $2.83B
+2.4%−11.2%
Apr 21, 2026$2.50
est $2.12
+17.9%$2.77B
est $2.62B
+5.8%+3.9%
Jan 22, 2026$2.53
est $2.27
+11.5%$2.87B
est $2.76B
+3.7%+0.1%
Oct 21, 2025$2.40
est $1.99
+20.6%$2.51B
est $2.41B
+4.1%+15.0%
Jul 22, 2025$2.19
est $1.93
+13.5%$2.44B
est $2.35B
+3.8%−2.7%
Apr 22, 2025$1.81
est $1.74
+4.0%$2.25B
est $2.19B
+3.1%+4.2%
Jan 23, 2025$2.21
est $1.76
+25.6%$2.41B
est $2.25B
+7.3%−4.3%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Intuitive Surgical stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Intuitive Surgical is $482.63, +0.1% from the last close, from 19 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$482.63consensus 12-month target, +0.1% from the last close
Low $400High $685
Buy18
Hold1
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 19 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Oct 21BarclaysBuy, maintained$500+3.7%
Oct 21Robert W. BairdBuy, maintained$550+14.1%
Oct 21Stifel NicolausBuy, maintained$550+14.1%
Oct 21OppenheimerBuy, maintained$500+3.7%
Oct 21Raymond JamesBuy, maintained$480−0.4%
+1.1%average 20-day move after past Distribution readings
+5.1%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.4%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Intuitive Surgical seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Nov 4, Intuitive Surgical averaged +5.1% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

−11.5%2021+12.6%2022+11.6%2023+6.8%2024+5.7%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+3.7%3 of 5
Next 10 trading days+4.8%4 of 5
Next 15 trading days+5.3%4 of 5
Next 20 trading days+5.1%4 of 5
Next 30 trading days+6.1%4 of 5

For scale, ISRG’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.5%.

Intuitive Surgical market cap and key statistics

Intuitive Surgical’s market cap is $170.3B, with a P/E ratio of 52.8 and revenue of $11.58B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$170.3B
P/E ratio
52.8
Forward P/E
35.6
EPS, TTM
$8.27
Gekko Fair Value
$369.64

Trading

Volume
4.79M
Avg volume, 20 days
2.57M
52-week high
$603.88
52-week low
$328.57
Shares outstanding
353.3M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$11.58B
Profit margin
25.5%
Return on equity
17.9%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
−23.6%

Risk and income

Beta
1.44
Typical daily move
±3.4%
Typical 20-day move
±6.5%

Intuitive Surgical stock news this week

Coverage of Intuitive Surgical this week reads positive: 10 positive, 6 neutral and 6 negative headlines.

News sentiment positive

Intuitive Surgical peers

Intuitive Surgical’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
TMOThermo Fisher Scientific−0.3%Neutral14.5% above
ABTAbbott Laboratories+2.5%Distribution8.0% below
DHRDanaher−0.2%Neutral3.6% above
MDTMedtronic+4.8%Neutral16.0% below
SYKStryker+3.6%Distribution6.5% above
BSXBoston Scientific+2.3%Neutral26.8% below

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In the Buying zone today

Reporting earnings this week

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Intuitive Surgical stock FAQ

What is Intuitive Surgical’s market cap?

Intuitive Surgical’s market cap is $170.3B at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $482.10, with 353.3M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 52.8.

What is the Intuitive Surgical stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Intuitive Surgical is $482.63, +0.1% from the last close. Of the 19 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 18 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Intuitive Surgical stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Intuitive Surgical is overvalued: the Nov 4, 2026 close of $482.10 is 30.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $369.64. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Intuitive Surgical report earnings next?

Intuitive Surgical is expected to report on Jan 28, 2027, after the market closes (84 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $2.97 per share on revenue of $3.24B. Intuitive Surgical beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 5.3% on average across the report.

What is Intuitive Surgical’s 52-week high and low?

Intuitive Surgical’s 52-week high is $603.88 and its 52-week low is $328.57; it closed at $482.10 on Nov 4, 2026, −11.4% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $616.00 on Jan 23, 2025.

Is Intuitive Surgical stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (smart money, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend) and 2 as headwinds (gekkoindex and fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

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