Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Q2 Earnings Beat, Guidance Narrowed

 | Jul 19, 2019 08:10AM ET

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $3.25 in the second quarter of 2019, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.85. Adjusted EPS improved 17.8% year over year.

The Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company recorded revenues of $1.1 billion which improved 20.9% from the prior-year quarter. The figure also outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.03 billion.

Per management, higher second-quarter revenues were driven by increased procedures and system placements.

Segment Details

Instruments & Accessories

Revenues at the segment came in at $578.5 million, reflecting a year-over-year increase of 21.5% on 17% growth in da Vinci procedure volumes.

Systems

In the reported quarter, System revenues increased 23.9% year over year to $343.8 million. Notably, the company shipped 273 da Vinci Surgical Systems in the quarter.

Services

Services revenues came in at $176.6 million, up 13.4% from the year-ago quarter.

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for AmerisourceBergen’s third-quarter fiscal 2019 revenues is pegged at $45.3 billion, suggesting 4.9% growth from the prior-year reported figure. The same for adjusted EPS stands at $1.64, implying a 6.5% improvement from the year-ago reported number.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Stryker’s second-quarter 2019 revenues is pegged at $3.6 billion, indicating an 8.5% rise from the year-ago reported figure. The same for adjusted EPS stands at $1.94, suggesting 10.23% growth from the year-earlier quarter's reported figure.

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