DXCM vs LMAT vs SYK Stock Comparison

Dexcom, Lemaitre Vascular and Stryker Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DXCM Dexcom Inc
$88.48 +1.8% 1M +44.6% 1Y
Market cap
$33.00B
P/E
33.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.10B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
2 wins
LMAT Lemaitre Vascular Inc
$87.92 +8.6% 1M +0.8% 1Y
Market cap
$2.01B
P/E
30.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$262.43M
Div. yield
1.08%
Medical Devices Healthcare
5 wins
SYK Stryker Corp
$339.77 +19.1% 1M -6.3% 1Y
Market cap
$129.35B
P/E
36.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.30B
Div. yield
1.04%
Medical Devices Healthcare
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Lemaitre Vascular leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Lemaitre Vascular 5, Stryker 3, Dexcom 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDXCMLMATSYKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $33.00B $2.01B $129.35B SYK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.5x 30.6x 36.0x LMAT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.3x 29.8x 21.4x SYK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.0% +11.8% +7.9% DXCM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 19.4% 25.0% 13.8% LMAT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 10.0% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 1.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.08% 1.04% LMAT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +44.6% +0.8% -6.3% DXCM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -11.1%/yr +10.0%/yr +4.2%/yr LMAT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.0% 47.2% 32.9% SYK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 74/100 84/100 68/100 LMAT

Percentile Scorecard

DXCMLMATSYK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDXCMLMATSYK
Valuation 67 #77 of 229 74 #61 of 229 66 #78 of 229
Growth 83 #39 of 221 91 #20 of 221 62 #85 of 221
Profitability 99 #3 of 209 96 #9 of 209 89 #23 of 209
Financial Health 35 #157 of 240 90 #24 of 240 49 #124 of 240
Shareholder Returns 88 #19 of 146 69 #46 of 146 75 #37 of 146
Overall 74 84 68
  • DXCM ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • LMAT ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • SYK ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDXCMLMATSYKSPY
1 month +1.8%+8.6%+19.1% -1.0%
3 months +7.0%+11.3%+0.8% -0.4%
6 months +46.6%-20.2%+16.2% +4.5%
Year to date +33.3%+8.4%-3.3% +12.4%
1 year +44.6%+0.8%-6.3% +13.6%
3 years -9.2%+81.3%+23.0% +76.4%
3 years, per year -3.2%+22.0%+7.2% +20.8%
5 years -44.3%+60.9%+23.0% +63.7%
5 years, per year -11.1%+10.0%+4.2% +10.4%
10 years +471.6%+326.4%+190.0% +267.7%
10 years, per year +19.0%+15.6%+11.2% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureDXCMLMATSYKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.0%47.2%32.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.6%53.6%32.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.670.560.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.170.02-0.19 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.3%-33.5%-33.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.2%-25.1%-12.3% -1.6%
52-week high $92.34$117.39$387.46 $779.14
52-week low $54.84$78.80$269.88 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDXCMLMATSYK
P/E now vs peer median 33.5xmedian 28.5x 30.6xmedian 28.5x 36.0xmedian 28.5x
P/S now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 2.9x 7.7xmedian 2.9x 4.9xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.8xmedian 18.5x 18.4xmedian 18.5x 21.2xmedian 18.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.0xmedian 26.7x 27.2xmedian 26.7x 28.3xmedian 26.7x
P/B now vs peer median 13.0xmedian 2.3x 4.8xmedian 2.3x 5.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.78median 0.93 0.91median 0.93 3.07median 0.93

