dentalcorp (DNTL) Competitors

Sienna Senior Living (TSE:SIA) and dentalcorp (TSE:DNTL) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SIA or DNTL?

Sienna Senior Living has higher earnings, but lower revenue than dentalcorp. dentalcorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sienna Senior Living, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sienna Senior Living	C$938.65M	1.49	C$33.51M	C$0.40	41.92
dentalcorp	C$1.49B	1.06	-C$80.68M	-C$0.43	-19.55

Is SIA or DNTL more profitable?

Sienna Senior Living has a net margin of 3.57% compared to dentalcorp's net margin of -5.40%. Sienna Senior Living's return on equity of 7.71% beat dentalcorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sienna Senior Living	3.57%	7.71%	3.58%
dentalcorp	-5.40%	-4.71%	0.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SIA or DNTL?

Sienna Senior Living received 203 more outperform votes than dentalcorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.81% of users gave dentalcorp an outperform vote while only 53.01% of users gave Sienna Senior Living an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sienna Senior Living	Outperform Votes 238 53.01%	Underperform Votes 211 46.99%
dentalcorp	Outperform Votes 35 64.81%	Underperform Votes 19 35.19%

Do analysts prefer SIA or DNTL?

Sienna Senior Living presently has a consensus target price of C$17.86, indicating a potential upside of 5.48%. dentalcorp has a consensus target price of C$12.22, indicating a potential upside of 45.33%. Given dentalcorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe dentalcorp is more favorable than Sienna Senior Living.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sienna Senior Living	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
dentalcorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SIA or DNTL?

14.6% of Sienna Senior Living shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.3% of dentalcorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sienna Senior Living shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of dentalcorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor SIA or DNTL?

In the previous week, Sienna Senior Living had 3 more articles in the media than dentalcorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sienna Senior Living and 1 mentions for dentalcorp. dentalcorp's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Sienna Senior Living's score of 0.80 indicating that dentalcorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sienna Senior Living	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
dentalcorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, SIA or DNTL?

Sienna Senior Living has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, dentalcorp has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sienna Senior Living beats dentalcorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.