dentalcorp (DNTL) Competitors

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

Which has higher 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	1.43	C$33.51M	C$0.40	40.03
dentalcorp	C$1.49B	1.02	-C$80.68M	-C$0.43	-18.88

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%

Do analysts rate SIA or DNTL?

Sienna Senior Living presently has a consensus price target of C$17.86, suggesting a potential upside of 10.43%. dentalcorp has a consensus price target of C$12.22, suggesting a potential upside of 50.52%. Given dentalcorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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

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 institutionals & insiders 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer SIA or DNTL?

In the previous week, dentalcorp had 8 more articles in the media than Sienna Senior Living. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for dentalcorp and 3 mentions for Sienna Senior Living. dentalcorp's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Sienna Senior Living's score of 0.55 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
dentalcorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, SIA or DNTL?

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

Summary

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