EW
Edwards Lifesciences
Health Care · Health Care Equipment · US
$85.96
Data: 2026-05-15
✓ ETHICAL PASS

MODERATE MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$46.7B
Total market value of the company
43.88
Expensive — high growth expected
24.13
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+16.7%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
17.4%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
10.5%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$97.15
+13% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 27 analysts covering this stock
About Edwards Lifesciences

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation provides products and technologies to treat advanced cardiovascular diseases in the United States, Europe, Japan, and internationally. It offers transcatheter heart valve replacement products for minimally invasive replacement of aortic heart valves under the Edwards SAPIEN family of valves system; and transcatheter heart valve repair and replacement products to treat mitral and tricuspid valve diseases under the PASCAL and EVOQUE brands. The company also provides surgical structural heart solutions, such as aortic surgical valve under the INSPIRIS brand name; INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve, which offers RESILIA tissue and VFit technology; KONECT RESILIA, a pre-assembled tissue valve conduit for complex combined procedures; and MITRIS RESILIA valve. It distributes its products through a direct sales force and independent distributors. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

https://www.edwards.com

Country: United States Employees: 16,000 Industry: Medical Devices
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
5.1% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
1.8% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
26.3% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
2.8% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$56.17
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-53.0%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
OVERVALUED
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
90.3th
Ranks in the top 10% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
83.9
Valuation Score
44.5
Quality Score
65.3
Combined
64.2

Trading at $81, 45% above fair value of $56. Moderate competitive position. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 58% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
0.196
Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns
0.0149
Marginal edge — very small allocation suggested
0.008
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
0.3%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-36.3%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
439
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.87
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$87.89
2% below the year high
52W Low
$72.30
19% above the year low
Avg Volume
4,949,043
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
1.9
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
2.1%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
0.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$1.85
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.07
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
4.42
Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations
Quick Ratio
3.30
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
77.9%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
31.2%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$902M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$6.3B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.1B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
27
Target High
$110.00
Target Median
$97.15
Target Low
$84.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-18 LIPPIS DANIEL J Officer 620 $45,062
2026-05-18 LIPPIS DANIEL J Officer 620 $50,307
2026-05-15 BOBO DONALD E JR Officer 17,968 $1,472,678
2026-05-12 ZOVIGHIAN BERNARD J Chief Executive Officer 26,640
2026-05-12 ZOVIGHIAN BERNARD J Chief Executive Officer 36,351 $2,833,013
2026-05-11 CHOPRA DAVEEN Officer 13,583
2026-05-11 BOBO DONALD E JR Officer 13,457
2026-05-11 ZOVIGHIAN BERNARD J Chief Executive Officer 47,207
2026-05-11 ULLEM SCOTT B Chief Financial Officer 19,830
2026-05-11 ZOVIGHIAN BERNARD J Chief Executive Officer 9,711
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Purchase 1K–15K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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