Stryker shares fell slightly this morning on third-quarter results that topped the consensus forecast. Shares of SYK dipped 1.8% at $273.22 apiece in early-morning trading today. MassDevice’s MedTech 100 Index — which includes stocks of the world’s largest medical device companies — rose 1.4%. The Kalamazoo, Michigan-based company posted profits of $692 million, equaling $1.80 […]
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Needham & Co. downgrades Medtronic, Zimmer Biomet shares
Needham & Co. Senior Research Analyst Mike Matson today downgraded his rating of Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) shares to Hold, while Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) got an upgrade to Buy. MDT shares were down more than 1% to $97.98 apiece in morning trading, a day after Q4 earnings that missed The Street sent the […]
Edwards Lifesciences shares fall on Street-beating Q1 results
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) posted first-quarter results today that beat the consensus forecast on Wall Street. It also reaffirmed its outlook for the rest of the year, with CEO Michael Mussallem saying, “We are hopeful the worst of the pandemic is behind us.” The Irvine, California–based cardio device company reported profits of $373.6 million, or […]
European approval ‘a big deal’ as Medtronic moves forward with Hugo surgical robot
There’s excitement at Medtronic after the Hugo robotic surgery platform hit a major regulatory milestone. In 2012, Covidien formed an incubator called “Project Einstein,” focusing on combining robotic technology, data and analytics. What could they create? About nine years later, the product that emerged from Project Einstein made a significant step forward when the Hugo […]