Aristotle Atlantic Partners, LLC, an investment advisor, released its “Large Cap Growth Strategy” second quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the second quarter, Aristotle Atlantic’s Large Cap Growth Strategy delivered 8.77% gross of fees (8.71% net of fees) outperforming the Russell 1000 Growth Index’s return of 8.33%. Security selection led the portfolio to outperform in the quarter. Security selection in Information Technology and Financials contributed the most to relative performance while health care and Industrials detracted. In addition, you can check the top 5 holdings of the fund to know its best picks in 2024.
Aristotle Atlantic Large Cap Growth Strategy highlighted stocks like DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM), in the second quarter 2024 investor letter. DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) is a medical device company engages in the development and commercialization of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems. The one-month return of DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) was 1.21%, and its shares lost 14.09% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On July 22, 2024, DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) stock closed at $111.65 per share with a market capitalization of $44.401 billion.
Aristotle Atlantic Large Cap Growth Strategy stated the following regarding DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) in its Q2 2024 investor letter:
“DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) detracted from performance in the quarter as the stock price gave back all the strong gains from the first quarter of this year. The company reported strong first quarter earnings, beating consensus estimates for the top and bottom lines, highlighted by 25% organic revenue growth. Additionally, it raised the low end of full-year revenue guidance based on the strong start to the year, with record new patient starts. Dexcom is launching an over-the-counter continuous glucose monitoring device set to target the over 25 million Type 2 diabetes patients who are not dependent on insulin. Furthermore, the medical device company recently expanded its salesforce to better address the ~200K primary care physicians in the United States. We see several catalysts going forward, and the stock is trading at a discount to historical valuation metrics.”
A doctor demonstrating how to use the medical device to a patient with diabetes.
DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) is not on our list of 31 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 73 hedge fund portfolios held DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) at the end of first quarter which was 69 in the previous quarter. In the first quarter, DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) reported worldwide revenue of $921 million up from $741 million in Q1 2023. While we acknowledge the potential of DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
In another article, we discussed DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXCM) and shared the list of best growth stocks to buy now according to Ray Dalio. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2024 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
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