dentalcorp (DNTL) Competitors

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

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, SIA or DNTL?

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SIA or DNTL?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 rate SIA or DNTL?

Sienna Senior Living presently has a consensus price target of C$17.86, indicating a potential upside of 8.82%. dentalcorp has a consensus price target of C$12.22, indicating a potential upside of 54.13%. Given dentalcorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

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	1.45	C$33.51M	C$0.40	40.63
dentalcorp	C$1.49B	1.00	-C$80.68M	-C$0.43	-18.43

Does the media prefer SIA or DNTL?

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 0.53 beat dentalcorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Sienna Senior Living is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sienna Senior Living	Positive
dentalcorp	Neutral

Summary

Sienna Senior Living beats dentalcorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.