Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026)
Intuitive Surgical's Short-term Investments was $1.06 billion in Q3 2026, down 49.4% from $2.1 billion a year earlier and down 56.7% from the prior quarter.
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Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Short-term Investments at Intuitive Surgical came in at $2.57 billion, up 29.3% from FY2024.
- Short-term Investments shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -6.0% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Short-term Investments was $1.99 billion in FY2024 (-19.7%), $2.47 billion in FY2023 (-2.5%), $2.54 billion in FY2022 (-12.9%) and $2.91 billion in FY2021 (-16.5%).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Short-term Investments since Q1 2017.
- Compared with a year earlier, Short-term Investments was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 5.5%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Short-term Investments over five years was Q1 2026 (growth of 29.6%); the worst was Q3 2026 (a decline of 49.4%).
- Per Business Quant data, ISRG's Short-term Investments in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was $2.46 billion (Q2 2026), $2.51 billion (Q1 2026) and $2.57 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 250.13 Bn | 229.16 Bn | 4.88 Bn |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 180.31 Bn | 150.74 Bn | 7.27 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 162.34 Bn | 146.15 Bn | 3.61 Bn |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 158.13 Bn | 138.42 Bn | 2.08 Bn |
| 5 | Medtronic | 122.37 Bn | 87.63 Bn | 6.34 Bn |
| 6 | Stryker | 117.89 Bn | 104.00 Bn | 4.50 Bn |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 67.15 Bn | 61.92 Bn | 3.85 Bn |
| 8 | Becton Dickinson | 54.68 Bn | 51.83 Bn | 2.32 Bn |
| 9 | Edwards Lifesciences | 51.43 Bn | 35.44 Bn | 1.35 Bn |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 48.84 Bn | 41.72 Bn | 1.04 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.06 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.46 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.51 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.57 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.10 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.92 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.94 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.99 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.82 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.72 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.96 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.47 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.87 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.36 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.55 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.54 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.78 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.90 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.88 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.91 Bn |
API Access
Intuitive Surgical Short-term Investments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=ISRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-investments", "ticker": "ISRG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=ISRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();