Intuitive Surgical: FY26 Q3 earnings call, Oct 20, 2026

On its Oct 20, 2026 earnings call (FY26 Q3), Intuitive Surgical said 11 of the 14 words Kalshi listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 14 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.

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14 words · 11 settled yes · our count agreed on 14 of 14

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Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityClipMarket
Da Vinci 5 3+ timesYes3030✓88%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 4:04, Da Vinci 5 (3+ times)–
Ion 3+ timesYes1717✓90%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:16, Ion (3+ times)–
China Yes78✓90%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 7:10, China–
Reimbursement Yes55✓86%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 6:32, Reimbursement–
Hernia Yes55✓79%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 6:21, Hernia–
Tariff Yes44✓85%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 12:59, Tariff–
FDA Yes44✓70%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 8:11, FDA–
International Yes33✓82%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 6:04, International–
Telepresence Yes22✓65%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 9:10, Telepresence–
Medicare / Medicaid Yes11✓59%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 15:49, Medicare / Medicaid–
Autonomy Yes11✓39%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 8:21, Autonomy–
Acquire / Acquired / Acquisition No00✓73%transcripts from the transcript model–
Supply Chain No00✓58%transcripts from the transcript model–
GLP-1 No00✓57%transcripts from the transcript model–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 13:45 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

5 matches for “Hernia”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Dave Rosacompanyprepared · 6:23Hear it 6:22, Dave Rosa

…hysterectomy in Germany, colon cystectomy in the U.K. and India, and inguinal hernia repair in Japan. To support this growth, we are continuing to build…

Jamie Samathcompanyprepared · 16:45Hear it 16:39, Jamie Samath

…37% in Q2 and 34% in Q1, with the strongest growth in hernia repair and cholecystectomy. Benign procedures represent over a quarter of our international…

Jamie Samathcompanyprepared · 18:55Hear it 18:50, Jamie Samath

…and clinical capability. In high-volume benign procedures such as cholecystectomy and inguinal hernia repair, it comes from reliability, efficiency, and economics, and that's where our…

Jamie Wongcompanyprepared · 29:29Hear it 29:23, Jamie Wong

…including but not limited to benign hysterectomy, cholecystectomy, benign colon, and various hernia repairs. In many of these procedures, conventional laparoscopy has long been the…

Jamie Wongcompanyprepared · 30:20Hear it 30:14, Jamie Wong

…of conversion, with significant reductions observed in benign hysterectomy, ventral and inguinal hernia repair, myomectomy, cholecystectomy, and benign colon surgery. As the authors noted,…

Where the listed words were said

Dave Rosacompany“Da Vinci 5 (3+)” · prepared · 4:06Hear it 4:02, Dave Rosa

da Vinci system placements increased 28% worldwide, with da Vinci 5 and SP accounting for 65% of global placements. Installations of XiR and X more…

Dave Rosacompany“Ion (3+)” · prepared · 2:18Hear it 2:12, Dave Rosa

…quarter for Intuitive, with broad-based adoption across our multi-port, single port, and Ion platforms. In Q3, total procedures increased 15%, driven by 14% growth in…

Dave Rosacompany“China” · prepared · 7:12Hear it 7:12, Dave Rosa

…quarter with 42% procedure growth, surpassing 200,000 cumulative da Vinci procedures. In China, the operating environment remains challenging. To support expected long-term growth in Asia,…

Dave Rosacompany“Reimbursement” · prepared · 7:45Hear it 7:44, Dave Rosa

…time between detection and treatment of lung cancer. During Q3, we received reimbursement for Ion in Korea, and we expect further reimbursement actions in other…

Jamie Samathcompany“Tariff” · prepared · 13:01Hear it 12:55, Jamie Samath

…operating margin was 42% of revenue, or 41% excluding a one-time pre-tax tariff refund of $28 million. Non-GAAP earnings per share grew 25% to $3…

Dave Rosacompany“FDA” · prepared · 8:13Hear it 8:12, Dave Rosa

…in the U.S., Europe, India, Japan, and Korea. During Q3, we received FDA 510(k) clearance on da Vinci 5 for surgeon-initiated tool eject and multi-arm…

Dave Rosacompany“Telepresence” · prepared · 9:12Hear it 9:10, Dave Rosa

Adoption of Intuitive Telepresence continues to increase, with surgeons using these sessions to share techniques and to scale training in ways that were not previously…

Jamie Samathcompany“Medicare / Medicaid” · prepared · 15:51Hear it 15:45, Jamie Samath

…we continue to monitor the impacts from lower ACA enrollment, changes to Medicaid eligibility, and potential changes to 340B. Outside the U.S., total and da…

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