Intuitive Surgical's business starts with the sale of a da Vinci surgical robot, but that's not where it ends.Intuitive Surgical (ISRG +3.29%) is a growth stock, and because of that, it is evaluated differently by investors. For instance, investors pay a huge amount of attention to the number of da Vinci surgical robots that it sells every quarter.And yet, while the company's business model depends on the sale of da Vinci robots, that's not the real driver of the business. In 10 years, the power of Intuitiv ...

Intuitive Surgical just went through a big drawdown, but if history is any guide, that will open up the next bull run for the stock.Intuitive Surgical (ISRG 2.83%) isn't at the forefront of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. It makes surgical robots, which are very clearly a medical device.And yet you'll find Intuitive Surgical in the First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF (ROBT 0.35%), a popular exchange-traded fund (ETF) dedicated to the AI space. That little nugget of infor ...

核心观点 - 直觉外科公司是比Palantir更具持久性且估值更合理的高科技高增长投资标的 [1][14][17] 第三季度业绩亮点 - 全球手术量同比增长约20% 其中达芬奇手术增长19% Ion手术增长52% [5] - 达芬奇手术系统装机量达427台 同比增长13% 总装机量增至10,763台 [7] - 仪器和配件收入增长约20% 达到约15亿美元 与手术量增长同步 [9] - 非GAAP毛利率预期上调至67%至67.5% 高于此前预测的66%至67% [10] - 管理层回购400万股 金额达19.2亿美元 远超第二季度的350万股（约1.81亿美元） [13] 业务增长驱动因素 - 手术量增长是商业模式的关键驱动力 推动高利润的仪器和配件经常性收入 [4][5][9] - 新一代达芬奇5系统装机量达240台 远超去年同期的110台 扩大了未来经常性收入基础 [7] - Ion手术量增长超过50% 表明现有设备利用率提高 是未来需求的积极信号 [8] - 公司将2025年全球达芬奇手术量增长预期上调至约17%至17.5% 显著高于此前预测的15.5%至17% [6] 与Palantir的比较 - 直觉外科公司第三季度收入增长23% 虽低于Palantir最近季度的48% 但估值更具吸引力 [14] - 直觉外科公司远期市盈率为48倍 市销率为18倍 远低于Palantir的217倍市盈率和137倍市销率 [15] - 直觉外科公司的商业模式被认为更具可预测性和持久性 自2000年首台达芬奇系统推出以来持续超越竞争对手 [16]