GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:
1. Operating Margin %
2. Piotroski F-Score
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank
Competitive Comparison of ArthroCare's Profitability Rank
For the Medical Devices subindustry, ArthroCare's Profitability Rank, along with its competitors' market caps and Profitability Rank data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
ArthroCare's Profitability Rank Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, ArthroCare's Profitability Rank distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where ArthroCare's Profitability Rank falls into.
ArthroCare Profitability Rank Calculation
GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company's business will stay that way.
The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.
ArthroCare has the Profitability Rank of 0.
Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.
Operating Margin % - also known as operating income margin, operating profit margin and return on sales (ROS) - is the ratio of Operating Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Good or high score = 8 or 9
Bad or low score = 0 or 1
ArthroCare has an F-score of 0. It is a bad or low score, which usually implies poor business operation.
3. Trend of the Operating Margin % (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
4. Consistency of the profitability
5. Predictability Rank
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ArthroCare was incorporated in California in 1993 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1995. The Company is a multi-business medical device Company that develops, manufactures and markets minimally invasive surgical products, many of which are based on its patented Coblation(r) technology. The Company has grown well beyond its roots in arthroscopy to capitalize on numerous market opportunities across several medical specialties, improving many existing soft-tissue surgical procedures and enabling new minimally invasive procedures. With its innovative technologies, the Company is improving the lives of individuals suffering from conditions as diverse as torn rotator cuffs and anterior cruciate ligaments to herniated discs and enlarged tonsils/tonsillitis. The Company currently markets minimally invasive surgical products across three core business units-ArthroCare Sports Medicine, which include shoulder and knee arthroscopic products; ArthroCare Spine, which include spinal and neurosurgery products; and ArthroCare Ear, Nose and Throat, which include ear, nose, throat and the Visage(r) cosmetic products; - but also has developed, manufactured and marketed Coblation-based and complementary products for application in neurology, cosmetic surgery, urology and gynecology, with research continuing in additional areas. In each of its core business units, the Company is focusing on driving the application of enabling technologies, primarily for plasma-based soft tissue removal, and increasing the number of minimally invasive procedures being performed. The Company is marketing and selling its arthroscopic/sports medicine, spinal surgery, ENT and cosmetic surgery products using a combination of distributors supported by regional sales mangers, a direct sales force and corporate partners to sell its products both domestically and internationally. The Company owns over 170 issued U.S. patents and over 195 issued international patents. The Company's products are considered medical devices and are subject to regulation in the United States, with the approval of FDA for each of its products. Its primary competitors include Medtronic, Inc., Smith & Nephew, Stryker Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Olympus (through its subsidiary Gyrus) and Arthrex, Inc.
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