Jim Cramer on Intuitive Surgical: “One day, These Upside Surprises Will Come to an End”

Published on January 20, 2026 at 11:02 am by Syeda Seirut Javed in News

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) is one of the stocks on Jim Cramer’s game plan for this week. Cramer was bullish on the company’s upcoming quarter, as he said:

“What else? I think that the lone surprise blowout next week will come from Intuitive Surgical, which had a monster quarter last time. But I bet that the numbers still aren’t high enough. That means that the estimates can go higher. One day, these upside surprises will come to an end, I think, because competition from Medtronic may matter. Even J&J wants in this. Not yet.”

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Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) designs and manufactures robotic systems and instruments that enable minimally invasive surgical and diagnostic procedures. Cramer mentioned the company during the episode that aired on October 22, 2025, and said:

“When you want amazing and you get amazing and your stock’s up a lot, you’ll, well, then you’ll probably get a pullback. Now, I want you to contrast all this with the best-performing stock in today’s session, which is… Intuitive Surgical. Here’s a company that fell out of favor as there hadn’t been as much utilization of their incredible Da Vinci surgical machine of late.

This time, though, there was strong double-digit… procedure growth, up 16% and with the real kicker, the Leerink Partners research said that those procedures grew because of after-hours use. That’s greater leverage of fixed costs. Nobody saw that re-acceleration coming, which is how Intuitive Surgical could rally nearly 14% today.”