Intuitive Surgical Inc vs West Pharmaceutical Services Inc

Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG) is overvalued and West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (WST) is overvalued.

Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. ISRG is the closer of the two: -130%, against -256% for WST.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG)

Discounting its cash flows at 11.7% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $175.09; the price of $402.09 is 130% above that value, and 69% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 47/100 on 8 of 12 signals

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (WST)

Discounting its cash flows at 10.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $104.26; the price of $371.09 is 256% above that value, and 71% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 61/100 on 10 of 12 signals

MetricISRGWST
VerdictOvervaluedOvervalued
Price$402.09$371.09
Intrinsic value$175.09$104.26
Margin of safety-130%-256%
Leak Score47/100 (8/12)61/100 (10/12)
Market cap$142.0B$26.1B
Revenue growth, 5 years18.2%7.4%
Operating margin31.3%22.0%
Net margin28.4%17.0%
Return on equity17.4%19.1%
Debt to equity0.000.11
P/E46.1x47.4x
Forward P/E33.3x37.1x
P/B7.8x8.7x
Dividend yield0.2%

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