XRAY vs. COO, MMSI, HAE, ICUI, QDEL, NEOG, STAA, CERS, OSUR, and UTMD
Should you be buying DENTSPLY SIRONA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DENTSPLY SIRONA include Cooper Companies (COO), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), Haemonetics (HAE), ICU Medical (ICUI), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), Neogen (NEOG), STAAR Surgical (STAA), Cerus (CERS), OraSure Technologies (OSUR), and Utah Medical Products (UTMD). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.
DENTSPLY SIRONA vs. Its Competitors
Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) and DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and valuation.
Cooper Companies has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DENTSPLY SIRONA has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cooper Companies had 22 more articles in the media than DENTSPLY SIRONA. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cooper Companies and 4 mentions for DENTSPLY SIRONA. DENTSPLY SIRONA's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Cooper Companies' score of 0.56 indicating that DENTSPLY SIRONA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
24.4% of Cooper Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cooper Companies currently has a consensus price target of $99.70, indicating a potential upside of 36.56%. DENTSPLY SIRONA has a consensus price target of $20.36, indicating a potential upside of 23.15%. Given Cooper Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cooper Companies is more favorable than DENTSPLY SIRONA.
Cooper Companies has higher revenue and earnings than DENTSPLY SIRONA. DENTSPLY SIRONA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cooper Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cooper Companies has a net margin of 10.39% compared to DENTSPLY SIRONA's net margin of -24.42%. DENTSPLY SIRONA's return on equity of 14.31% beat Cooper Companies' return on equity.
Summary
Cooper Companies beats DENTSPLY SIRONA on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:XRAY) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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