Here's Why You Should Add Stryker (SYK) To Your Portfolio

Stryker Corporation (NYSE:SYK) is poised for growth on solid second-quarter show, international growth and strong view.

Price Performance

Shares of this Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock have gained 28.5%, outperforming the industry’s growth of 3.2% on a year-to-date basis. Moreover, the stock has outpaced the S&P 500 Index’s rally of 0.8%.

Factors to Boost Stryker

Solid Q2 Results

Stryker delivered second-quarter 2019 adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.98, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.6%. The bottom line improved 12.5% year over year and exceeded the high end of the company’s guidance.

The Michigan-based medical device company reported revenues of $3.65 billion, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.4%. Revenues increased 9.9% on a year-over-year basis and 11.5% at constant currency.

Notably, the company gained on solid contributions from its three major segments — Orthopaedic, MedSurg and Neurotechnology & Spine.

International Expansion

In the second quarter, Stryker’s international organic sales grew 6.5%. Per management, robust gains in emerging markets, Europe and Australia were responsible for the rise in international organic sales.

Notably, the company sold 44 Mako robots globally in the quarter.

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Based on the second-quarter performance, Stryker now expects 2019 organic net sales growth in the range of 7.5-8%.

On a full-year basis, adjusted EPS is expected in the band of $8.15 to $8.25.

For the third quarter of 2019, adjusted EPS is anticipated within $1.87 and $1.92.

Which Way Are Estimates Headed?

For 2019, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pegged at $14.87 billion, indicating an improvement of 9.3% from the year-ago period. For adjusted EPS, the same is pinned at $8.21, suggesting growth of 12.3% year-ago reported figure.

For the third quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pinned at $3.5 billion, calling for year-over-year growth of 10.5%. The same for adjusted EPS stands at $1.90, suggesting a rise of 12.4% year over year.

Other Key Picks

Other top-ranked stocks in the broader medical space are DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY) , Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) and Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) , each carrying a Zacks Rank #2. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

DENTSPLY’s long-term earnings growth rate is expected to be 11.5%.

Intuitive Surgical’s long-term earnings growth rate is estimated at 13.3%.

Baxter’s long-term earnings growth rate is projected at 12.8%.

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