On Thursday, Investing.com reported that Intuitive Surgery (NASDAQ:), had reported a first quarter report that exceeded analysts’ expectations and generated revenue exceeding all estimates.

Intuitive Surgical posted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.13, on revenue $1.49B. Investing.com polled analysts and predicted EPS at $1.08 for revenue $1.43B.

The shares of Intuitive Surgery are now down 18% since the start of the year. However, they’re still 20.32% below the 52-week high of $369.69 on November 5, 2021. The shares are performing below the, which has fallen 15.93% since the beginning of the year.

After-hours trading for Intuitive Surgery shares increased by 2.20% following the publication.

Intuitive surgery follows the other top Healthcare sector earnings for this month

Intuitive Surgical reports on an earnings beat by UnitedHealth, April 14. UnitedHealth reported EPS at $5.49 for revenue $80.15B. This compares to the forecasts EPS at $5.38 for revenue $78,786M.

J&J had beat expectations on Tuesday with first quarter EPS of $2.67 on revenue of $23.43B, compared to forecast for EPS of $2.59 on revenue of $23.69B.

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