Better Buy: Abbott Laboratories vs. Intuitive Surgical

When you're picking investments for the long term, it pays to be thrifty. Buying stocks that are too pricey for their level of earnings can set your portfolio up for a bruising. In contrast, if you can invest in quality companies at a fair price, you'll often get the growth that you paid for. 

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) and Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG) are a pair of stocks that I stand behind, and both companies are working to increase their revenue to build on their long-term successes. But at the moment, I'd only be willing to buy more of one of the two -- let's take a look at why.

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