XRAY vs. NVST, SDC, WST, ALGN, COO, MMSI, HAE, NEOG, QDEL, and ICUI
Should you be buying DENTSPLY SIRONA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DENTSPLY SIRONA include Envista (NVST), SmileDirectClub (SDC), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), Align Technology (ALGN), Cooper Companies (COO), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), Haemonetics (HAE), Neogen (NEOG), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), and ICU Medical (ICUI). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY) and Envista (NYSE:NVST) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
DENTSPLY SIRONA has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Envista has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Envista has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DENTSPLY SIRONA. DENTSPLY SIRONA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Envista, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DENTSPLY SIRONA has a net margin of -2.41% compared to Envista's net margin of -4.70%. DENTSPLY SIRONA's return on equity of 11.54% beat Envista's return on equity.
DENTSPLY SIRONA presently has a consensus target price of $35.22, indicating a potential upside of 27.20%. Envista has a consensus target price of $25.86, indicating a potential upside of 41.72%. Given Envista's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Envista is more favorable than DENTSPLY SIRONA.
DENTSPLY SIRONA received 428 more outperform votes than Envista when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.21% of users gave DENTSPLY SIRONA an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Envista an outperform vote.
95.7% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Envista shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, DENTSPLY SIRONA had 1 more articles in the media than Envista. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for DENTSPLY SIRONA and 6 mentions for Envista. DENTSPLY SIRONA's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Envista's score of 0.81 indicating that DENTSPLY SIRONA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
DENTSPLY SIRONA beats Envista on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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