Intuitive Surgical Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Intuitive Surgical's CEO is Gary Guthart, appointed in Jan 2010, has a tenure of 14.92 years. total yearly compensation is $12.45M, comprised of 7.7% salary and 92.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.35% of the company’s shares, worth ARS688.57B. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.9 years and 6.5 years respectively.

Key information

Gary Guthart

Chief executive officer

US$12.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	7.7%
CEO tenure	14.9yrs
CEO ownership	0.4%
Management average tenure	2.9yrs
Board average tenure	6.5yrs

Recent management updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Gary Guthart's remuneration changed compared to Intuitive Surgical's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 31 2023	US$12m	US$955k	US$2b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2022	US$10m	US$873k	US$1b
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 31 2021	US$8m	US$846k	US$2b
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2020	US$6m	US$821k	US$1b
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2019	US$6m	US$790k	US$1b
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2018	US$6m	US$767k	US$1b
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$804m
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$810m
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	US$778m
Dec 31 2017	US$5m	US$744k	US$671m

Compensation vs Market: Gary's total compensation ($USD12.45M) is above average for companies of similar size in the AR market ($USD5.73M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Gary's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Gary Guthart (58 yo)

14.9yrs

Tenure

US$12,449,381

Compensation

Dr. Gary S. Guthart, Ph.D. has been Chief Executive Officer of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. since January 1, 2010 and was its President since July 12, 2007. Dr. Guthart served as the Chief Operating Officer at...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Gary Guthart	CEO & Director	14.9yrs	US$12.45m	0.35% ARS 688.6b
David Rosa	President & Director	1.6yrs	US$12.56m	0.059% ARS 115.8b
Jamie Samath	Senior VP & CFO	2.9yrs	US$5.03m	0.0025% ARS 4.8b
Henry Charlton	Senior VP & Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer	1.6yrs	US$5.10m	0.00084% ARS 1.6b
Robert DeSantis	Executive VP and Chief Strategy & Corporate Operations Officer	9.1yrs	US$4.84m	0.0015% ARS 3.0b
Fredrik Widman	VP, Principal Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller	4.9yrs	no data	0.000030% ARS 58.6m
Brian King	VP, Treasurer & Head of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Gary Loeb	Senior VP	2.3yrs	no data	0.00085% ARS 1.7b
Christopher Carlson	Executive Vice President of Research	less than a year	no data	no data
Patricia Wadors	Chief Human Resources Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Myriam J. McAdams	Executive VP & Chief Medical Officer	10.8yrs	US$4.48m	0.000080% ARS 156.3m
Brian Miller	Executive VP & Chief Digital Officer	9.5yrs	no data	0.0020% ARS 3.9b

2.9yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: ISRG's management team is considered experienced (2.9 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Gary Guthart	CEO & Director	15.7yrs	US$12.45m	0.35% ARS 688.6b
David Rosa	President & Director	less than a year	US$12.56m	0.059% ARS 115.8b
Amal Johnson	Independent Director	14.7yrs	US$388.12k	0.0034% ARS 6.7b
Joseph Beery	Independent Director	4.7yrs	US$379.79k	0.00067% ARS 1.3b
Craig Barratt	Independent Chairman	13.7yrs	US$498.74k	0.0073% ARS 14.3b
Lewis Chew	Director	less than a year	no data	0.000010% ARS 19.5m
Jami K. Nachtsheim	Independent Director	7.7yrs	US$383.12k	0.0016% ARS 3.1b
Keith Leonard	Independent Director	8.9yrs	US$379.79k	0.00045% ARS 879.2m
Amy Ladd	Independent Director	5.3yrs	US$376.79k	0.00023% ARS 449.4m
Mark Rubash	Independent Director	17.2yrs	US$392.46k	0.0045% ARS 8.8b
Monica Reed	Independent Director	3.7yrs	US$376.79k	0.00045% ARS 879.2m
Sreelakshmi Kolli	Independent Director	1.2yrs	US$142.84k	0.000070% ARS 136.8m

6.5yrs

Average Tenure

61.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: ISRG's board of directors are considered experienced (6.5 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/26 09:58
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is covered by 59 analysts. 30 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
David Toung	Argus Research Company
null null	Argus Research Company
Richard Purkiss	Atlantic Equities LLP