EW vs RMD vs SYK Stock Comparison

Edwards Lifesciences, Resmed and Stryker Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp
$93.23 +9.5% 1M +13.1% 1Y
Market cap
$53.76B
P/E
53.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.51B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins
RMD Resmed Inc
$232.88 +6.4% 1M -5.7% 1Y
Market cap
$33.59B
P/E
22.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.65B
Div. yield
1.06%
Medical Devices Healthcare
5 wins
SYK Stryker Corp
$306.89 +11.4% 1M -13.9% 1Y
Market cap
$117.71B
P/E
32.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.30B
Div. yield
1.15%
Medical Devices Healthcare
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Resmed leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Resmed 5, Edwards Lifesciences 4, Stryker 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEWRMDSYKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $53.76B $33.59B $117.71B SYK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 53.5x 22.2x 32.5x RMD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 32.9x 18.1x 19.3x RMD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.6% +9.9% +7.9% EW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.4% 26.9% 13.8% RMD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.0% 20.8% 10.0% RMD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.3x -0.4x 1.8x EW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.06% 1.15% SYK
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.1% -5.7% -13.9% EW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.5%/yr -2.8%/yr +2.5%/yr SYK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.0% 30.5% 31.6% EW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 78/100 80/100 69/100 RMD

Percentile Scorecard

EWRMDSYK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisEWRMDSYK
Valuation 63 #85 of 227 75 #58 of 227 68 #73 of 227
Growth 54 #101 of 220 64 #79 of 220 61 #87 of 220
Profitability 95 #11 of 209 100 #2 of 209 89 #24 of 209
Financial Health 88 #30 of 240 76 #58 of 240 49 #124 of 240
Shareholder Returns 88 #18 of 138 85 #22 of 138 77 #33 of 138
Overall 78 80 69
  • EW ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • RMD ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • SYK ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodEWRMDSYKSPY
1 month +9.5%+6.4%+11.4% -2.3%
3 months +5.0%+8.2%-10.1% -0.7%
6 months +11.9%+11.2%+5.5% +4.8%
Year to date +9.4%-3.3%-12.7% +10.3%
1 year +13.1%-5.7%-13.9% +10.3%
3 years +39.0%+52.4%+11.1% +73.0%
3 years, per year +11.6%+15.1%+3.6% +20.1%
5 years -20.5%-13.1%+12.9% +61.9%
5 years, per year -4.5%-2.8%+2.5% +10.1%
10 years +215.3%+304.7%+165.7% +258.6%
10 years, per year +12.2%+15.0%+10.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureEWRMDSYKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.0%30.5%31.6% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.7%33.7%32.9% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.600.490.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.52-0.19-0.44 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.3%-49.8%-33.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.0%-15.6%-20.8% -3.5%
52-week high $95.17$275.96$387.46 $779.14
52-week low $75.87$182.82$269.88 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleEWRMDSYK
P/E now vs peer median 53.5xmedian 28.4x 22.2xmedian 28.4x 32.5xmedian 28.4x
P/S now vs peer median 8.3xmedian 3.0x 5.9xmedian 3.0x 4.5xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 31.0xmedian 18.0x 15.7xmedian 18.0x 19.5xmedian 18.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 37.5xmedian 25.0x 20.4xmedian 25.0x 25.7xmedian 25.0x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 2.3x 5.1xmedian 2.3x 5.0xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -6.24median 0.93 1.13median 0.93 2.77median 0.93

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsEWRMDSYK
Revenue $6.51B $5.65B $26.30B
Gross profit $5.07B $3.45B $17.18B
Operating income $1.45B $1.89B $5.43B
Net income $1.00B $1.52B $3.62B
Free cash flow $1.43B $1.65B $4.57B
R&D $1.09B $378.28M $1.68B
EPS (diluted) $1.74 $10.43 $9.39
Cash & equivalents $2.91B $1.47B $3.27B
Total debt $598.70M $659.37M $14.93B
Shares (diluted) 577.60M 146.05M 386.00M
Enterprise value $37.87B $27.66B $103.90B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricEWRMDSYK
P/E 53.5x 22.2x 32.5x
P/FCF 37.5x 20.4x 25.7x
P/Operating cash flow 31.2x 18.6x 21.6x
P/S 8.3x 5.9x 4.5x
P/B 5.0x 5.1x 5.0x
P/Tangible book 5.8x 5.5x 6.6x
EV/EBITDA 31.0x 15.7x 19.5x
EV/EBIT 34.6x 17.4x 23.8x
EV/Revenue 7.7x 5.8x 4.9x
EV/FCF 34.9x 19.9x 28.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 29.1x 18.2x 23.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -6.24 1.13 2.77

