DXCM vs MDT vs RMD Stock Comparison

Dexcom, Medtronic and Resmed Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DXCM Dexcom Inc
$78.56 -9.3% 1M +11.2% 1Y
Market cap
$29.98B
P/E
30.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.97B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
2 wins
MDT Medtronic plc
$93.93 +6.0% 1M -0.2% 1Y
Market cap
$121.74B
P/E
23.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$37.54B
Div. yield
0.03%
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins
RMD Resmed Inc
$250.71 +12.9% 1M -3.3% 1Y
Market cap
$36.51B
P/E
24.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.65B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Resmed leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Resmed 5, Medtronic 4, Dexcom 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDXCMMDTRMDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $29.98B $121.74B $36.51B MDT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 30.0x 23.3x 24.0x MDT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.8x 16.9x 19.5x MDT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.5% +9.8% +9.9% DXCM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 20.1% 13.9% 26.9% RMD
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 6.9% 20.8% RMD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.0x -0.4x RMD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +11.2% -0.2% -3.3% DXCM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -11.2%/yr -5.0%/yr -1.4%/yr RMD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.7% 24.7% 29.0% MDT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 77/100 66/100 78/100 RMD

Percentile Scorecard

DXCMMDTRMD

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

AxisDXCMMDTRMD
Valuation 71 #67 of 227 85 #36 of 227 74 #61 of 227
Growth 97 #8 of 219 51 #107 of 219 63 #81 of 219
Profitability 100 #1 of 206 86 #29 of 206 99 #3 of 206
Financial Health 33 #159 of 238 50 #120 of 238 76 #59 of 238
Shareholder Returns 87 #19 of 134 59 #56 of 134 81 #27 of 134
Overall 77 66 78
  • DXCM ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • MDT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • RMD ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDXCMMDTRMDSPY
1 month -9.3%+6.0%+12.9% -0.2%
3 months +5.0%+8.1%+19.9% +3.9%
6 months +32.4%+14.7%+15.5% +8.2%
Year to date +18.4%-2.2%+4.1% +12.9%
1 year +11.2%-0.2%-3.3% +12.3%
3 years -12.0%+35.3%+86.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year -4.2%+10.6%+23.0% +23.3%
5 years -44.9%-22.5%-6.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year -11.2%-5.0%-1.4% +10.9%
10 years +316.8%+15.8%+319.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year +15.3%+1.5%+15.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDXCMMDTRMDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.7%24.7%29.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.2%22.0%30.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.640.110.40 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.28-0.01-0.11 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -66.3%-43.6%-49.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.9%-10.8%-9.1% -1.2%
52-week high $92.34$105.35$275.96 $779.14
52-week low $54.84$73.75$182.82 $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.

MultipleDXCMMDTRMD
P/E now vs peer median 30.0xmedian 29.6x 23.0xmedian 29.6x 24.0xmedian 29.6x
P/S now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 2.9x 3.2xmedian 2.9x 6.4xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.7xmedian 17.4x 14.4xmedian 17.4x 16.9xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.1xmedian 22.3x 19.6xmedian 22.3x 21.9xmedian 22.3x
P/B now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 2.3x 2.4xmedian 2.3x 5.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.66median 1.04 1.59median 1.04 1.22median 1.04

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 monthsDXCMMDTRMD
Revenue $4.97B $37.54B $5.65B
Gross profit $3.10B $24.41B $3.45B
Operating income $1.14B $6.79B $1.89B
Net income $999.70M $5.27B $1.52B
Free cash flow $1.41B $6.13B $1.65B
R&D $604.00M $2.92B $378.28M
EPS (diluted) $2.56 $4.07 $10.43
Cash & equivalents $1.11B $1.69B $1.47B
Total debt – $113.29B $659.37M
Shares (diluted) 390.10M 1.29B 146.05M
Enterprise value $20.30B $86.99B $30.57B

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
MetricDXCMMDTRMD
P/E 30.0x 23.0x 24.0x
P/FCF 21.1x 19.6x 21.9x
P/Operating cash flow 17.0x 15.0x 20.0x
P/S 6.0x 3.2x 6.4x
P/B 11.3x 2.4x 5.5x
P/Tangible book 11.8x 3.0x 5.9x
EV/EBITDA 19.7x 14.4x 16.9x
EV/EBIT 24.3x 20.6x 18.7x
EV/Revenue 5.6x 3.7x 6.3x
EV/FCF 19.7x 22.8x 21.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.8x 17.4x 19.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.66 1.59 1.22

