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ISRG vs. DXCM, GOOG, HSIC, IDXX, ELV, EW, ITGR, JNJ, MDT, and SYK

Should you be buying Intuitive Surgical stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Intuitive Surgical include DexCom (DXCM), Alphabet (GOOG), Henry Schein (HSIC), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), Elevance Health (ELV), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), Integer (ITGR), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Medtronic (MDT), and Stryker (SYK).

Intuitive Surgical vs. Its Competitors

Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) and DexCom (NASDAQ:DXCM) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

83.6% of Intuitive Surgical shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of DexCom shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Intuitive Surgical shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of DexCom shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Intuitive Surgical has higher revenue and earnings than DexCom. DexCom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intuitive Surgical, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Intuitive Surgical$8.35B18.70$2.32B$7.1760.75
DexCom$4.03B6.36$576.20M$1.4445.42

Intuitive Surgical has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DexCom has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Intuitive Surgical has a net margin of 28.51% compared to DexCom's net margin of 13.29%. DexCom's return on equity of 30.41% beat Intuitive Surgical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intuitive Surgical28.51% 14.56% 12.93%
DexCom 13.29%30.41%10.08%

In the previous week, Intuitive Surgical had 43 more articles in the media than DexCom. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Intuitive Surgical and 29 mentions for DexCom. Intuitive Surgical's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat DexCom's score of 0.70 indicating that Intuitive Surgical is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Intuitive Surgical
53 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DexCom
12 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Intuitive Surgical presently has a consensus price target of $582.14, indicating a potential upside of 33.64%. DexCom has a consensus price target of $97.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.30%. Given DexCom's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DexCom is more favorable than Intuitive Surgical.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Intuitive Surgical
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
DexCom
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87

Summary

Intuitive Surgical beats DexCom on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ISRG vs. The Competition

MetricIntuitive SurgicalMED INSTRUMENTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$156.44B$7.05B$6.12B$10.45B
Dividend YieldN/A1.18%5.73%4.78%
P/E Ratio60.7526.2685.3827.36
Price / Sales18.7027.47602.69196.46
Price / Cash54.6321.7037.4661.86
Price / Book9.395.2112.516.81
Net Income$2.32B$178.09M$3.32B$276.80M
7 Day Performance-1.84%-1.83%0.60%0.42%
1 Month Performance0.26%6.30%10.53%7.86%
1 Year Performance-8.60%4.63%74.30%41.24%

Intuitive Surgical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ISRG
Intuitive Surgical
4.9362 of 5 stars
$435.61
-0.2%
$582.14
+33.6%
-9.0%$156.44B$8.35B60.7515,638Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DXCM
DexCom
4.9489 of 5 stars
$65.11
0.0%
$97.42
+49.6%
-2.5%$25.53B$4.03B45.2210,300Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GOOG
Alphabet
4.5047 of 5 stars
$244.37
+2.9%
$241.00
-1.4%
+50.8%$2.96T$371.40B26.02190,200Trending News
Insider Trade
HSIC
Henry Schein
4.0375 of 5 stars
$62.81
-0.6%
$76.67
+22.1%
-11.0%$7.62B$12.77B20.2625,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
IDXX
IDEXX Laboratories
4.3406 of 5 stars
$630.23
+2.3%
$656.50
+4.2%
+34.9%$50.42B$3.90B52.4811,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
ELV
Elevance Health
4.5526 of 5 stars
$351.69
-0.4%
$412.00
+17.1%
-27.8%$79.19B$189.25B14.97104,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
EW
Edwards Lifesciences
4.8927 of 5 stars
$72.77
-1.6%
$87.06
+19.6%
+5.8%$42.70B$5.69B10.4615,800Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
ITGR
Integer
3.7364 of 5 stars
$102.11
+1.0%
$139.57
+36.7%
-21.1%$3.58B$1.79B44.9611,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
4.7513 of 5 stars
$190.51
-0.1%
$192.94
+1.3%
+16.3%$458.80B$88.82B20.37138,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MDT
Medtronic
4.8716 of 5 stars
$95.41
0.0%
$102.41
+7.3%
+6.1%$122.38B$33.54B26.2895,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SYK
Stryker
4.9577 of 5 stars
$364.31
-0.1%
$432.14
+18.6%
+3.0%$139.34B$23.82B48.2853,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:ISRG) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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