Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. DHR scored 39.0, DXCM scored 81.5 — DXCM leads.
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DHR
Danaher Corporation
Diagnostics & Research · Quality-Growth
39
$219.81 · $154.5B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
42.5
DXCM leads
DXCM
DexCom, Inc.
Medical Devices · Quality-Growth
81.5
$84.11 · $31.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestDXCM33.4x
Fastest growthDXCM+15.6%
Strongest balance sheetDHR0.53
Highest qualityDXCM90 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
DHR
stronger →← stronger
DXCM
61
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
90
48
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
89
20
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
67
DXCM is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
DHR
DXCM
$5.5bB+
FCF
$1.4bC+
+2.9%C
Rev
+15.6%B+
0.53B
D/E
0.53B
39.2xC+
P/E
33.4xC+
1.30B
PEG
2.11C
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
DHR
DXCM
63% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
57% above
~15%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~23%/yr
-38%
1-yr DCF upside
-46%
-39%
5-yr DCF upside
-36%
-40%
10-yr DCF upside
-20%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
DHR
Why this score
Raising its dividend
DXCM
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
The companies
DHRDanaher Corporation
Diagnostics & Research · $219.81 · beta 0.80
Why now
Diagnostics & Research · market cap $154.5b. 9% off the 52-week high of $242.80. 22 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $241.00 (implying +10% upside).
Moat
Net margin 16% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. FCF converts 137% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $154.5b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Trailing P/E 39x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. ROE 8% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
DXCMDexCom, Inc.
Medical Devices · $84.11 · beta 1.48
Why now
Medical Devices · market cap $31.7b. 9% off the 52-week high of $92.59. Revenue growing +16%, comfortably above the S&P median. 26 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $96.23 (implying +14% upside).
Moat
Net margin 20% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 38% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 141% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Beta 1.48 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 33x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where DHR and DXCM diverge
On the headline score the gap is 42.5 points in favor of DXCM. The widest single difference is Value, where DXCM leads by 46.9 points.
ValueDHR 20.4 · DXCM 67.3DXCM +46.9
GrowthDHR 47.8 · DXCM 89.1DXCM +41.3
QualityDHR 61.0 · DXCM 90.4DXCM +29.4
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is DXCM or DHR the better stock?
DXCM scores higher: DXCM 81.5, DHR 39.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do DXCM and DHR differ most?
The widest gap is value, where DXCM leads by 47 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. DXCM leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are DXCM and DHR scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.