DEXCOM, INC. vs Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, two Medical Devices stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DXCM and EW diverge most: on debt / equity, DXCM reads 0.47 and EW reads 0.06; on return on equity, DXCM reads 38.1% and EW reads 9.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's DXCM price has a different growth bar priced in than EW (+31.6% implied for DXCM vs +24.9% for EW); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What EW's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DXCM | EW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $84.09 | $85.23 |
| Market cap | $31.7B | $49.2B |
| Sector | Medical Devices | Medical Devices |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +31.6% | +24.9% |
| P/E | 33.4 | 49.0 |
| P/B | 12.11 | 4.59 |
| P/S | 6.39 | 7.56 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.7 | 29.1 |
| Revenue growth | +15.7% | +14.6% |
| Gross margin | 63.4% | 77.5% |
| Operating margin | 24.3% | 29.5% |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 15.4% |
| Return on equity | 38.1% | 9.4% |
| Return on assets | 15.5% | 7.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 23.1% | 6.5% |
| FCF yield | 4.4% | 2.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.47 | 0.06 |
| Current ratio | 1.73 | 4.52 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.85 | 8.55 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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