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ISRG (Intuitive Surgical) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 147.15 (As of Jul. 05, 2025)


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What is Intuitive Surgical Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-05), Intuitive Surgical's current share price is $544.47. Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.70. Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 147.15.

The historical rank and industry rank for Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

ISRG' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 40.99   Med: 80.8   Max: 167.29
Current: 147.29

During the past years, Intuitive Surgical's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 167.29. The lowest was 40.99. And the median was 80.80.

ISRG's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
90.32% of 248 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 35.745 vs ISRG: 147.29

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Intuitive Surgical's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $1.275. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $3.70 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Intuitive Surgical Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Intuitive Surgical Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Intuitive Surgical Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 104.97 117.15 80.71 101.40 146.47

Intuitive Surgical Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 119.68 131.31 141.51 146.47 133.98

Competitive Comparison of Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Intuitive Surgical Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=544.47/3.70
=147.15

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Intuitive Surgical's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=1.275/134.9266*134.9266
=1.275

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Intuitive Surgical Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.504 100.684 0.675
201509 0.442 100.392 0.594
201512 0.867 99.792 1.172
201603 0.627 100.470 0.842
201606 0.709 101.688 0.941
201609 0.710 101.861 0.940
201612 0.875 101.863 1.159
201703 0.544 102.862 0.714
201706 0.466 103.349 0.608
201709 0.863 104.136 1.118
201712 0.854 104.011 1.108
201803 0.678 105.290 0.869
201806 0.525 106.317 0.666
201809 0.763 106.507 0.967
201812 0.789 105.998 1.004
201903 0.609 107.251 0.766
201906 0.654 108.070 0.817
201909 0.865 108.329 1.077
201912 1.144 108.420 1.424
202003 0.689 108.902 0.854
202006 0.334 108.767 0.414
202009 0.581 109.815 0.714
202012 1.555 109.897 1.909
202103 1.151 111.754 1.390
202106 1.280 114.631 1.507
202109 1.181 115.734 1.377
202112 1.171 117.630 1.343
202203 0.353 121.301 0.393
202206 0.869 125.017 0.938
202209 0.594 125.227 0.640
202212 0.837 125.222 0.902
202303 0.498 127.348 0.528
202306 1.364 128.729 1.430
202309 0.815 129.860 0.847
202312 -0.578 129.419 -0.603
202403 0.065 131.776 0.067
202406 0.862 132.554 0.877
202409 1.264 133.029 1.282
202412 1.404 133.157 1.423
202503 1.275 134.927 1.275

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Intuitive Surgical  (NAS:ISRG) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Intuitive Surgical Business Description

Address
1020 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, 94086-5304
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 more than 9,500 da Vinci systems in hospitals worldwide, with more than 5,500 installations in the US and a growing number in emerging markets.
Executives
Jamie Samath officer: Chief Accounting Officer NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR, 2900 SEMICONDUCTOR DR, M/S C1-640, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Jami K Nachtsheim director, other: Board of Director
Amy L Ladd director INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC, 1020 KIFER RD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Robert Desantis officer: Executive VP & GM IA&E C/O INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC., 1020 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Myriam Curet officer: SVP & Chief Medical Officer, other: SVP & Chief Medical Officer 1020 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Gary Loeb officer: General Counsel & CCO 5885 HOLLIS ST., SUITE 100, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
David J. Rosa officer: Sr VP Emerging Procedures & Te 1266 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Fredrik Widman officer: VP Corporate Controller 1020 KIFER ROAD, 1020 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Amal M Johnson director C/O MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 350 OAKMEAD PARKWAY, SUITE 100, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Gary S Guthart director, officer: President & CEO, other: President & CEO C/O INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC, 1266 KIFER RD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Henry L Charlton officer: Senior Vice President & Chief 1020 KIFER ROAD, 1020 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Craig H Barratt director
Mark J Rubash director
Alan J Levy director C/O INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC, 1266 KIFER RD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Marshall Mohr officer: SVP & CFO C/O INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC, 1266 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086