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDXCMLMATSYK
Revenue $5.10B $262.43M $26.30B
Gross profit $3.24B $191.31M $17.18B
Operating income $1.22B $77.32M $5.43B
Net income $991.00M $65.67M $3.62B
Free cash flow $1.10B $73.83M $4.57B
R&D $608.10M $15.41M $1.68B
EPS (diluted) $2.58 $2.68 $9.39
Cash & equivalents $961.40M $26.63M $3.27B
Total debt – – $14.93B
Shares (diluted) 383.50M 24.53M 386.00M
Enterprise value $24.82B $564.64M $115.54B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDXCMLMATSYK
P/E 33.5x 30.6x 36.0x
P/FCF 30.0x 27.2x 28.3x
P/Operating cash flow 23.3x 24.2x 23.8x
P/S 6.5x 7.7x 4.9x
P/B 13.0x 4.8x 5.5x
P/Tangible book 13.5x 5.2x 7.2x
EV/EBITDA 20.8x 18.4x 21.2x
EV/EBIT 25.5x 21.1x 26.0x
EV/Revenue 6.1x 6.2x 5.4x
EV/FCF 28.4x 22.1x 30.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 22.0x 19.7x 25.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.78 0.91 3.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDXCMLMATSYK
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.0% 11.8% 7.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.5% 14.0% 9.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 21.5% 18.0% 10.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.2% 18.8% 10.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 57.4% 41.2% 48.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 34.2% 36.4% 16.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 37.5% 39.4% 23.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 38.0% 37.6% 11.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 46.1% 30.1% 23.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 43.0% 33.6% 11.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -2.3% 41.2% 12.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 23.7% 48.0% 19.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 3.4% 41.1% 12.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.0% 57.4% 21.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDXCMLMATSYK
Gross margin 63.4% 72.9% 65.3%
EBITDA margin 29.4% 33.8% 25.2%
Operating margin 24.0% 29.5% 20.7%
Pretax margin 24.7% 32.3% 19.5%
Net margin 19.4% 25.0% 13.8%
FCF margin 21.5% 28.1% 17.4%
Operating cash flow margin 27.7% 31.6% 20.7%
Return on equity 38.4% 15.9% -4.0%
Return on assets 15.6% 10.3% -2.0%
Return on invested capital – – 10.0%
Return on capital employed 29.9% 12.8% 13.2%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.4x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 1.3x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 3.0% 3.0% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDXCMLMATSYK
Debt / assets – – 31.6%
Debt / equity – – 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 1.8x
Debt / FCF – – 3.3x
Liabilities / assets 59.4% 34.4% 50.4%
Equity / assets 40.6% 65.6% 49.6%
Interest coverage – 14.9x 9.3x
Current ratio 1.7x 16.3x 2.2x
Quick ratio 1.3x 13.8x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.8x 12.6x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 7.84 7.59 5.02

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDXCMLMATSYK
Dividend yield – 1.1% 1.0%
Net buyback yield 2.1% -0.3% –
Shareholder yield 2.1% 0.8% 1.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 31.2% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 27.8% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 26.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 20.5% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDXCMLMATSYK
Forward P/E 31.3xFY2026 29.8xFY2026 21.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.83FY2026 $2.95FY2026 $15.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +35.4%FY2026 +17.1%FY2026 +16.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +4.9% +12.9% +2.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.08BFY2026 $266.90MFY2026 $26.14BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.0%FY2026 +6.9%FY2026 +4.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.6% +19.4% +18.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDXCMLMATSYK
Held by institutions 100.0% 99.3% 80.3%
Institutions holding 977 328 2,267
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.3% +2.8% +3.2%
Institutions buying 522 173 1,105
Institutions selling 344 98 852
Buyers to sellers 1.52 1.77 1.30

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DXCMLMATSYK
DXCM 1.00 0.29 0.32
LMAT 0.29 1.00 0.30
SYK 0.32 0.30 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DXCM, LMAT and SYK?

Stryker (SYK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dexcom (DXCM) $33.00B, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) $2.01B, Stryker (SYK) $129.35B.

Which stock is cheaper, DXCM, LMAT and SYK?

Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dexcom (DXCM) 33.5x, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 30.6x, Stryker (SYK) 36.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Stryker (SYK) is cheapest (Dexcom (DXCM) 31.3x, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 29.8x, Stryker (SYK) 21.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Dexcom (DXCM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Dexcom (DXCM) +13.0%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +11.8%, Stryker (SYK) +7.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) has the highest net margin (Dexcom (DXCM) 19.4%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 25.0%, Stryker (SYK) 13.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dexcom (DXCM) returned the most: Dexcom (DXCM) +44.6%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +0.8%, Stryker (SYK) -6.3%. Over five years, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) compounded fastest (Dexcom (DXCM) -11.1%/yr, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) +10.0%/yr, Stryker (SYK) +4.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) has the highest dividend yield: Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 1.08%, Stryker (SYK) 1.04%. Dexcom (DXCM) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Stryker (SYK) has been the steadiest (Dexcom (DXCM) 38.0%, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) 47.2%, Stryker (SYK) 32.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DXCM, LMAT and SYK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lemaitre Vascular (LMAT) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.