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Becton Dickinsonvs.Intuitive Surgical

BDX vs ISRG · both in Medtech & devices, part of the Medicine, pharma & life science value chain: Medical equipment and devices — from surgery and cardiology to robotics.

Intuitive Surgical is about 3.4× larger than Becton Dickinson by market cap; Becton Dickinson trades at the lower P/E (36.8 vs 48.4); year to date, Becton Dickinson leads (−0.4% vs −28.2%).

Side by side

BDXISRG
Market cap$41.9B$144B
Price$151.94$406.78
Today+0.7%−1.2%
Return YTD−0.4%−28.2%
Return 1Y+8.9%−22.7%
P/E36.848.4
P/S2.013.6
P/B1.78.2

Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

Becton DickinsonBDX

NYSE · USA

American medtech group with a broad portfolio of medical consumables, diagnostics and drug delivery (syringes, needles).

MedtechDiagnostics exposureMedical consumables
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Intuitive SurgicalISRG

NASDAQ · USA

American pioneer in robot-assisted surgery — da Vinci systems are used for minimally invasive procedures worldwide.

MedtechSurgical roboticsProcedure growth
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