DXCM

Dexcom Inc.

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Is DXCM Halal?

Continuous glucose-monitoring devices serve a generally permissible, life-preserving medical purpose, while March 2026 identifiable liquidity exceeds the examined one-third limit.

What You Should Know

Dexcom develops continuous glucose-monitoring systems for diabetes care; preserving life and health (hifz al-nafs) supports the existing qualitative assessment. Its March 31, 2026 filing shows debt at 18.72% of total assets and receivables plus cash at 33.27%, while cash plus short-term marketable debt securities is 36.41%. The filing reports other income net and does not provide a standalone gross interest-income numerator, so no unsupported purification percentage is prescribed.

⚠️ Concerns

  • Cash plus short-term marketable debt securities were 36.41% of total assets at March 31, 2026
  • Debt was 18.72% of total assets
  • Other income includes interest and dividend income but does not isolate a gross non-compliant-income amount
  • Device safety, accuracy, patient access, reimbursement, privacy, manufacturing, labor and electronic-waste impacts require qualitative review

Current quantitative Sharia screen

Based on 10-Q figures for the period ended 2026-03-31; calculated 2026-07-14.

USD · millions
Interest-bearing debt / assets
18.72%Within limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

1,242 / 6,633

Cash + interest-bearing securities / assets
36.41%Above limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

2,415 / 6,633

Receivables + cash / assets
33.27%Within limit
Below 50% under FTSE Yasaar

2,207 / 6,633

FTSE Yasaar
v4.6, February 2026
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Liquidity/assets is 36.41%, above the examined 33.333% limit; debt/assets is 18.72% and receivables plus cash/assets is 33.27%. Gross interest income is unavailable.

MSCI Islamic (total-assets series)
October 2024 methodology
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Liquidity/assets is 36.41%, above the examined 33.33% total-assets limit; debt and receivables plus cash pass. This is not an index-membership claim.

Malaysia SAC financial ratios
single 5% activity benchmark adopted November 2025
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Identifiable liquidity/assets is 36.41%, above the examined 33% financial limit; this is a calculation against SAC ratios, not an official classification.

Market-cap denominator methods
MSCI M-Series, S&P and Dow Jones methods differ
Financial
Not calculated
Overall
Not calculated

A properly licensed and reproducible historical market-cap series is not stored, so these methods are not estimated from a current spot price.

Business-activity disclosure

Dexcom develops continuous glucose-monitoring systems and related software and services for diabetes care. Medical devices that support health and preserve life are generally permissible.

Limitation: The filing does not classify every product input, customer, reimbursement channel or downstream use; no unsupported prohibited-revenue estimate is made.

Purification

Other income includes interest and dividend income but does not provide a standalone gross non-compliant-income numerator; no fixed purification percentage is prescribed.

Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
  • Amounts are USD millions from Dexcom's March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q and rounded to the nearest million.
  • Interest-bearing debt is the $1,242 million carrying value of long-term senior convertible notes; operating lease liabilities are excluded.
  • Cash is $1,118 million and short-term marketable securities are $1,297 million of available-for-sale debt securities.
  • Net accounts receivable is $1,089 million and quarterly revenue is $1,192 million.
  • Dexcom reports other income, net of $14 million and explains that it includes interest and dividend income, but does not isolate gross interest income; the income screen is therefore unavailable.
  • Dexcom's disclosed business is glucose-monitoring devices and related services; no prohibited operating category is identified in the filing, while product-level ingredients and downstream use remain qualitative.

This is a reproducible financial screen, not a fatwa. A failed total-assets screen can coexist with a pass under a market-cap methodology. ZakatInvest keeps the qualitative assessment separate so numerical thresholds do not erase material context.

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