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDXCMMDTRMD
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.5% 9.8% 9.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 15.8% 6.0% 10.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 22.8% 9.3% 13.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.9% 5.6% 13.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 65.8% 10.9% 11.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 36.5% 6.4% 18.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 74.9% 12.4% 8.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 40.9% 13.0% 19.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 83.0% 12.4% 9.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 45.7% 14.5% 19.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 77.0% 12.4% 3.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.4% 11.3% 37.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 146.1% 15.6% -0.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 44.5% 11.3% 42.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDXCMMDTRMD
Gross margin 62.5% 65.0% 61.1%
EBITDA margin 28.2% 25.9% 36.9%
Operating margin 22.9% 18.1% 33.4%
Pretax margin 25.8% 17.6% 34.0%
Net margin 20.1% 13.9% 26.9%
FCF margin 28.3% 16.3% 29.2%
Operating cash flow margin 35.2% 21.4% 31.9%
Return on equity 35.8% 10.4% 23.3%
Return on assets 15.3% 5.7% 17.2%
Return on invested capital – 6.9% 20.8%
Return on capital employed 27.2% 8.3% 25.2%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.4x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 1.5x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 3.3% 1.3% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDXCMMDTRMD
Debt / assets – 30.2% 7.4%
Debt / equity – 0.6x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.0x -0.4x
Debt / FCF – 4.6x 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 59.4% 45.5% 26.6%
Equity / assets 40.6% 54.5% 73.4%
Interest coverage – 9.4x –
Current ratio 1.7x 2.1x 3.1x
Quick ratio 1.4x 1.3x 1.8x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.7x 1.1x
Altman Z-score 6.94 3.00 11.96

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDXCMMDTRMD
Dividend yield – 3.0% 1.0%
Net buyback yield 1.6% 0.2% 1.7%
Shareholder yield 1.6% 3.2% 2.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 69.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 59.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 0.2% –

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.

ConsensusDXCMMDTRMD
Forward P/E 27.8xFY2026 16.9xFY2026 19.5xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $2.83FY2026 $5.57FY2026 $12.86FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +35.4%FY2026 +0.7%FY2026 +15.1%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +4.9% +7.2% +9.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.08BFY2026 $39.92BFY2026 $5.97BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +9.0%FY2026 +9.8%FY2026 +5.6%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +16.6% -4.7% -3.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDXCMMDTRMD
Held by institutions 100.0% 85.1% 68.7%
Institutions holding 974 2,124 887
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.3% -0.2% +3.2%
Institutions buying 519 1,013 404
Institutions selling 344 913 358
Buyers to sellers 1.51 1.11 1.13

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.

DXCMMDTRMD
DXCM 1.00 0.32 0.34
MDT 0.32 1.00 0.49
RMD 0.34 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DXCM, MDT and RMD?

Medtronic (MDT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dexcom (DXCM) $29.98B, Medtronic (MDT) $121.74B, Resmed (RMD) $36.51B.

Which stock is cheaper, DXCM, MDT and RMD?

Medtronic (MDT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dexcom (DXCM) 30.0x, Medtronic (MDT) 23.3x, Resmed (RMD) 24.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Medtronic (MDT) is cheapest (Dexcom (DXCM) 27.8x, Medtronic (MDT) 16.9x, Resmed (RMD) 19.5x). 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) +15.5%, Medtronic (MDT) +9.8%, Resmed (RMD) +9.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Resmed (RMD) has the highest net margin (Dexcom (DXCM) 20.1%, Medtronic (MDT) 13.9%, Resmed (RMD) 26.9%). On return on invested capital, Resmed (RMD) leads (Medtronic (MDT) 6.9%, Resmed (RMD) 20.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dexcom (DXCM) returned the most: Dexcom (DXCM) +11.2%, Medtronic (MDT) -0.2%, Resmed (RMD) -3.3%. Over five years, Resmed (RMD) compounded fastest (Dexcom (DXCM) -11.2%/yr, Medtronic (MDT) -5.0%/yr, Resmed (RMD) -1.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Dexcom (DXCM) 0.00%, Medtronic (MDT) 0.03%, Resmed (RMD) 0.00%. Dexcom (DXCM) and Resmed (RMD) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Medtronic (MDT) has been the steadiest (Dexcom (DXCM) 40.7%, Medtronic (MDT) 24.7%, Resmed (RMD) 29.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DXCM, MDT and RMD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Resmed (RMD) 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.