Edwards Lifesciences (EW)

Healthcare · Medical Devices · S&P 500
$86.48 -0.86% on the day Market cap $50.3B 52-week range $72.30 to $96.29 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
13% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $50.3B, Edwards Lifesciences's free cash flow of $1.3B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 13% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered 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 Edwards Lifesciences'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 price13.3% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years10.8% a year
Revenue, same period8.3% a year
Price to free cash flow37.7x

Fundamental grade

C

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

Valuation3
Profitability7
Growth2
Financial health8
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)47.2x
P/E (forward)28.8x
Price / free cash flow37.7x
EV / EBITDA29.6x
Price / sales7.72x
Price / book4.82x
Revenue growth+13.6%
Operating margin22.2%
Net margin15.4%
Return on equity9.5%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity0.30x

Results from SEC filings

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

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$5.2B$4.5B$5.0B$5.4B$6.1B
Net income$1.5B$1.5B$1.4B$4.2B$1.1B
Free cash flow$1.4B$974M$643M$290M$1.3B
EPS (diluted)$2.38$2.44$2.30$6.97$1.83
Operating margin32.3%33.6%26.1%25.3%20.8%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement$4.5B74%
Surgical Structural Heart$1.0B17%
Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies$551M9%

Superinvestors who own EW

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Trimmed $308M0.18%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $132M0.05%Q2 2026
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Added $21M0.03%Q2 2026
David Rolfe
Wedgewood Partners
Trimmed $15M3.1%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $9M0.02%Q2 2026

Insider buying

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

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$81.95—
Mar 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$81.95—

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Questions

What growth does Edwards Lifesciences's stock price imply?

At a market value of $50.3B, Edwards Lifesciences would need its free cash flow to grow about 13% 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 11% a year.

Are Edwards Lifesciences insiders buying the stock?

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

Which superinvestors own Edwards Lifesciences?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold EW in their latest 13F, including PRIMECAP Management, Cliff Asness, Ron Baron.

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.