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Healthcare Stocks to Buy 2012 - Mako
Surgical (MAKO) - MAKO Surgical Corp. (MAKO) is my top healthcare stock to watch in 2012 due to the
rapid increase in stock price & revenues in 2011. MAKO stock is currently trading at $37 and is up 60% from
$22 just three weeks ago. Revenues have spiked from 2.9 million in 2008 to 44 million in 2010. Analysts are expecting revenues
to hit 77 million in 2011 and 125 million in 2012. The company expects to start turning a profit in 2013 or 2014.
MAKO has been one of the Top Healthcare Stocks in 2011 and that trend should continue in 2012. Buy this stock on a significant
pullback, you know, when Wall St is seeling everything. I will give MAKO a $50 price target for 2012. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) Founder Frederic
H. Moll, M.D, is on the Mako Surgical (MAKO) board of directors. Mako
Surgical (MAKO) is medical device company, markets its advanced robotic arm solution and orthopedic implants for orthopedic
procedures in the United States and internationally. It offers MAKOplasty, a restorative surgical solution that enables orthopedic
surgeons to treat patient specific osteoarthritic disease. Its knee MAKOplasty surgical solution enables resurfacing of one
or two specific diseased compartments of the joint preserving significantly more soft tissue and healthy bone of the knee.
The company also provides RIO robotic arm interactive orthopedic system, including a tactile robotic arm utilizing an integrated
bone cutting instrument; and a patient specific visualization component that offers pre-operative and intra-operative guidance
to the orthopedic surgeon, enabling minimally invasive and tissue sparing bone removal and knee implant insertion. In addition,
it offers tactile guidance system, which allows orthopedic surgeons to treat degenerative knee osteoarthritis from early-stage
unicompartmental degeneration through mid-stage multicompartmental degeneration with a modular knee implant system; and RESTORIS
family of implants for use in single and bicompartmental knee resurfacing procedures. The company markets its products directly,
as well as through independent orthopedic product agents and distributors.
Healthcare Stock Picks
2012 - Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG) ($370) - Intuitive Surgical,
Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets da Vinci surgical systems for various surgical procedures, including urologic, gynecologic,
cardiothoracic, general, and head and neck surgeries. Its da Vinci surgical system consists of a surgeon’s console or
consoles, a patient-side cart, a 3-D vision system, and proprietary ‘wristed’ instruments. The company’s
da Vinci surgical system translates the surgeon’s natural hand movements on instrument controls at the console into
corresponding micro-movements of instruments positioned inside the patient through small puncture incisions, or ports. It
also manufactures a range of EndoWrist instruments, which incorporate wrist joints for natural dexterity for various surgical
procedures
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