Boston Scientific (BSX)

Healthcare · Medical Devices · S&P 500
$41.95 -0.57% on the day Market cap $61.9B 52-week range $41.81 to $105.65 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
3% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $61.9B, Boston Scientific's free cash flow of $3.7B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 3% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Boston Scientific's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price2.8% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years18.3% a year
Revenue, same period10.2% a year
Price to free cash flow16.9x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from BSX's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation7
Profitability7
Growth6
Financial health4
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)17.4x
P/E (forward)12.6x
Price / free cash flow16.9x
EV / EBITDA13.0x
Price / sales2.95x
Price / book2.45x
Revenue growth+7.5%
Operating margin19.8%
Net margin17.5%
Return on equity14.7%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity0.80x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Boston Scientific's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$11.9B$12.7B$14.2B$16.7B$20.1B
Net income$985M$642M$1.6B$1.9B$2.9B
Free cash flow$1.3B$938M$1.8B$2.6B$3.7B
EPS (diluted)$0.69$0.45$1.07$1.25$1.94
Operating margin10.1%13.0%16.5%15.5%18.0%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Cardiovascular$13.2B66%
MedSurg$6.8B34%

Superinvestors who own BSX

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 10 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Added $2.2B1.3%Q2 2026
Tom Steyer
Farallon Capital Management LLC
Added $449M2.1%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $413M0.14%Q2 2026
Lee Ainslie
Maverick Capital
Added $253M2.2%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Added $219M0.18%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $16M0.04%Q2 2026
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Added $7M0.05%Q2 2026
Larry Robbins
Glenview Capital Management
New position $5M0.09%Q2 2026
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Trimmed $4M0.00%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $3M0.02%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Boston Scientific's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 30, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$62.90—
Mar 30, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$62.90—
Feb 17, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$76.25—
Feb 17, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$76.25—
Feb 10, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$74.26—
Feb 10, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$74.26—
Jan 30, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$93.58—
Jan 30, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$93.58—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$92.26—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$92.26—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Boston Scientific's stock price imply?

At a market value of $61.9B, Boston Scientific would need its free cash flow to grow about 3% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 18% a year.

Are Boston Scientific insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of BSX in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Boston Scientific?

10 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold BSX in their latest 13F, including PRIMECAP Management, Tom Steyer, Cliff Asness.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.