LMAT vs EW vs SYK Stock Comparison

Lemaitre Vascular, Edwards Lifesciences and Stryker Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LMAT Lemaitre Vascular Inc
$83.79 +2.8% 1M -7.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.90B
P/E
29.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$262.43M
Div. yield
0.01%
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp
$90.81 +5.2% 1M +12.4% 1Y
Market cap
$52.62B
P/E
52.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.51B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins
SYK Stryker Corp
$301.50 +10.7% 1M -21.4% 1Y
Market cap
$116.11B
P/E
31.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.84B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionLMATEWSYKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.90B $52.62B $116.11B SYK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.0x 52.4x 31.1x LMAT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.4x 32.1x 19.0x SYK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.8% +14.6% +8.5% EW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 25.0% 15.4% 14.4% LMAT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 9.0% 10.5% SYK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -2.3x 1.7x EW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.0% +12.4% -21.4% EW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.3%/yr -4.9%/yr +2.4%/yr LMAT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.1% 24.7% 30.6% EW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 83/100 78/100 69/100 LMAT

Percentile Scorecard

LMATEWSYK

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

AxisLMATEWSYK
Valuation 74 #59 of 227 64 #83 of 227 66 #77 of 227
Growth 89 #25 of 219 55 #100 of 219 66 #75 of 219
Profitability 96 #9 of 206 95 #12 of 206 89 #23 of 206
Financial Health 90 #25 of 238 87 #31 of 238 49 #123 of 238
Shareholder Returns 64 #49 of 134 88 #17 of 134 77 #32 of 134
Overall 83 78 69
  • LMAT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • EW 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

PeriodLMATEWSYKSPY
1 month +2.8%+5.2%+10.7% -0.2%
3 months -18.1%+8.5%-13.0% +3.9%
6 months -25.5%+10.4%-6.2% +8.2%
Year to date +3.3%+6.5%-14.2% +12.9%
1 year -7.0%+12.4%-21.4% +12.3%
3 years +76.8%+47.2%+15.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year +20.9%+13.8%+4.8% +23.3%
5 years +49.0%-22.1%+12.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year +8.3%-4.9%+2.4% +10.9%
10 years +296.9%+195.5%+174.8% +261.1%
10 years, per year +14.8%+11.4%+10.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureLMATEWSYKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.1%24.7%30.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 52.9%24.5%31.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.430.580.12 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.150.50-0.70 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.5%-54.3%-33.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -28.6%-4.6%-22.2% -1.2%
52-week high $117.39$95.17$387.46 $779.14
52-week low $78.80$75.87$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.

MultipleLMATEWSYK
P/E now vs peer median 29.2xmedian 29.6x 52.1xmedian 29.6x 31.0xmedian 29.6x
P/S now vs peer median 7.3xmedian 2.9x 8.0xmedian 2.9x 4.5xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 17.4x 30.2xmedian 17.4x 18.8xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.0xmedian 22.3x 36.5xmedian 22.3x 24.6xmedian 22.3x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 2.3x 4.9xmedian 2.3x 4.8xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.87median 1.04 -6.07median 1.04 2.81median 1.04

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 monthsLMATEWSYK
Revenue $262.43M $6.51B $25.84B
Gross profit $191.31M $5.07B $16.79B
Operating income $77.32M $1.45B $5.53B
Net income $65.67M $1.00B $3.73B
Free cash flow $73.83M $1.43B $4.70B
R&D $15.41M $1.09B $1.66B
EPS (diluted) $2.68 $1.74 $9.66
Cash & equivalents $26.63M $2.91B $3.39B
Total debt – $598.70M $14.94B
Shares (diluted) 24.53M 577.60M 386.00M
Enterprise value $457.74M $36.63B $102.23B

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
MetricLMATEWSYK
P/E 29.2x 52.1x 31.0x
P/FCF 26.0x 36.5x 24.6x
P/Operating cash flow 23.1x 30.4x 20.9x
P/S 7.3x 8.0x 4.5x
P/B 4.6x 4.9x 4.8x
P/Tangible book 4.9x 5.6x 6.3x
EV/EBITDA 17.4x 30.2x 18.8x
EV/EBIT 19.9x 33.6x 23.0x
EV/Revenue 5.9x 7.5x 4.9x
EV/FCF 20.9x 34.0x 27.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 18.6x 28.3x 23.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.87 -6.07 2.81

