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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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Intuitive Surgical has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DexCom has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$8.35B22.63$2.32B$6.8277.32
DexCom$4.15B7.92$576.20M$1.3462.51

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of DexCom shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Intuitive Surgical has a net margin of 28.41% compared to DexCom's net margin of 12.90%. DexCom's return on equity of 30.05% beat Intuitive Surgical's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Intuitive Surgical28.41% 14.43% 12.81%
DexCom 12.90%30.05%10.00%

In the previous week, Intuitive Surgical had 33 more articles in the media than DexCom. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Intuitive Surgical and 22 mentions for DexCom. DexCom's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Intuitive Surgical's score of 1.32 indicating that DexCom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Intuitive Surgical
46 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DexCom
18 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Intuitive Surgical currently has a consensus target price of $592.59, indicating a potential upside of 12.38%. DexCom has a consensus target price of $98.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.60%. 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
DexCom
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95

Summary

Intuitive Surgical beats DexCom on 10 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ISRG vs. The Competition

MetricIntuitive SurgicalMED INSTRUMENTS IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$188.99B$6.70B$5.46B$8.92B
Dividend YieldN/A1.21%5.24%4.04%
P/E Ratio77.3224.9227.0120.12
Price / Sales22.6384.07380.1493.34
Price / Cash68.1621.4826.2128.59
Price / Book11.364.787.995.57
Net Income$2.32B$173.18M$3.16B$248.40M
7 Day Performance-1.99%2.66%3.69%6.04%
1 Month Performance-5.35%-0.49%2.90%7.69%
1 Year Performance18.62%18.78%34.30%20.97%

Intuitive Surgical Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ISRG
Intuitive Surgical
4.7423 of 5 stars
$527.30
-1.4%
$592.59
+12.4%
+20.5%$188.99B$8.35B77.3215,638Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DXCM
DexCom
4.8681 of 5 stars
$87.12
+0.9%
$98.50
+13.1%
-27.0%$34.16B$4.03B65.017,600Positive News
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8903 of 5 stars
$177.37
-0.5%
$206.38
+16.4%
-7.5%$2.15T$359.71B19.77190,200Trending News
HSIC
Henry Schein
3.0312 of 5 stars
$73.07
-0.3%
$79.30
+8.5%
+13.1%$8.89B$12.67B22.8325,000
IDXX
IDEXX Laboratories
3.8135 of 5 stars
$534.20
+0.5%
$546.00
+2.2%
+12.3%$42.96B$3.90B49.3710,800Positive News
ELV
Elevance Health
4.9662 of 5 stars
$388.56
+1.9%
$498.87
+28.4%
-34.6%$87.79B$183.12B15.16102,300Trending News
EW
Edwards Lifesciences
4.4156 of 5 stars
$78.20
0.0%
$80.20
+2.6%
-17.0%$45.87B$5.52B11.1717,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ITGR
Integer
3.6518 of 5 stars
$123.23
+0.5%
$145.00
+17.7%
+0.6%$4.30B$1.75B58.4011,000
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
4.8397 of 5 stars
$151.81
-0.4%
$170.88
+12.6%
+6.0%$365.27B$88.82B16.89138,100Positive News
MDT
Medtronic
4.8948 of 5 stars
$87.15
+1.3%
$97.87
+12.3%
+13.0%$111.77B$33.54B24.0795,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SYK
Stryker
4.6747 of 5 stars
$394.26
+0.4%
$427.30
+8.4%
+16.3%$150.48B$23.22B53.2853,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:ISRG) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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