Medtronic (MDT) Long-Term Investments (2014 - 2018)
Medtronic (MDT) posted Long-Term Investments of $7.76 billion for fiscal Q4 2018 (quarter ended Apr 27, 2018), down 12.7% from $8.89 billion a year earlier and down 6.6% from the prior quarter.
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Medtronic (MDT) Long-Term Investments (2014 - 2018) Analysis & Trends
Since fiscal Q4 2014, Medtronic has reported Long-Term Investments for 14 quarters.
- Annual Long-Term Investments has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a four-year compound annual growth rate of -12.1% (FY2014 to FY2018).
- In prior fiscal years, Medtronic's Long-Term Investments was $8.89 billion in FY2017 (-10.1%), $9.89 billion in FY2016 (-33.3%), $14.82 billion in FY2015 (+14.1%) and $12.99 billion in FY2014.
- The fiscal Q4 2018 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Long-Term Investments in data going back to fiscal Q4 2014.
- On a year-over-year basis, Long-Term Investments has declined in each of the last nine quarters, with an average decline of 20.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Long-Term Investments in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2015, with growth of 14.1%; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2017, with a decline of 44.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Long-Term Investments for the three prior fiscal quarters was $8.32 billion (Q3 2018), $8.24 billion (Q2 2018) and $8.54 billion (Q1 2018).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Long-Term Investments (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 249.71 Bn | 228.86 Bn | 4.88 Bn | - |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 171.00 Bn | 142.08 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 1.11 Bn |
| 3 | Danaher | 155.79 Bn | 139.61 Bn | 3.61 Bn | - |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 143.91 Bn | 123.46 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 3.41 Bn |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.42 Bn | 76.29 Bn | 6.34 Bn | - |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.71 Bn | 91.82 Bn | 4.50 Bn | - |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.26 Bn | 58.27 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 2.25 Bn |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.80 Bn | 33.91 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 244.10 Mn |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.78 Bn | 45.93 Bn | 2.32 Bn | - |
| 10 | Agilent Technologies | 48.58 Bn | 41.47 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 130.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2018 | 7.76 Bn |
| Jan 26, 2018 | 8.32 Bn |
| Oct 27, 2017 | 8.24 Bn |
| Jul 28, 2017 | 8.54 Bn |
| Apr 28, 2017 | 8.89 Bn |
| Jan 27, 2017 | 8.86 Bn |
| Oct 28, 2016 | 8.43 Bn |
| Jul 29, 2016 | 9.92 Bn |
| Apr 29, 2016 | 9.89 Bn |
| Jan 29, 2016 | 14.77 Bn |
| Oct 30, 2015 | 15.05 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2015 | 15.17 Bn |
| Apr 24, 2015 | 14.82 Bn |
| Apr 25, 2014 | 12.99 Bn |
API Access
Medtronic Long-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=long-term-investments&ticker=MDT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "long-term-investments", "ticker": "MDT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=long-term-investments&ticker=MDT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();