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MEDTRONIC TO ACQUIRE MZOR!!!
Medtronic Plc, agreed to buy Mazor Robotics Ltd., a maker of robotic guidance systems, in a $1.64 billion cash deal to strengthen its position in technology for spine surgery.
Medtronic agreed to pay $58.50 per American depositary share for the stock in Mazor that it doesn’t already own, the companies said in a joint statement Thursday. Medtronic previously held an 11 percent stake in the Israel-based company, according to Bloomberg data. The boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction. The deal is expected to close in Medtronic’s third quarter.
"We believe robotic-assisted procedures are the future of spine surgery, enhancing surgeons’ abilities to perform complex procedures with greater precision, consistency and control,” Geoff Martha, executive vice president and president of the Restorative Therapies Group at Medtronic, said in the statement.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/medtronic-agrees-buy-mazor-robotics-231902512.html
Doc
What do you think of Globus's robotic system?
That is why Sales have been shifted to Medtronic world wide. Mazor responsible for R&D and production.
This shift started to take place in October or November. Medtronic will have sales force trained and in place during Q1 or Q2 18.
Remember Mazor didn’t have a big sales staff.
Great things in the future.
talk about a low float. 27 orders in 4th qtr!!!!
Thanks. I had not found that release. Even if true, That’s CEO’s personal problem. Long run, we’ll be Fine.
You are correct. Right now you have end of years tax selling so I don’t see us climbing much until mid January 2018 or early February with 4th quarter earnings.
Mazor really over achieved this year and the PPS got heated. Hitting $65.00 was fun. Now if one had the mind set to sell at $65.00.
I actually thought about it offsetting some loses in some other equities. My view has always a buy and hold but if you are a swing trader this is a great equity to ride the up’s and downs as there will be some every quarter. Look back over the last 12 months and you can chart them out.
The question of the insider trading allegations should not concern you if you have confidence in the product, the board of director and the partnership with Medtronic
The board would have fired Ori Hadomi immediately if there was any wrong doing by anybody involved with Mazor.
Hasn’t helped stock price regardless
Mazor Robotics Confirms CEO Was Questioned as Part of Israel Insider Trading Investigation
BY MT NEWSWIRES — 12/05/2017
10:56 AM EST, 12/05/2017 (MT Newswires) -- Mazor Robotics (MZOR) confirmed Tuesday that its CEO, Ori Hadomi, has been questioned by the Israeli Securities Authority in connection with an investigation of insider trading related to third parties.
The company said in a regulatory filing that both a search of Mazor's offices and Hadomi's interrogation were conducted on the same date in May, noting that, to its knowledge, since then Hadomi was not called for any further questioning.
"Mazor and Mr. Hadomi intend to continue to cooperate with the ISA in the future, to the extent required. Mr. Hadomi continues to operate in his capacity as Mazor's Chief Executive Officer," Mazor said. "The board of directors of Mazor have expressed their full support and confidence in Mr. Hadomi and in his continuous leadership of Mazor and its development."
Price: 55.10, Change: -0.63, Percent Change: -1.14
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Noise today regarding Mazor. The claim is that last May or June raid by Israeli regulators that Ori Hadomi had his cell phone taken along what his computer. I call this information FUD unless the Israeli regulators issue a statement regarding what their findings were.
If the Mazor Board of Directors felt the need to remove CEO Ori Hadomi they would have done so by now. The Board of Directors of Mazor would not play around and keep a liability on their payroll as CEO / President.
My view is that Ori Hadomi is doing a great job and his communications have been on target. It does not seem plausible that he leaked any information about their partnership with Medtronic that influenced buyers or sellers of Mazor shares.
If he is found guilty then the board will act within their fiduciary duties and fire him from the company.
Anytime a stock goes from $20.50 this time last year to a high of $65.00 last month one wonders who what and why is driving the rise and if there is information being leaked.
Hopefully we find there is nothing but FUD here.
I am long on Mazor.
A few Nice Closes, then I'll be able to afford nice Clothes! This dip reflects a dip's opinion on it being "fully valued," whatever that means. Amazon was "fully valued" eons ago, but that has not stopped the euphoria from pushing it into the stratosphere. MZOR probably running a year ahead of itself in value, while AMZN is running about 5 years ahead. My wife has AMZN; I'll stick with MZOR. I still thing Medtronic will eventually take ownership @ about $80. Now THAT's fully valued.
That was nice CLOSE not nice clothes...... my bad.
With the share price rising they can probably afford to buy some nice clothes this week. Probably some real nice suits and ties. lol
Nice clothes for the week. Mazor is a remarkable company. The best is yet to come in the partnership with Medtronic.
The great thing is that the company has the ability to do another partnership deals for different types of surgery outside of spinal. That will be the next area of growth for Mazor.
This looks like a very good stock.
Yes but the stock was up $13 in the last few weeks. It ran from $53 to almost $66 so now its needs to consolidate some gains. As far as my statement it means the big money is positioning themselves in the stock. I think you have some taking profits and others using the dip to add shares. Remember this has a small OS and float. Does not take much to move it either direction.
What does that mean "Market positioning themselves"?
The dip has been more than just today. Down $6 in the last week.
Thanks
Its just the market positioning themselves. I think the dip today was to shake out loose hands. This one rebounds soon. They are setting themselves up for real growth. IMO I think its only a matter of time before Medtronic makes an all out play for this company. Also it was only down .98 for the day not bad at all.
All good buy more!
Healthy pullback
Excuse me, How low can she go??? Down almost $8 in 2 days!
Great article on why this company has a lot of room to run with $MDT as a partner.
https://www.medtechy.com/the-ticker/articles/2017/medtronic-and-mazor-robotics-need-each-other
Excerpt:
The $72 million invested by Medtronic (as of Sept 2017) has allowed Mazor to scale at a much faster rate then they ever would have without the capital.
