Sienna Senior Living (SIA) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to SIA or DNTL?

In the previous week, Sienna Senior Living had 1 more articles in the media than dentalcorp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Sienna Senior Living and 2 mentions for dentalcorp. dentalcorp's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Sienna Senior Living's score of 0.22 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
dentalcorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & 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	1.39	C$33.51M	C$0.40	39.02
dentalcorp	C$1.49B	0.96	-C$80.68M	-C$0.43	-17.69

Do analysts recommend SIA or DNTL?

Sienna Senior Living currently has a consensus price target of C$17.86, indicating a potential upside of 13.31%. dentalcorp has a consensus price target of C$12.22, indicating a potential upside of 60.61%. 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

Which has more risk & volatility, SIA or DNTL?

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

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%

Summary

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