Medtronic plc. (MDT) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup
Healthcare · Medical Devices
Sell if holding. Momentum 1.1/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $80.64 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Negative momentum; Weak growth.
Medtronic plc is a global medical device company with four segments—Cardiovascular, Neuroscience, Medical Surgical, and Diabetes—serving healthcare systems in 150+ countries. It develops, manufactures, and sells implantable devices, surgical tools, and monitoring systems;... Read more
Sell if holding. Momentum 1.1/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $80.64 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Negative momentum; Weak growth. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 26, MACD bearish. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/7 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity 33d clear, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: moderate.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMSuppliersole suppliers10-K Item 1A: 'certain components, raw materials and services needed to manufacture our products are obtained from sole suppliers'
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Momentum 1.1/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $80.64 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Negative momentum; Weak growth. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 26, MACD bearish. Prior stop was $76.77. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $97.20 (+20.6% upside). Prior stop was $76.77. Stop-loss: $76.77.
Weak growth; Negative momentum; Below 200-day MA.
Medtronic plc. trades at a P/E of 22.6 (forward 13.4). TrendMatrix value score: 6.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
37 analysts cover MDT with a consensus score of 3.8/5. Average price target: $108.
What does Medtronic plc. do?Medtronic plc is a global medical device company with four segments—Cardiovascular, Neuroscience, Medical Surgical, and...
Medtronic plc is a global medical device company with four segments—Cardiovascular, Neuroscience, Medical Surgical, and Diabetes—serving healthcare systems in 150+ countries. It develops, manufactures, and sells implantable devices, surgical tools, and monitoring systems; revenue comes from hospital and physician purchases of capital equipment and related disposables. The company has announced plans to separate its Diabetes segment.