Compare · BSX vs MDT
BSX vs MDT
Side-by-side comparison of Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) and Medtronic plc. (MDT): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both companies sit in the Health Care sector. BSX focuses on Medical/Dental Instruments, while MDT focuses on Biotechnology: Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus.
- MDT is the larger of the two at $110.34B, about 1.5x BSX ($72.97B).
- Over the past year, BSX is down 54.5% and MDT is down 5.0% - MDT leads by 49.5 points.
- MDT has been more active in the news (13 items in the past 4 weeks vs 8 for BSX).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Medtronic plc.
- Price
- $47.65-2.96%
- $85.14-1.25%
- Market cap
- $72.97B
- $110.34B
- 1M return
- +5.19%
- +1.60%
- 1Y return
- -54.54%
- -5.02%
- Industry
- Medical/Dental Instruments
- Biotechnology: Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 8
- 13
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
Boston Scientific Corporation
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices for use in various interventional medical specialties worldwide. It operates through three segments: MedSurg, Rhythm and Neuro, and Cardiovascular. The company offers devices to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal and pulmonary conditions; devices to treat various urological and pelvic conditions; implantable cardioverter and implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators; pacemakers and implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers; and remote patient management systems. It also provides medical technologies to diagnose and treat rate and rhythm disorders of the heart comprising 3-D cardiac mapping and navigation solutions, ablation catheters, diagnostic catheters, mapping catheters, intracardiac ultrasound catheters, delivery sheaths, and other accessories; spinal cord stimulator systems for the management of chronic pain; indirect decompression systems; and deep brain stimulation systems. In addition, the company offers interventional cardiology products, including drug-eluting coronary stent systems used in the treatment of coronary artery disease; percutaneous coronary interventions products to treat atherosclerosis; intravascular catheter-directed ultrasound imaging catheters, fractional flow reserve devices, and systems for use in coronary arteries and heart chambers, as well as various peripheral vessels; and structural heart therapies. Further, it provides stents, balloon catheters, wires, atherectomy systems to treat arterial diseases; thrombectomy and acoustic pulse thrombolysis systems, wires, and stents to treat venous diseases; and peripheral embolization devices, radioactive microspheres, ablation systems, and micro and drainage catheters to treat cancer. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Medtronic plc.
Medtronic plc develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells device-based medical therapies to hospitals, physicians, clinicians, and patients worldwide. It operates through four segments: Cardiovascular Portfolio, Neuroscience Portfolio, Medical Surgical Portfolio, and Diabetes Operating Unit. The Cardiovascular Portfolio segment offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices; AF ablation products; insertable cardiac monitor systems; mechanical circulatory support; TYRX products; and remote monitoring and patient-centered software. It also provides aortic valves; percutaneous coronary intervention stents, surgical valve replacement and repair products, endovascular stent grafts, percutaneous angioplasty balloons, and products to treat superficial venous diseases in the lower extremities. The Medical Surgical Portfolio segment offers surgical products, including surgical stapling devices, vessel sealing instruments, wound closure, electrosurgery products, surgical artificial intelligence and robotic-assisted surgery products, hernia mechanical devices, mesh implants, gynecology and lung products, and various therapies to treat diseases. The Neuroscience Portfolio segment offers products for spinal surgeons; neurosurgeons; neurologists; pain management specialists; anesthesiologists; orthopedic surgeons; urologists; urogynecologists; interventional radiologists; ear, nose, and throat specialists; and systems that incorporate energy surgical instruments. It also provides image-guided surgery and intra-operative imaging systems and robotic guidance systems used in robot assisted spine procedures; and therapies for vasculature in and around the brain. The Diabetes Operating Unit segment offers insulin pumps and consumables, and continuous glucose monitoring systems. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
Latest BSX
- SEC Form 4 filed by EVP & Group Pres, Cardiology Fitzgerald Joseph Michael
- Director Ludwig Edward J bought $227,400 worth of shares (5,000 units at $45.48), increasing direct ownership by 20% to 30,359 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Boston Scientific Corporation
- Boston Scientific downgraded by Argus
- Penumbra, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
- Boston Scientific Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Boston Scientific announces results for second quarter 2026
- Boston Scientific Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities
- EVP and CFO Monson Jonathan covered exercise/tax liability with 1,010 shares and converted options into 2,087 shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 39,063 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 11-K filed by Boston Scientific Corporation
Latest MDT
- Chief Accounting Officer Blomquist Denise L. covered exercise/tax liability with 212 units of Ordinary Shares and was granted 2,337 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 14% to 16,998 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & President, Neuroscience Thompson Kweli covered exercise/tax liability with 1,739 units of Ordinary Shares and was granted 6,923 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 17% to 35,390 units (SEC Form 4)
- SVP, Chief HR Officer Walter Matthew R. covered exercise/tax liability with 1,675 units of Ordinary Shares and was granted 5,769 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 11% to 39,928 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP, GC and Secretary Quinn Michelle was granted 6,346 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 31% to 26,721 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & Chief Financial Officer Pieton Thierry was granted 11,537 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 30% to 49,645 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP, Pres MedSurg and Americas Marinaro Michael was granted 57,107 units of Ordinary Shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 3,356 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 84% to 117,420 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & President Cardiovascular Kiil Harry Skip covered exercise/tax liability with 3,074 units of Ordinary Shares and was granted 9,230 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 16% to 43,669 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chairman and CEO Martha Geoffrey was granted 41,533 units of Ordinary Shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 15,810 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 9% to 327,866 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP, GC and Secretary Quinn Michelle covered exercise/tax liability with 2,069 units of Ordinary Shares, decreasing direct ownership by 9% to 20,375 units (SEC Form 4)
- Medtronic upgraded by UBS with a new price target