Is BSX halal?
Boston Scientific Corporation
Halal
Boston Scientific Corporation passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 15 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
44.14
Day
+2.65%
Market cap
$63.47B
Industry
Medical Devices
Sector
Healthcare
What the company does
Boston Scientific makes medical devices: heart-rhythm (Farapulse), stents, the Watchman implant, urology, endoscopy and neurology devices. Its money comes from device sales to hospitals.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $12.62B ÷ 36-month average market cap $118.44B = 10.7%
10.7%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $1.85B ÷ 36-month average market cap $118.44B = 1.6%
1.6%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $29.00M ÷ annual revenue $20.07B (2025) = 0.1%
0.1%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $63.47B.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 11.2% of total assets (2025-12-31). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- 0.10% weight · #186 of 503
- Among halal stocks
- 0.09% · #136 of 1454
- Held by funds
- SPUS 0.17% · HLAL 0.17%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 5 superinvestors · Average reported price: $42.68
- Lee AinslieMaverick Capital$253.4M2.3%
- Sarah KettererCauseway Capital Management$30.7M0.3%
- Dodge & Cox Funds$3.7M0.0%
- Mairs & Power Funds$423K0.0%
- Polen Capital Management$203K0.0%
Exited this quarter: Stephen Mandel
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