Sienna Senior Living (SIA) Competitors

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

Does the media favor DNTL or SIA?

In the previous week, Sienna Senior Living had 10 more articles in the media than dentalcorp. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sienna Senior Living and 0 mentions for dentalcorp. Sienna Senior Living's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat dentalcorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Sienna Senior Living is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
dentalcorp	Neutral
Sienna Senior Living	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, DNTL or SIA?

dentalcorp has a beta of 1.375902, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sienna Senior Living has a beta of 1.00133, suggesting that its share price is 0% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DNTL or SIA a better dividend stock?

dentalcorp pays an annual dividend of C$0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sienna Senior Living pays an annual dividend of C$0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. dentalcorp pays out -21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sienna Senior Living pays out 240.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DNTL or SIA?

Sienna Senior Living has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
dentalcorp	C$1.62B	1.00	-C$80.68M	-C$0.23	-35.48
Sienna Senior Living	C$929.68M	1.81	C$33.51M	C$0.39	46.79

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DNTL or SIA?

14.8% of dentalcorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.6% of Sienna Senior Living shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of dentalcorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Sienna Senior Living shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DNTL or SIA 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
dentalcorp	-5.40%	-4.71%	0.77%
Sienna Senior Living	3.57%	7.71%	3.58%

Do analysts prefer DNTL or SIA?

dentalcorp currently has a consensus price target of C$12.82, indicating a potential upside of 57.13%. Sienna Senior Living has a consensus price target of C$19.17, indicating a potential upside of 5.02%. Given dentalcorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe dentalcorp is more favorable than Sienna Senior Living.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
dentalcorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sienna Senior Living	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Summary

Sienna Senior Living beats dentalcorp on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.