---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000310764-26-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SYK"
cik: "0000310764"
company_name: "STRYKER CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:15:36.592056+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stryker Q1 net sales $6.0B up 2.6%; adjusted EPS down 8.5% to $2.60; maintains FY guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $6.0B (+2.6% reported, +2.4% organic); MedSurg/Neuro +5.0%, Orthopaedics +0.1%.
- Reported EPS $1.93 (+14.2%); adjusted EPS $2.60 (-8.5%) as adjusted operating margin contracted 180bps to 21.1%.
- Maintains FY2026 guidance: organic sales growth 8.0%-9.5%, adjusted EPS $14.90-$15.10.
- Company highlights recovery from cyber incident and new Ortho Tech organizational structure combining Mako and instruments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000310764-26-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SYK
- cik: 0000310764
- company_name: STRYKER CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076426000025/0000310764-26-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076426000025/syk-20260430.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000310764-26-000025
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000310764-26-000025.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000310764-26-000025.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  STRYKER CORP updated its first quarter 2026 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Stryker Corporation issued a press release on April 30, 2026 announcing its first quarter 2026 operating results.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/310764/000031076426000025/0000310764-26-000025-index.htm

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