Tulsa Wealth Advisors INC bought a new position in shares of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE:EW – Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 7,843 shares of the medical research company’s stock, valued at approximately $709,000.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. State Street Corp grew its holdings in Edwards Lifesciences by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 25,991,524 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $2,215,777,000 after buying an additional 371,892 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its position in Edwards Lifesciences by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 21,793,949 shares of the medical research company’s stock worth $1,857,934,000 after buying an additional 989,533 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new position in Edwards Lifesciences during the second quarter worth $1,274,082,000. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Edwards Lifesciences in the fourth quarter worth $803,686,000. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in shares of Edwards Lifesciences by 12.4% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 7,314,292 shares of the medical research company’s stock worth $623,544,000 after acquiring an additional 804,942 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.46% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of analysts recently commented on EW shares. Canaccord Genuity Group set a $85.00 price objective on Edwards Lifesciences and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Edwards Lifesciences from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 4th. BTIG Research upped their target price on shares of Edwards Lifesciences from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 30th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $101.00 target price (up from $100.00) on shares of Edwards Lifesciences in a report on Friday, July 24th. Finally, UBS Group assumed coverage on shares of Edwards Lifesciences in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. They set a “buy” rating and a $110.00 price target on the stock. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Edwards Lifesciences has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $100.27.
Edwards Lifesciences Price Performance
EW stock opened at $91.51 on Monday. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation has a 52-week low of $72.30 and a 52-week high of $96.29. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $88.73 and its 200-day simple moving average is $84.38. The company has a quick ratio of 3.77, a current ratio of 4.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The stock has a market capitalization of $52.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 0.85.
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 23rd. The medical research company reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $1.74 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.70 billion. Edwards Lifesciences had a return on equity of 15.68% and a net margin of 15.43%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.67 earnings per share. Edwards Lifesciences has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.710-0.770 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 2.950-3.050 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Edwards Lifesciences Corporation will post 3 EPS for the current year.
Insider Transactions at Edwards Lifesciences
In related news, VP Daniel J. Lippis sold 619 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.03, for a total value of $56,966.57. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 40,034 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,684,329.02. The trade was a 1.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, VP Donald E. Bobo, Jr. sold 23,145 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $86.42, for a total transaction of $2,000,190.90. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 98,611 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,521,962.62. This trade represents a 19.01% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 25,570 shares of company stock worth $2,219,390 in the last three months. Company insiders own 0.31% of the company’s stock.
Edwards Lifesciences Profile
Edwards Lifesciences is a medical technology company focused on products and therapies for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring. The company designs, develops and manufactures prosthetic heart valves and related delivery systems used in both surgical and minimally invasive (transcatheter) procedures. Its portfolio addresses a range of valvular conditions, with an emphasis on technologies that enable transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) as an alternative to open-heart surgery.
In addition to transcatheter heart valves—including the widely recognized SAPIEN family—Edwards offers surgical tissue valves and ancillary devices used by cardiac surgeons, interventional cardiologists and hospital teams.
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