Prediction: This Could Be the Largest Healthcare Stock By 2042

Over the past 20 years, medical device giant Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) has substantially outperformed the market. In fact, over the next couple of decades, Intuitive Surgical has a shot at becoming the largest healthcare stock. Currently, the two largest healthcare companies are pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, with a market cap of $433 billion, and insurance specialist UnitedHealth Group, whose market cap is $475 billion.