Intuitive Surgical, Inc. vs Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Intuitive Surgical, Inc. trades at $351.2 (market cap $125.08B), while Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF trades at $218.65. The key difference: Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ISRG | VTV | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $125.08B | — |
Sector | Health | — |
52-Week High | $592.85 | $220.51 |
52-Week Low | $345.42 | $175.51 |
Enterprise Value | $116.45B | — |
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Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) trades at $350.06, down 1.34% on the day and near its 52-week low of $344.55. The stock is in a bearish technical trend despite strong fundamentals: Q2 2026 EPS beat estimates at $2.80 vs. $2.48 expected, revenue grew to $10.06B in 2025, and net income margin expanded to 28.45%. However, slowing U.S. procedure growth and a cautious 2026 outlook have pressured shares, with recent news highlighting a nearly 40% decline year-to-date.
The outlook remains mixed: robust profitability and a 69.6% analyst buy rating with a $504.56 consensus target suggest long-term value, but near-term risks include valuation concerns (P/E 40.5), competitive pressures, and macroeconomic headwinds. Investors face a divergence between solid execution and market sentiment driven by growth deceleration fears.
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Intuitive Surgical 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 nearly 7,000 da Vinci systems in hospitals worldwide, with more than 4,000 installations in the United States and a growing number in emerging markets.
Read more on ISRG →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Value Index, a broadly diversified index predominantly made up of value stocks of large US companies. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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