11 Best European Stocks to Invest In

2. Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 63

Year-To-Date Return as of June 26: 7.62%

Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) is one of the 11 best European stocks to invest in. On June 23, the company announced the appointment of Dr. Joon Sup Lee as an independent director to its Board of Directors. The appointment went into effect on June 18, 2025.

Dr. Lee’s appointment was a result of Medtronic increasing the size of its Board. The new director will serve on the Board’s Science and Technology Committee and the Compensation and Talent Committee. Dr. Lee is currently the CEO of Emory Healthcare, Inc., overseeing Georgia’s most comprehensive academic health system.

Before joining Emory Healthcare, Dr. Lee was the executive director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s (UPMC) Heart and Vascular Institute from 2018 to 2020. He was also a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He held various leadership roles at UPMC, including Director of Interventional Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.

Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) is an Irish-domiciled healthcare technology company. It develops and sells medical devices and therapies for chronic conditions across four main segments: Cardiovascular, Neuroscience, Medical Surgical, and Diabetes. Its top products include heart devices, spinal implants, surgical tools, insulin pumps, and neuromodulation systems. Medtronic serves over 79 million patients annually in more than 150 countries.