Bullish Sentiment Surrounding BSX Investment

By Kim Brooks • Wednesday, December 25 15:12 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Boston Scientific, a Medical Instruments & Supplies company whose shares moved 1.3% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Boston Scientific has moved 62.6% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 26.3%
BSX has an average analyst rating of buy and is -8.14% away from its mean target price of $99.14 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.21
Boston Scientific has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 75.3 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $2.79 and its forward P/E ratio is 32.6
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 6.48 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Boston Scientific is part of the Health Care sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 26.07 and an average P/B of 3.53
BSX has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -6.3% and gross profit margins of 0.7%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.8 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices for use in various interventional medical specialties worldwide. It operates through two segments, MedSurg and Cardiovascular. The company offers devices to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal and pulmonary conditions, such as resolution clips, biliary stent systems, stents and electrocautery enhanced delivery systems, direct visualization systems, digital catheters, and single-use duodenoscopes; devices to treat urological conditions, including ureteral stents, catheters, baskets, guidewires, sheaths, balloons, single-use digital flexible ureteroscopes, holmium laser systems, artificial urinary sphincter, laser system, fiber, and hydrogel systems; and devices to treat neurological movement disorders and manage chronic pain, such as spinal cord stimulator system, proprietary programming software, radiofrequency generator, indirect decompression systems, practice optimization tools, and deep brain stimulation system. It also provides technologies for diagnosing and treating coronary artery disease and aortic valve conditions; WATCHMAN FLX, a Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device; and implantable devices that monitor the heart and deliver electricity to treat cardiac abnormalities, such as cardioverter and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators, MRI S-ICD systems, cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers, quadripolar LV leads, ICD leads, pacing leads, remote patient management systems, insertable cardiac monitor systems, and remote cardiac monitoring systems. In addition, the company offers diagnosis and treatment of rate and rhythm disorders of the heart; peripheral arterial and venous diseases; and products to diagnose, treat and ease forms of cancer. The company was incorporated in 1979 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

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