Excerpt:
Medtronic also has warrants allowing them to buy another 1.2 million shares, which could bring their total investment to $125 million, or 14% ownership of the company.
Excerpt:
It's Not Just About the Money
It's not just the capital though, Mazor could get funding from anyone. What they received with Medtronic's money is an instant world-class sales organization that provides contacts and validation in the U.S.
Trust me, getting a product launched in the U.S. without a sales team, marketing and validation is virtually impossible.
This partnership is a win-win for both companies.
They are two companies that need each other. Mazor doesn't have the sales infrastructure in place and Medtornic's Spine division is a mess.
It looks like the medtronic and mazor partnership is a win-win for both. Mazor is a legit company, not a fairytale like some of the other robotic surgery companies. Still big room for growth.
https://www.medtechy.com/the-ticker/articles/2017/medtronic-and-mazor-robotics-need-each-other
WOW, MZOR Market cap only 1.5 Billion and ISRG's is 41 Billion. MZOR stock price can Double and still just be 3 Billion MC.
LOL, I thought that was you on that other board. Now with a little DD it is confirmed. I enjoyed reading the posts. Johnnyola
Mazor on the Move with new hire.
Great read on Israeli company Mazor Robotics.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mazor-robotics-appoints-medical-device-083000027.html
Currently there operating systems is based on spinal surgery but they are going to expand into other areas.
He will lead the implementation of our strategies to develop Mazor’s business beyond our current spine focus as we pursue our goal of being the leader in image based medical robotics,” commented Mr. Hadomi.
TRXC - +80% AH on FDA 510k clearance. Ahead of schedule that I anticipated.
"FDA concluded that these study data, supported by real-world evidence, along with performance testing under simulated use and worst-case scenario conditions, demonstrated the substantial equivalence of the Senhance System to the da Vinci Si IS3000 device for gynecological and colorectal procedures."
Same here in for 4,000 shares. Great company with a great future with Medtronic. They can also partner with other companies.
MDT owns 15% of Mazor.
Great success for you with cteq and mazor. We do not need a gold bull market whatsoever for a fast double but we may get one as a surprise. Read my posts on the board itself.
Thanks much for this post. Initially dismayed when I read on the “other” stock that Johnny had moved on. Just got back from UK and had not read this board. I am only surprised you went “all or nothing” from the other to PVG. That said, I can see where a good gold stock would be a great hedge against an overheated market and a 20 trillion dollar debt currency. Will look very close at PVG today for a possible Monday investment. I’m fairly loaded with mzor and Iva... profits. Am well aware of how good your exit timing was from ctix and avxl. BTW, doing very well on Friedland’s cteqf, but liquidity constrained, so only have 10 k. Gl w/PVG.
trxc Senhance platform is going through 510k process. The usual time frame after the response letter is 30-60 days. It is ce marked and has 20 installations, most of them in EU. One in Florida hospital for their r&d program. 510k clearance will result in US sales no doubt. How well the system sells in the US post clearance is open question since isrg has the market. Senhance competes by allowing existing lap devices to be used with it which is a plus and much more economical than the proprietary tools that one has to use with Da Vinci. SYK and NVDQ can be used with Senhance as examples. IMO haptics is important and something Da Vinci does not have yet. The other platform that they have worked on is a single port robotised version of their spider lap system called Surgibot. That was rejected in the past because the FDA ruled that it is too different than the spider to go through the 510k route. isrg is also worked on single port robot and I haven't looked into the stasis of that.
@nowlurking: can you please provide more details? thanks
trxc - gap fills as expected. Post 9/18 PR that company has filed early response to FDA AI request letter as part of 510k review process. 30 day clock starts upon FDA receipt of response.
Nice to see that the company earned their European CE marking.
New highs today. I guess we have a winner.
Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. has filed a new 13G, reporting 4.92% ownership in $MZOR - https://fintel.io/soh/us/mzor/migdal-insurance-financial-holdings and https://fintel.io/i/migdal-insurance-financial-holdings
You got part of your wish. Medtronic now owns 16% of Mazor. The future looks very brite.
New SEC filing that is good for Mazor. It is a SEC form 13G that shows that Medtronic (MDT) now owns 16% of Mazor. This is the next phase of their agreement. This is good for shareholders. Added stability.
http://secfilings.nasdaq.com/filingFrameset.asp?FilingID=12283145&RcvdDate=9/15/2017&CoName=MAZOR%20ROBOTICS%20LTD.&FormType=SC%2013G/A&View=html
tre, i have moved into PVG. *still like the other one of course. Taking a serious position and will add next week to it. Pretium. Expecting another double (or more) over next 12 months. Peter Arendas on Seeking Alpha just said he is finally buying, which means he cannot resist any longer. I am very familiar with management and have followed Quartermain for over a decade. I have wanted to own this company (mildly) for years, provided the story panned out. It is panning out. Confident the stock will be in double digits by year end, which is no great return from here but Arendas said he is looking for 15 by year end, a tremendous year end return. I think he is a tad early but this number will be obtained over time. Do the DD. It is finally going to happen as they are on the launching pad and simply must go higher. The market will be forced to believe. Their studies were done with POG at 1100, but costs have moved up of course too. I see no reason to be in avxl, and still read the board fwiw...
trxc - sold half of what I bought to cover cost basis today. Seems it is moving a little fast and leaving behind gaps. Look back of historic prices suggest all gaps so far have been filled.
Great day for Mazor. MDT jumped the shark by 6 months. I hope that Mazor stays independent for many years. Happy to have MDT buy into the company but lets stay independent.
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