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MDT · NYSE

Medtronic plc

Health Care · Medical Devices

$97.11

+2.46%

Close on Oct 29, 2026

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Quality

57

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Quality research reads 57 of 100, a middle-of-the-universe reading. The measurements behind it are mixed.

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Fundamental Momentum

Middle

52

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Fundamental Momentum research reads 52 of 100. Stored measurements classify recent reported fundamentals as middle. This describes reported financial change already disclosed, with no forward-looking claim.

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Capital Returns

Favorable

62

of 100 · stored research reading

Stored Capital Returns research reads 62 of 100, recorded as favorable. Stored records show 13 consecutive years of dividend payments. Share count has been reduced at about 1.1% a year in the stored window.

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Valuation context

Price / earnings
23.2

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What this company does

Medtronic plc, headquartered in Galway, Ireland, is the leading global healthcare technology company. Medtronic was founded in 1949 and today serves healthcare systems, physicians, clinicians, and patients in more than 150 countries worldwide. We remain committed to a mission written by our founder in 1960 that directs us "to contribute to human welfare by the application of biomedical engineering in the research, design, manufacture, and sale of products to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life."

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — empowers us to engineer the extraordinary and deliver better outcomes for our world. We are a company of dedication, honesty, integrity, and service. Building on this strong foundation, we are embracing our role as a healthcare technology leader and evolving our business strategy in three key areas:

Accelerate innovation-driven growth: The combination of our attractive end markets, recent product launches and robust pipeline is expected to enable continued strong revenue growth. We aim to bring inventive and disruptive technology to large healthcare opportunities which enables us to better meet patient needs. Patients around the world deserve access to our life-saving products, and we are driven to use our local presence and scale to increase the adoption of our products and services in markets around the globe.

Deliver superior outcomes and better experiences for patients and providers: We listen to our patients and customers to better understand the challenges they face. From the patient journey, to creating agile partnerships that produce novel solutions, to making it easier for our customers to deploy our therapies — what we do is anchored in deep insight, and creates simpler, superior experiences.

Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed June 18, 2026. Read the filing

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