What if you invested in Intuitive Surgical in 2000?
ISRG · Healthcare · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Intuitive Surgical in 2000
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $8,517(+751.7%)
The S&P 500 returned $8,517 on the same $1,000. Intuitive Surgical beat the market by $181,105.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Intuitive Surgical starting January 2000
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $2.10 | $1,000 | - |
| 2001 | $1.86 | $887 | -11.3% |
| 2002 | $2.06 | $980 | +10.4% |
| 2003 | $1.42 | $679 | -30.7% |
| 2004 | $1.98 | $942 | +38.7% |
| 2005 | $4.43 | $2,114 | +124.4% |
| 2006 | $15.25 | $7,273 | +244% |
| 2007 | $10.93 | $5,214 | -28.3% |
| 2008 | $28.22 | $13,457 | +158.1% |
| 2009 | $11.47 | $5,469 | -59.4% |
| 2010 | $36.45 | $17,381 | +217.8% |
| 2011 | $35.88 | $17,108 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | $51.10 | $24,366 | +42.4% |
| 2013 | $63.82 | $30,431 | +24.9% |
| 2014 | $45.29 | $21,594 | -29% |
| 2015 | $54.94 | $26,198 | +21.3% |
| 2016 | $60.09 | $28,654 | +9.4% |
| 2017 | $76.97 | $36,699 | +28.1% |
| 2018 | $143.89 | $68,610 | +87% |
| 2019 | $174.55 | $83,228 | +21.3% |
| 2020 | $186.59 | $88,972 | +6.9% |
| 2021 | $249.21 | $118,830 | +33.6% |
| 2022 | $284.18 | $135,503 | +14% |
| 2023 | $245.69 | $117,150 | -13.5% |
| 2024 | $378.22 | $180,343 | +53.9% |
| 2025 | $571.88 | $272,685 | +51.2% |
| 2026 | $504.22 | $240,423 | -11.8% |
What this return means
A single $1,000 stake in Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) at the start of 2000 is now $189,622. That is a +18,862% total return, or roughly 190x your money, measured through 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 21.8% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund over the same span would be about $8,517, so Intuitive Surgical beat the index by roughly $181,105. The index compounded at about 8.4% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2006 at +244.0%, and the worst was 2009 at -59.4%. At its lowest point the position was down about 59% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
None of this is a recommendation. It is a record of what already happened, and past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Intuitive Surgical at the close of every month from June 2000 through June 2026 means 313 buys and $31,300 contributed over about 26.1 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$1,436,628
+4,489.9% on $31,300 in
Same $31,300, all in at the start
$5,927,326
+18,837% on $31,300 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $4,490,698. That is the usual result when a stock trends up: each monthly buy pays a higher price than the last, so the average cost climbs. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $8.66 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from ISRG split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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