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Medtronic PLC

Ireland · Large Cap · listed since 1978 · Revenue 12 mo. $37.5B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
3.6
of 10 4 of 11 points Low Match To the score
Price
$101.80
1 Y +3.4%
Market cap
$126.6B
Phase
Payout
core business profitable, at least half of operating cash flow goes to shareholders
Revenue +5.2% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 17.8%Payout 62.6% of operating cash flow

Medtronic plc develops, manufactures, and sells device-based medical therapies to healthcare systems, physicians, clinicians, and patients in the United States, Ireland, and internationally.

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Medtronic plc develops, manufactures, and sells device-based medical therapies to healthcare systems, physicians, clinicians, and patients in the United States, Ireland, and internationally. It operates through three segments: The Cardiovascular Portfolio, Neuroscience Portfolio, and Medical Surgical Portfolio. The Cardiovascular Portfolio segment offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices; cardiac ablation products; insertable cardiac monitor systems; TYRX products; and remote monitoring and patient-centered software. It also provides aortic valves, surgical valve replacement and repair products, endovascular stent grafts and accessories, and transcatheter pulmonary valves, left atrial appendage exclusion systems, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) systems and percutaneous coronary intervention products, percutaneous angioplasty balloons, and endovenous products. The Neuroscience Portfolio segment offers medical devices and implants, biologic solutions, spinal cord stimulation and brain modulation systems, implantable drug infusion systems, and interventional products, as well as nerve ablation system under the Accurian name. This segment offers its products for spinal surgeons, neurosurgeons, neurologists, pain management specialists, anesthesiologists, orthopedic surgeons, urologists, urogynecologists, and interventional radiologists, as well as ear, nose, and throat specialists, and energy surgical instruments. The Medical Surgical Portfolio segment offers surgical stapling devices, vessel sealing instruments, wound closure and electrosurgery products, AI-powered surgical video and analytics platform, robotic-assisted surgery products, hernia mechanical devices, mesh implants, gynecology products, gastrointestinal and hepatologic diagnostics and therapies, and therapies to treat diseases and conditions, and patient monitoring and airway management products, as well as insulin pumps and consumables, continuous glucose monitoring sys

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Summary

Medtronic PLC is around the middle of the Healthcare sector overall

56.7 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

The price requires 10.4% FCF growth a year, more than achieved over the last 5 and 10 years.

If free cash flow stays at €4.9B (2026), it supports €54.1B. The remaining €59.5B of the market value assume it grows 10.4% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

10.4%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€113.6B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€54.1B without growth
€59.5B priced-in growth
  • 5 yrs achieved 0.8%
  • 10 yrs achieved 2.1%
  • priced in 10.4%

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 16.3×, within its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 15.4× to 18.2×, median 16.7×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

3 signs support the expectation, 1 speaks against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • High, stable gross margin median 66.5%, range 5.0 pp (10 years)
  • Low capital needs capex median 4.4% of revenue (10 years)
  • Steady FCF margin at least 12.1%, range 8.8 pp (10 years)

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Expectation above the company's own record priced in 10.4%, achieved at most 2.1%

Since the last quarter

Q2 → Q3 2026

Mostly better than the previous quarter: 3 of 3 changes for the better.

  • FCF, 12 mo.$5.4B → $6.1B+13.0%better
  • Gross margin65.0% → 66.7%+1.7 ppbetter
  • FCF margin14.9% → 16.3%+1.4 ppbetter

5 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., EBIT margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability49.3around the middleEarns about as much as the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity9.70%11.52%Rank 40
Return on capital (Greenblatt)31.48%32.55%Rank 48
EBIT margin17.78%18.31%Rank 48
FCF margin14.92%14.12%Rank 55
Gross margin65.02%60.99%Rank 56
Growth56.1around the middleGrows about as fast as the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year8.43%8.04%Rank 51
Earnings growth, 3 years per year9.74%5.44%Rank 59
Earnings growth, 5 years per year6.95%7.00%Rank 50
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)5.24%3.66%Rank 65
Valuation54.9around the middleValued about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield3.66%2.90%Rank 64
FCF yield4.29%3.63%Rank 57
EV/saleslower is better4.004.03Rank 50
EV/EBITlower is better22.4821.73Rank 48
Momentum64.9above the middleShare price doing better than the sector: Share price, 6 months 34.17%, sector 24.27%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year3.43%8.66%Rank 46
Share price, 6 months34.17%24.27%Rank 74
Share price, 3 months21.93%15.42%Rank 72
Distance from 52-week high−3.37%−7.35%Rank 68
Quality58.2around the middleQuality about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better0.44%0.30%Rank 48
Change in share countlower is better−0.14%0.00%Rank 54
Dividend streak in years1210Rank 65
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted2.39%0.05%Rank 67
Balance sheet & risk56.7around the middleRisk about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio53.17%48.40%Rank 60
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better1.911.11Rank 32
Debt to equitylower is better0.570.48Rank 46
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better24.88%31.42%Rank 89

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $29.7B (2017) to $36.4B (2026), 2.3% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCF, $BSharesNet debt, $B
201729.718.1%5.61.39B28.4
201830.022.2%3.61.37B22.1
201930.620.5%5.91.36B20.9
202028.916.6%6.01.35B20.7
202130.114.9%4.91.35B22.8
202231.718.2%6.01.35B20.4
202331.217.6%4.61.33B22.8
202432.415.9%5.21.33B23.7
202533.517.8%5.21.29B26.3
202636.417.8%5.41.29B26.0
3.6 / 10Low MatchStockScorer score4 of 11 points

2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

Medtronic PLC mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

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How Medtronic PLC's score is built

Medtronic PLC is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

2 of 7 rules met

4 of 11 points

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector mediannot met0 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%not met0 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.not met0 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketnot met0 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksdoes not apply

Detail data

How does Medtronic PLC stock perform across 18 strategies?

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  • Undervalued Stocks: Multi-Factor Check
  • Altman Z-Score: Stress Test
  • Earnings Quality: Accrual Check (Sloan)
  • Trending Value: Value + Momentum
  • Dividend Aristocrats & Continuity
  • Magic Formula: Value + Quality
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)
  • Acquirer's Multiple: EV/EBIT Deep Value
  • Moat Quality
  • Balanced GARP
  • High-Growth / Rule of 40
  • PEG Strategy (inspired by Peter Lynch)

Medtronic PLC key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for Medtronic PLC.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio27.330.0
P/B ratio2.74.8
Return on equity (ROE)9.7%11.5%
Equity ratio53.2%48.4%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)0.570.48
Dividend yield2.8%1.3%

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Frequently asked questions about Medtronic PLC stock

How does Medtronic PLC stock (MDT) score in the StockScorer model?
Medtronic PLC stock reaches a StockScorer score of 3.6 out of 10, which is a low match with the rule-based strategies. 2 out of 7 flagship profile rules are met.
What is Medtronic PLC's P/E ratio?
Medtronic PLC's P/E ratio is 27.3. The Healthcare sector median is 30.0.
What sector is Medtronic PLC in?
Medtronic PLC is assigned to the Healthcare sector. Its rank within the sector is 56.7 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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