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How Intuitive Surgical, Inc. makes its money

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revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$10.1B · 100%Cost of revenue$3.4B · 34%Gross profit$6.6B · 66%Operating income$2.9B · 29%Income before tax$3.3B · 33%Income tax$435M · 4%Net income$2.9B · 28%As of 2025-12-31 · 2 SEC filing sourcesBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$10.1B100%
Cost of revenue$3.4B34%
$6.6B66%
$2.9B29%
Income before tax$3.3B33%
Income tax$435M4%
$2.9B28%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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