“The increase in Orthopaedics operating income as a percentage of net sales for the six months was primarily driven by lower selling, general and administrative expenses, lower research, development and engineering expenses and higher unit volumes, partially o…”10-Q · Jul 31, 2026 ↗
Stryker Corporation
SYK
Market read
Stryker Corporation's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 20 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 17 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 2.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Gross margin fell 0.5 percentage points.
- Filing reports unit volume contributed materially to constant‑currency net sales growth excluding acquisitions/divestitures (explicit percent reported).
- Filing quantifies reversal of prior-year import tariffs as a discrete driver of gross margin expansion (bps disclosed).
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if SYK's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 20 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 17 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 2.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 1.3 percentage points.
- Gross margin fell 0.5 percentage points.
- Filing reports unit volume contributed materially to constant‑currency net sales growth excluding acquisitions/divestitures (explicit percent reported).
- Filing quantifies reversal of prior-year import tariffs as a discrete driver of gross margin expansion (bps disclosed).
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +11.2% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +3.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.55x in the latest annual period.
- Supply chain and availability has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
- EV/sales is 23% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
270.01Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The decrease in interest expense in the three months and six months 2026 from 2025 was due to lower outstanding debt and credit facilities partially offset by higher average interest rates.”10-Q · Jul 31, 2026 ↗
“7 STRYKER CORPORATION 2025 FORM 10-K projects, the inability to realize the expected benefits, savings or synergies from the acquisition, the loss of key personnel, litigation resulting from the acquisition and exposure to unexpected liabilities of acquired c…”10-K · Feb 11, 2026 ↗
“Gross profit as a percentage of net sales increased to 63.9% in 2024 from 63.7% in 2023 due to higher sales pricing and favorable volume offset by higher manufacturing and supply chain costs primarily due to inflationary pressures impacting fixed and variable…”10-K · Feb 11, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 4.2× · EV/sales 4.6×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 12:10 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for SYK. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-05-11 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-02.
What improved
- Revenue increased 2.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 1.3 percentage points.
What weakened
- Gross margin fell 0.5 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“The key components of the change were: Gross Profit Percent Net Sales Three Months 2025 63.8 % Sales pricing 10 bps Volume and mix 10 bps Manufacturing and supply chain costs (200) bps Structural optimization and other special charges 70 bps Inventory stepped up to fair value 60 bps Three Months 2026 63.3 % Gross profit as a percentage of net sales in the three months 2026 decreased to 63.3% from 63.8% in 2025 driven by higher manufacturing and supply chain costs primarily due to idle production time related to the cybersecurity incident.”
“The increase in interest expense in the three months 2026 from 2025 was primarily due to 2025 debt issuances.”
“The key components of the change were: Operating Income Percent Net Sales MedSurg and Neurotechnology Orthopaedics Three Months 2025 24.8 % 30.4 % Sales pricing 20 bps 0 bps Volume 20 bps (10) bps Manufacturing and supply chain costs (220) bps (190) bps Research, development and engineering expenses (40) bps 40 bps Selling, general and administrative expenses (80) bps 130 bps Three Months 2026 21.8 % 30.1 % The decrease in MedSurg and Neurotechnology operating income as a percentage of net sales for the three months was primarily driven by higher manufacturing and supply chain costs due to idle production time related to the cybersecurity incident, higher selling, general and administrative...”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind SYK
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
BAXBaxter International Inc.competitorFeb 11, 2026 ▾
“We are one of five leading global competitors in Medical; the other four being Baxter International Inc., Zoll Medical Corporation, Medline Industries and Ferno-Washington, Inc.”
CNMDCONMED CorporationcompetitorFeb 11, 2026 ▾
“We are one of five leading global competitors in Instruments; the other four being Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.”
Depended on by
UFPT21.5% of UFPTcustomerFeb 27, 2026 ▾
“Net sales from our largest two customers, Intuitive Surgical SARL and Stryker Corporation, were 24.3% and 21.5%, respectively, of our total net sales for the year ended December 31, 2025.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
SYK is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Medical Devices. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.