NASDAQHealth CareMedical DevicesSnapshot 2026-07-31
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
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Health Care Equipment: fringe margins under pressure (3q confirmed)
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The reason to own it still holds.
View ThesisRevenue growth is accelerating — up about 16% over the past year.
View GrowthRanks among the strongest in its industry on quality — around the top 9%.
View QualityManagement screens strong on capital allocation, earnings delivery, margins, the balance sheet, market reaction to earnings.
View ManagementExpectations look high — the market is pricing in about 39% growth a year, above the roughly 12% analysts expect, leaving little room for error.
View ValuationModerate volatility — typically moves about 2% a day.
View RiskDexCom's growth in revenue and strong demand for glucose monitors support its value. Revenue grew 13% year over year in Q2, and the company beat earnings expectations. It trades at 29× P/E, below the peer median of 33×. The market is pricing in more growth than forecasted, indicating expectations look full. A risk is if DexCom cuts guidance after recently raising it, which could hurt credibility. Peer multiples imply a price about 26% below where it trades. Our read is provisional.
Trailing returns as of 2026-07-31. DXCM is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 28 analysts currently covering DXCM (as of Jul 2026).
Based on 12 Wall Street analysts offering 12-month price targets for DXCM in the last 4 months.
A consensus fair price across 11 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-08-01. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus Health Care Equipment — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
Advances: Increase revenue guidance and grow revenue
Expanded access and product updates support revenue growth.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
End-of-day figures as of 2026-07-31. EPS is implied from price ÷ P/E. Not investment advice.
Current $83.45
The last 12 months of price, then the range of analyst 12-month targets from today’s $83.45.
Analyst ratings and price targets are third-party Wall Street estimates, not QuarterlyIQ’s view. Not investment advice.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Top 25% on quality vs scored peers
A second lens on the 12-month fair value: for companies that score high on measured quality (profitability, balance-sheet safety, earnings stability), this read trusts more of today's profit margins instead of averaging them toward their multi-year history the way the headline number does. Shown alongside the fair value above, not in place of it. A diagnostic, not a price target or a buy/sell signal.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Advances: Increase revenue guidance and grow revenue
Q2 growth supports revenue guidance increase.
Advances: Increase revenue guidance and grow revenue
Lifting revenue outlook directly supports growth objectives.
Advances: Increase revenue guidance
Q2 earnings call indicates increased revenue guidance.
Advances: Increase revenue guidance
Directly raises revenue guidance due to strong demand.
Advances: Increase revenue guidance
Sales beat estimates, supporting revenue growth.
Advances: Increase revenue guidance
Analyst upgrade supports revenue growth expectations.
Advances: Increase revenue guidance
Growth outlook aligns with revenue guidance objective.
