Globus Medical GMED
Globus Medical scores good on business quality (7.5 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What Globus Medical does
Globus Medical designs and sells musculoskeletal implants and surgical instruments to hospitals and surgeons. It generates revenue by providing robotic navigation systems and spinal hardware that medical professionals use during complex operations.
- What it does best
Globus delivers exceptional gross margins of 68.5% compared to GEHC at 39.5%, driven by proprietary technology and specialized surgical instrumentation that hospitals struggle to substitute without retraining surgical staff.
- The main risk
With no recent specific operational threats listed in the news headlines, the company remains exposed to broader hospital capital budget tightening that could delay high-value robotic system purchases.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margin sits at 21.4% with a net margin of 17.0%, supported by high gross margins that indicate strong earnings conversion as sales volume scales.
The moat rests on high switching costs for hospitals embedded in its surgical ecosystem, supported by a gross margin ranking in the top quartile at the 62nd sector percentile.
Revenue growth hit 16.7% in the latest period, accelerating past historical annual figures where revenue stood at $1.0B in 2022 and $2.5B in 2024, driven by core product adoption.
Debt is virtually non-existent with a debt-to-equity ratio of nearly zero and interest coverage exceeding 13,000x, while free cash flow reached $750 million, making the balance sheet exceptionally strong.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
2 sold $4.4M outside pre-planned sales.
Our sealed record on GMED
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
Globus Medical scores good on the Cluenex quality check (7.5 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is fair, moat fair, growth fast and financial health strong.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: 2 sold $4.4M outside pre-planned sales.
Nov 4, 2026.
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Cite this page: Cluenex, “Globus Medical (GMED)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/gmed/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.