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DexCom (DexCom) Cash Ratio : 1.82 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is DexCom Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. DexCom's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.82.

DexCom has a Cash Ratio of 1.82. It generally indicates that the company is able to cover all short-term debt and still have cash remaining.

The historical rank and industry rank for DexCom's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

DXCM' s Cash Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.05   Med: 3.43   Max: 6.27
Current: 1.82

During the past 13 years, DexCom's highest Cash Ratio was 6.27. The lowest was 1.05. And the median was 3.43.

DXCM's Cash Ratio is ranked better than
60.16% of 856 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 1.25 vs DXCM: 1.82

DexCom Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for DexCom's Cash Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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DexCom Cash Ratio Chart

DexCom Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.26 4.41 3.79 1.34 1.75

DexCom Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.38 1.76 1.93 1.75 1.82

Competitive Comparison of DexCom's Cash Ratio

For the Medical Devices subindustry, DexCom's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


DexCom's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, DexCom's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where DexCom's Cash Ratio falls into.



DexCom Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

DexCom's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=2724.1/1556
=1.75

DexCom's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=2897/1594.2
=1.82

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


DexCom  (NAS:DXCM) Cash Ratio Explanation

The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.

The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.

In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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DexCom (DexCom) Business Description

Address
6340 Sequence Drive, San Diego, CA, USA, 92121
Dexcom designs and commercializes continuous glucose monitoring systems for diabetic patients. CGM systems serve as an alternative to the traditional blood glucose meter process, and the company is evolving its CGM systems to provide integration with insulin pumps from Insulet and Tandem for automatic insulin delivery.
Executives
Sadie Stern officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 6340 SEQUENCE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Steven R Altman director
Kevin R Sayer director
Jereme M Sylvain officer: SVP, Finance & CAO 6340 SEQUENCE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO X1 92121
Jacob Steven Leach officer: SVP, Research & Development 6340 SEQUENCE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Nicholas Augustinos director 754 GRAND VIEW AVENUE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94114
Micheal Jon Brown officer: EVP, Chief Legal Officer 6340 SEQUENCE DR, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Steven Robert Pacelli officer: Vice President Legal Affairs 5555 OBERLIN DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Girish Naganathan officer: EVP Chief Technology Officer C/O DEXCOM, INC., 6340 SEQUENCE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Barry J. Regan officer: EVP Operations 1023 CHERRY ROAD, MEMPHIS TN 38117
Bridgette P Heller director TECH DATA CORPORATION, 5350 TECH DATA DRIVE, CLEARWATER FL 33760
Matthew Vincent Dolan officer: * 6340 SEQUENCE DR, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Rimma Driscoll director C/O ZOETIS INC., 10 SYLVAN WAY, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Shelly Ramasamy Selvaraj officer: SVP Information Technology 6340 SEQUENCE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Paul R Flynn officer: EVP, Global Revenue 6340 SEQUENCE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121