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Intuitive Surgical (NEOE:ISRG) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 149.30 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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

As of today (2025-06-05), Intuitive Surgical's current share price is C$29.86. Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$0.20. Intuitive Surgical's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 149.30.

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

NEOE:ISRG' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 40.99   Med: 80.45   Max: 167.29
Current: 150.93

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 80.45.

NEOE:ISRG's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
89.92% of 248 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 36.435 vs NEOE:ISRG: 150.93

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 C$0.073. 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 C$0.20 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
=29.86/0.20
=149.30

* 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)
=0.073/134.9266*134.9266
=0.073

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Intuitive Surgical Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.025 100.684 0.034
201509 0.023 100.392 0.031
201512 0.048 99.792 0.065
201603 0.033 100.470 0.044
201606 0.037 101.688 0.049
201609 0.037 101.861 0.049
201612 0.047 101.863 0.062
201703 0.029 102.862 0.038
201706 0.025 103.349 0.033
201709 0.042 104.136 0.054
201712 0.044 104.011 0.057
201803 0.035 105.290 0.045
201806 0.028 106.317 0.036
201809 0.040 106.507 0.051
201812 0.042 105.998 0.053
201903 0.033 107.251 0.042
201906 0.035 108.070 0.044
201909 0.046 108.329 0.057
201912 0.060 108.420 0.075
202003 0.038 108.902 0.047
202006 0.018 108.767 0.022
202009 0.031 109.815 0.038
202012 0.080 109.897 0.098
202103 0.058 111.754 0.070
202106 0.063 114.631 0.074
202109 0.060 115.734 0.070
202112 0.060 117.630 0.069
202203 0.018 121.301 0.020
202206 0.044 125.017 0.047
202209 0.032 125.227 0.034
202212 0.045 125.222 0.048
202303 0.027 127.348 0.029
202306 0.072 128.729 0.075
202309 0.044 129.860 0.046
202312 -0.031 129.419 -0.032
202403 0.004 131.776 0.004
202406 0.047 132.554 0.048
202409 0.068 133.029 0.069
202412 0.080 133.157 0.081
202503 0.073 134.927 0.073

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  (NEOE: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.