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLMATEWSYK
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.8% 14.6% 8.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.0% 15.3% 9.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.0% 13.0% 9.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 18.8% 11.9% 11.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 41.2% -1.4% 53.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 36.4% 5.0% 18.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 39.4% -75.8% 27.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 37.6% -10.2% 11.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 30.1% -75.3% 27.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 33.6% -8.6% 11.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 41.2% 116.4% 15.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 48.0% 22.3% 22.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 41.1% 143.9% 16.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.4% 26.9% 24.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLMATEWSYK
Gross margin 72.9% 77.8% 65.0%
EBITDA margin 33.8% 24.8% 26.1%
Operating margin 29.5% 22.3% 21.4%
Pretax margin 32.3% 21.8% 19.9%
Net margin 25.0% 15.4% 14.4%
FCF margin 28.1% 22.0% 18.2%
Operating cash flow margin 31.6% 26.4% 21.4%
Return on equity 15.9% 9.5% -3.9%
Return on assets 10.3% 7.4% -1.9%
Return on invested capital – 9.0% 10.5%
Return on capital employed 12.8% 12.0% 13.7%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.7x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 3.0% 2.6% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLMATEWSYK
Debt / assets – 4.3% 31.2%
Debt / equity – 0.1x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – -2.3x 1.7x
Debt / FCF – 0.4x 3.2x
Liabilities / assets 34.4% 22.7% 50.0%
Equity / assets 65.6% 77.3% 50.0%
Interest coverage 14.9x – 9.5x
Current ratio 16.3x 4.5x 2.2x
Quick ratio 13.8x 3.5x 1.1x
Cash ratio 12.6x 2.8x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 7.34 12.77 4.65

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLMATEWSYK
Dividend yield 1.1% – 1.2%
Net buyback yield -0.3% 1.9% –
Shareholder yield 0.8% 1.9% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 31.2% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 27.8% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 26.3% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 20.5% – –

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.

ConsensusLMATEWSYK
Forward P/E 28.4xFY2026 32.1xFY2026 19.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.95FY2026 $2.83FY2026 $15.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.1%FY2026 +10.5%FY2026 +16.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +12.7% +2.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $266.90MFY2026 $7.24BFY2026 $26.14BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.9%FY2026 +19.2%FY2026 +4.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.4% -2.6% +18.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLMATEWSYK
Held by institutions 99.3% 90.6% 80.3%
Institutions holding 327 1,323 2,264
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% +20.4% +3.2%
Institutions buying 172 641 1,102
Institutions selling 98 453 852
Buyers to sellers 1.76 1.42 1.29

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.

LMATEWSYK
LMAT 1.00 0.29 0.25
EW 0.29 1.00 0.43
SYK 0.25 0.43 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LMAT, EW and SYK?

Stryker (SYK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) $1.90B, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) $52.62B, Stryker (SYK) $116.11B.

Which stock is cheaper, LMAT, EW and SYK?

Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 29.0x, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 52.4x, Stryker (SYK) 31.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Stryker (SYK) is cheapest (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 28.4x, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 32.1x, Stryker (SYK) 19.0x). 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: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +11.8%, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) +14.6%, Stryker (SYK) +8.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) has the highest net margin (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 25.0%, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 15.4%, Stryker (SYK) 14.4%). On return on invested capital, Stryker (SYK) leads (Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 9.0%, Stryker (SYK) 10.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Edwards Lifesciences (EW) returned the most: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) -7.0%, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) +12.4%, Stryker (SYK) -21.4%. Over five years, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) compounded fastest (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +8.3%/yr, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) -4.9%/yr, Stryker (SYK) +2.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 0.01%, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 0.00%, Stryker (SYK) 0.00%. Edwards Lifesciences (EW) and Stryker (SYK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) has been the steadiest (Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 46.1%, Edwards Lifesciences (EW) 24.7%, Stryker (SYK) 30.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LMAT, EW 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, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) leads on 4. 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.