Orthopedics This Week | August 23, 2016 | Page 2

ORTHOPEDICS THIS WEEK VOLUME 12, ISSUE 27 | AUGUST 23, 2016 2 Orthopedic Power Rankings Robin Young’s Entirely Subjective Ordering of Public Orthopedic Companies THIS WEEK: A remarkable chapter in orthopedics history came to close last week when the private equity investors, which originally included Biomet founder Dane Miller, finally cashed out their 2007 investment in the company Dane co-founded and ran for so many years. Zimmer had acquired Biomet from that investor group in 2015. Dane Miller, who passed away in 2015, was part of that group—having been kicked out of the company in the preceding year. With this sale, the Biomet chapter comes to a close. RANK LAST WEEK COMPANY 1 1 Integra LifeSciences 14.64% 2 2 Exactech 3 3 Zimmer Biomet 4 TTM OP MARGIN 30-DAY PRICE CHANGE COMMENT 7.18% Podiatry Today Awards Integra’s OmniGraft Dermal Regeneration Matrix a Top Ten Innovation for 2016. 9.20 2.06 At mid-year, EXAC is reporting remarkable earnings growth. Earnings at this Florida company are rising 3x faster than sales. 21.42 1.02 ZBH’s M&A skills in full view with the LDR acquisition. Now comes the purchase of biomarker and immunoassay company CD Diagnostics. Highly strategic buys. (1.93) With the July unveiling of Mazor’s new robot, MDT invested another $20 million. Again, a spine robot is coming to an OR near you. 6 Medtronic 20.51 5 7 MicroPort Scientific 3.08 19.26 MicroPort earned $4 million for the six months ended 30 June 2016—up dramatically from a $2.59 million net loss for the same period last year. 6 5 Stryker 22.89 (7.02) On the heels of a strong Q2 sales report (up 16.8%), SYK declares a 10% increase in its cash dividend to shareholders. Now paying $1.72/share per year. 7 4 Smith & Nephew 18.40 (4.36) SNN’s stock price has not risen in line with sales and earnings. As a result, SNN stock valuation is among the lowest in orthopedics. 8 9 Orthofix 8.37 (7.41) For the 2nd quarter of this year, OFIX beat the analyst’s earnings estimates by 24%. Every single quarter this year, OFIX has beaten the analyst consensus earnings estimate. 9 8 Johnson & Johnson 27.22 (3.53) JNJ price has risen so far that it is the most expensive stock on the Power Rankings. In one year, JNJ is up 25%. Plus the 3% dividend yield = 28% total. 10 10 Globus Medical 30.58 (13.35) Globus just doubled its international business with an accretive purchase of ATEC’s international business. Wall Street just doesn’t fully appreciate GMED. ryortho.com | 1-888-749-2153