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Stryker

The core activities of Stryker are in the health care eq. & services sector. The global health care companies gained around 102 percent worldwide over the last 10 years. Measured since 2011 the sector is 64 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a plus of 102 percent.

The past year was a profitable year for Stryker investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a good period for the investors. The stock gained almost 30 percent. Stryker' stock rose the past 5 years at around 145 percent. Stryker's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite stable and moved between 8,66 billion dollars and 9,95 billion dollars. During 2011 and 2015 Stryker's net results were very volatile and fluctuated between 1,35 billion dollars and 1,44 billion dollars.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. On average Stryker's dividend yield over the past 5 years was around 5,43 percent annually.

Stryker financed with a quite low debt position

Last year the balance sheet of the American company was worth 16,25 billion dollars. The total debt of the health care company was at the end of 2015 7,74 billion dollars, which equals around 47,61 percent of the total balance sheet. At the end of 2016 the American company was traded with a price/earnings-ratio of around 20. So investors paid 20 times the company's 2015's EPS. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the health care company equaled around 33,72 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 373 million stocks listed on the stock exchange(s).

All of Stryker's annual reports are stored here. More information about Stryker can be found it's website. .