What Do You Need to Know About DexCom (DXCM) Before Investing?

By Naomi Wentworth • Sunday, December 22 10:13 • Permanent Link

DexCom logged a 5.6% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $80.04 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. DXCM's trading volume is 10,072,061 compared to the stock's average volume of 4,196,973.

DexCom trades -16.85% away from its average analyst target price of $96.26 per share. The 24 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $75.0 to $120.0, and on average have given DexCom a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in DXCM, you'll want to know the following:

DexCom's current price is 578.9% above its Graham number of $11.79, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
DexCom has moved -35.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 24.2%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.65, DexCom has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 48.5 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
DXCM has a forward P/E ratio of 39.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.03 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 15.8 compared to its sector average of 3.53
DexCom, Inc., a medical device company, focuses on the design, development, and commercialization of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems in the United States and internationally.
Based in San Diego, the company has 9,500 full time employees and a market cap of $31.26 Billion.

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