XRAY vs. COO, MMSI, ALGN, ICUI, HAE, QDEL, STAA, NEOG, CERS, and OSUR
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), Align Technology (ALGN), ICU Medical (ICUI), Haemonetics (HAE), QuidelOrtho (QDEL), STAAR Surgical (STAA), Neogen (NEOG), Cerus (CERS), and OraSure Technologies (OSUR). These companies are all part of the "health care supplies" industry.
DENTSPLY SIRONA vs. Its Competitors
DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY) and Cooper Companies (NASDAQ:COO) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
DENTSPLY SIRONA has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cooper Companies has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DENTSPLY SIRONA presently has a consensus target price of $18.64, indicating a potential upside of 34.34%. Cooper Companies has a consensus target price of $86.64, indicating a potential upside of 29.41%. Given DENTSPLY SIRONA's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe DENTSPLY SIRONA is more favorable than Cooper Companies.
95.7% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Cooper Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Cooper Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Cooper Companies had 42 more articles in the media than DENTSPLY SIRONA. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Cooper Companies and 21 mentions for DENTSPLY SIRONA. DENTSPLY SIRONA's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Cooper Companies' score of 0.70 indicating that DENTSPLY SIRONA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cooper Companies has a net margin of 10.08% compared to DENTSPLY SIRONA's net margin of -25.85%. DENTSPLY SIRONA's return on equity of 16.33% beat Cooper Companies' return on equity.
Summary
Cooper Companies beats DENTSPLY SIRONA on 13 of the 17 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 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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