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    What Zimmer Biomet Holdings (ZBH)'s Robot Surgery Expansion Means For Shareholders

    Simply Wall St·10/20/2026 10:28:42
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    • Zimmer Biomet Holdings reported that MemorialCare Orthopedic & Spine Institute at Long Beach Medical Center recently completed its first ROSA Shoulder System procedure and that the firm extended its multi year distribution agreement with THINK Surgical for the TMINI Miniature Robotic System compatible with the Persona Knee platform.
    • The two updates point to Zimmer Biomet’s push to deepen adoption of its robotic assisted shoulder and knee systems, which can influence capital equipment demand, procedure mix and the Technology & Data segment’s role in the wider product portfolio.
    • We will now see how Zimmer Biomet’s investment narrative may be affected by the ROSA Shoulder System’s expanding real world hospital adoption.

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    Zimmer Biomet Holdings Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Zimmer Biomet Holdings you need to believe its push into robotic and data driven orthopedics can offset pricing headwinds, margin pressure and heavy commercial investment. The immediate swing factor is execution on Project Optima and the manufacturing reset, which are already showing through in slimmer gross and operating margins.

    The ROSA Shoulder adoption at Long Beach and the broader robotics rollout may support the Technology & Data mix, although the operational impact from one hospital is limited for now. The bigger near term risk stays the same for shareholders, that cost inflation, restructuring and reimbursement pressure keep eroding profitability even if procedure volumes hold up.

    The Long Beach Medical Center announcement around the ROSA Shoulder System is the clearest operational read through here. It shows Zimmer Biomet Holdings actually getting its shoulder robot into complex real world cases, including patients with deformity or bone loss where accurate planning and implant positioning matter most to surgeons.

    For catalysts, you are really watching whether more centers follow Long Beach and fold ROSA into everyday workflows, not just marketing headlines. Broader uptake could reinforce the existing Technology & Data momentum and support case volumes tied to the ZBEdge ecosystem, while slower adoption would leave Zimmer Biomet more exposed to pricing pressure in traditional implants and to ongoing margin compression.

    Zimmer Biomet Holdings is currently modeled to reach US$9.4b in revenue and US$1.3b in earnings by 2029. This equates to revenue growth of 3.4% each year and an earnings increase of about US$493m from US$806.7m today.

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    Exploring Other Perspectives

    Three fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community range from about US$108 to a stretched US$264 per share, which shows how far opinions on Zimmer Biomet Holdings can spread. When you set that against margin pressure, manufacturing changes and the ROSA and TMINI rollout, you get very different stories about future earnings power. Explore those contrasting viewpoints before you decide how this stock fits your portfolio.

    Explore 2 other Zimmer Biomet Holdings fair value estimates, including one that suggests it could be worth just $107.57.

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