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DexCom (DXCM) Competitors

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$75.88 +1.20 (+1.61%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

DXCM vs. ABMD, TFX, MDT, BDX, EW, RMD, IDXX, STE, PODD, and HOLX

Should you be buying DexCom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DexCom include Abiomed (ABMD), Teleflex (TFX), Medtronic (MDT), Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), ResMed (RMD), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), STERIS (STE), Insulet (PODD), and Hologic (HOLX). These companies are all part of the "health care equipment" industry.

DexCom vs.

Abiomed (NASDAQ:ABMD) and DexCom (NASDAQ:DXCM) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

DexCom has a consensus target price of $104.59, indicating a potential upside of 37.83%. Given DexCom's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DexCom is more favorable than Abiomed.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Abiomed
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
DexCom
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.72

DexCom has higher revenue and earnings than Abiomed. DexCom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Abiomed, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abiomed$1.03B16.65$136.51M$5.8265.47
DexCom$3.95B7.50$541.50M$1.6745.44

In the previous week, DexCom had 20 more articles in the media than Abiomed. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for DexCom and 0 mentions for Abiomed. DexCom's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Abiomed's score of 0.44 indicating that DexCom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Abiomed Neutral
DexCom Positive

Abiomed has a net margin of 24.84% compared to DexCom's net margin of 17.22%. DexCom's return on equity of 31.40% beat Abiomed's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abiomed24.84% 14.77% 13.32%
DexCom 17.22%31.40%10.58%

DexCom received 436 more outperform votes than Abiomed when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.66% of users gave DexCom an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave Abiomed an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AbiomedOutperform Votes
535
60.52%
Underperform Votes
349
39.48%
DexComOutperform Votes
971
71.66%
Underperform Votes
384
28.34%

Abiomed has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DexCom has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

94.5% of Abiomed shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of DexCom shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Abiomed shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of DexCom shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

DexCom beats Abiomed on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DXCM vs. The Competition

MetricDexComSurgical & medical instruments IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$29.64B$4.56B$5.06B$8.66B
Dividend YieldN/A39.56%5.09%4.06%
P/E Ratio45.4425.28101.8517.37
Price / Sales7.5055.051,196.8169.07
Price / Cash35.0551.7440.9136.36
Price / Book14.975.486.335.87
Net Income$541.50M$13.76M$119.64M$225.66M
7 Day Performance8.46%-6.52%-5.12%-1.34%
1 Month Performance8.56%1.37%-3.21%1.00%
1 Year Performance-27.57%50.40%32.52%25.27%

DexCom Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DXCM
DexCom
4.9789 of 5 stars
$75.88
+1.6%
$104.59
+37.8%
-27.6%$29.64B$3.95B45.449,600Short Interest ↑
Positive News
ABMD
Abiomed
N/A$381.02
flat
N/A+0.0%$17.18B$1.03B65.472,003Analyst Forecast
TFX
Teleflex
4.9107 of 5 stars
$195.58
-1.2%
N/A-10.1%$9.08B$3.03B38.8814,500Analyst Upgrade
MDT
Medtronic
4.8623 of 5 stars
$88.25
0.0%
N/A+16.9%$113.18B$32.58B29.8195,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BDX
Becton, Dickinson and Company
4.9898 of 5 stars
$231.26
-1.4%
N/A-4.2%$66.84B$20.18B38.9373,000Short Interest ↓
EW
Edwards Lifesciences
4.5508 of 5 stars
$65.81
-1.3%
N/A+0.4%$38.81B$6.00B9.5019,800Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
RMD
ResMed
4.7261 of 5 stars
$247.11
-0.6%
N/A+57.6%$36.27B$4.81B32.739,980Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
IDXX
IDEXX Laboratories
4.8773 of 5 stars
$426.11
-2.6%
N/A-9.8%$34.89B$3.84B41.0911,000Options Volume
Positive News
STE
STERIS
4.953 of 5 stars
$222.73
+0.4%
N/A+8.2%$21.96B$5.33B50.8518,179Short Interest ↓
PODD
Insulet
4.4023 of 5 stars
$275.10
-0.2%
N/A+48.8%$19.29B$1.98B47.113,000Analyst Revision
HOLX
Hologic
4.8746 of 5 stars
$79.76
+0.5%
N/A+8.2%$18.53B$4.03B23.956,990Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:DXCM) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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