Penumbra, Inc. (PEN)
NYSEHealth CareMedical - DevicesSnapshot 2026-09-14
$319.86+0.67%
Close 2026-09-14 · 1-day change
NYSEHealth CareMedical - DevicesSnapshot 2026-09-14
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
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Health Care Equipment: fringe margins under pressure (4q confirmed)
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Primary pillar broken — Revenue grows at least 15% annually: Q2 FY26 rev +14.9% vs 15% target.
View ThesisRevenue growth is accelerating — up about 18% over the past year.
View GrowthMiddle-of-the-pack quality for its industry.
View QualityManagement screens strong on capital allocation, earnings delivery, the balance sheet, market reaction to earnings.
View ManagementExpectations look high — the market is pricing in about 118% growth a year, above the roughly 15% analysts expect, leaving little room for error.
View ValuationModerate volatility — typically moves about 0% a day.
View RiskPEN's growth has to keep compounding to justify the price. Revenue grew 14.9% year over year, but the latest quarter missed expectations. It trades at 79× P/E versus a peer median of 28×. The market is pricing in more growth than we forecast, indicating expectations look full. The primary pillar is broken; revenue growth is below the 15% target. Peer multiples imply a price about 116% below where it trades (it looks expensive on this basis). This read is provisional.
Trailing returns as of 2026-09-14. PEN is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 16 analysts currently covering PEN (as of Sep 2026).
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Quarterly · checked companies · value or % of revenue
A consensus fair price across 9 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-09-14. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus Health Care Equipment — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
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Advances: Focus on U.S. Thrombectomy growth
Boston Scientific's growth plans validate Penumbra's market position.
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End-of-day figures as of 2026-09-14. EPS is implied from price ÷ P/E. Not investment advice.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Below average on quality vs scored peers
A second lens on the 12-month fair value: for companies that score high on measured quality (profitability, balance-sheet safety, earnings stability), this read trusts more of today's profit margins instead of averaging them toward their multi-year history the way the headline number does. Shown alongside the fair value above, not in place of it. A diagnostic, not a price target or a buy/sell signal.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Advances: Increase revenue growth
Supports revenue growth and margin expansion objectives.