Growth Metrics

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Intuitive Surgical has reported Return on Sales over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.3% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 1.0% to 0.3% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.28% through Mar 2026, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.29% for FY2025, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.3% for Q1 2026 at Intuitive Surgical, up from 0.28% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Sales peaked at 0.32% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 0.2% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.27% (2025), against an average of 0.26%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: dropped -15bps in 2022 and later grew 11bps in 2023.
  • Tracing ISRG's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 0.2% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 56bps to 0.32% in 2023, then fell by -10bps to 0.29% in 2024, then fell by -2bps to 0.28% in 2025, then grew by 7bps to 0.3% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.3%, 0.28%, and 0.28% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.