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEWRMDSYK
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.6% 9.9% 7.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 15.3% 10.2% 9.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.0% 13.0% 10.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 11.9% 13.6% 10.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -1.4% 11.9% 48.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.0% 18.6% 16.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -75.8% 8.8% 23.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -10.2% 19.3% 11.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -75.3% 9.7% 23.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -8.6% 19.7% 11.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 116.4% 3.1% 12.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.3% 37.6% 19.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 143.9% -0.7% 12.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.9% 42.2% 21.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEWRMDSYK
Gross margin 77.8% 61.1% 65.3%
EBITDA margin 24.8% 36.9% 25.2%
Operating margin 22.3% 33.4% 20.7%
Pretax margin 21.8% 34.0% 19.5%
Net margin 15.4% 26.9% 13.8%
FCF margin 22.0% 29.2% 17.4%
Operating cash flow margin 26.4% 31.9% 20.7%
Return on equity 9.5% 23.3% -4.0%
Return on assets 7.4% 17.2% -2.0%
Return on invested capital 9.0% 20.8% 10.0%
Return on capital employed 12.0% 25.2% 13.2%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.6x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 1.2x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 2.6% 1.8% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEWRMDSYK
Debt / assets 4.3% 7.4% 31.6%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.1x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA -2.3x -0.4x 1.8x
Debt / FCF 0.4x 0.4x 3.3x
Liabilities / assets 22.7% 26.6% 50.4%
Equity / assets 77.3% 73.4% 49.6%
Interest coverage – – 9.3x
Current ratio 4.5x 3.1x 2.2x
Quick ratio 3.5x 1.8x 1.1x
Cash ratio 2.8x 1.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 13.04 11.32 4.73

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEWRMDSYK
Dividend yield – 1.1% 1.1%
Net buyback yield 1.9% 1.9% –
Shareholder yield 1.9% 2.9% 1.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusEWRMDSYK
Forward P/E 32.9xFY2026 18.1xFY2027 19.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.83FY2026 $12.86FY2027 $15.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.5%FY2026 +15.1%FY2027 +16.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.7% +9.8% +2.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.24BFY2026 $5.97BFY2027 $26.14BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.2%FY2026 +5.6%FY2027 +4.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.6% -3.4% +18.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEWRMDSYK
Held by institutions 90.6% 68.7% 80.3%
Institutions holding 1,325 889 2,266
Change in shares held, QoQ +20.4% +3.2% +3.2%
Institutions buying 641 405 1,104
Institutions selling 455 359 852
Buyers to sellers 1.41 1.13 1.30

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

EWRMDSYK
EW 1.00 0.34 0.44
RMD 0.34 1.00 0.53
SYK 0.44 0.53 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EW, RMD and SYK?

Stryker (SYK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Edwards Lifesciences (EW) $53.76B, Resmed (RMD) $33.59B, Stryker (SYK) $117.71B.

Which stock is cheaper, EW, RMD and SYK?

Resmed (RMD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 53.5x, Resmed (RMD) 22.2x, Stryker (SYK) 32.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Resmed (RMD) is cheapest (Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 32.9x, Resmed (RMD) 18.1x, Stryker (SYK) 19.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Edwards Lifesciences (EW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Edwards Lifesciences (EW) +14.6%, Resmed (RMD) +9.9%, Stryker (SYK) +7.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Resmed (RMD) has the highest net margin (Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 15.4%, Resmed (RMD) 26.9%, Stryker (SYK) 13.8%). On return on invested capital, Resmed (RMD) leads (Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 9.0%, Resmed (RMD) 20.8%, Stryker (SYK) 10.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Edwards Lifesciences (EW) returned the most: Edwards Lifesciences (EW) +13.1%, Resmed (RMD) -5.7%, Stryker (SYK) -13.9%. Over five years, Stryker (SYK) compounded fastest (Edwards Lifesciences (EW) -4.5%/yr, Resmed (RMD) -2.8%/yr, Stryker (SYK) +2.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Stryker (SYK) has the highest dividend yield: Resmed (RMD) 1.06%, Stryker (SYK) 1.15%. Edwards Lifesciences (EW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) has been the steadiest (Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 25.0%, Resmed (RMD) 30.5%, Stryker (SYK) 31.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EW, RMD and SYK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Resmed (RMD) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.