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21. Intuitive Surgical
Rank: 21 (Previous rank: 48)
CEO: Gary S. Guthart
Address: 1266 Kifer Rd.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5304
Surgical-robotics firm propelled growth with sales of its proprietary ìda Vinciî systems for hysterectomies and prostatectomies.
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  $ millions
(past 4 qtrs.) 		% growth
(3 yr. annual rate) 		Growth rank
Revenues** 1,192.4 41 30
Net income** 289.8 ó ó
Total return ó 32 13
Earnings per share ó 43 61
Share price  
As of 8/4/10 $335.35
Beat the S&P 500* Yes
P/E (current fiscal year est.) 39
Industry: Health Care
Industry rank Company Fastest-Growing
rank 		Revenues
($ millions)
1 SXC Health Solutions 6 1,599.8
2 HMS Holdings 10 244.2
3 Thoratec 13 406.0
4 Almost Family 14 310.7
5 Intuitive Surgical 21 1,192.4
6 Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions 22 728.3
7 Illumina 27 692.7
8 Cubist Pharmaceuticals 31 585.1
9 Celgene 34 2,876.1
10 Luminex 42 128.3
11 Amedisys 47 1,584.6
12 Perrigo 55 2,157.7
13 China-Biotics 62 81.4
14 Mindray Medical International 63 645.9
15 Community Health Systems 81 12,355.6
16 Neogen 82 132.3
17 Bio-Reference Laboratories 89 409.4
18 Biogen Idec 91 4,449.7
19 LHC Group 93 553.4
20 ICON 95 886.9
21 Catalyst Health Solutions 96 3,023.4
22 Gilead Sciences 98 7,566.8
From the September 6, 2010 issue.
Notes:
* Through June 30, 2010. The S&P 500 returned -9.81% annually over the same period.
** Through the quarter ended on or before April 30, 2010.
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