dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. (TSE:DNTL) Given Average Rating of “Buy” by Analysts

dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. (TSE:DNTL) has received a consensus rating of “Buy” from the seven research firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is C$11.03.

A number of analysts have recently commented on DNTL shares. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on dentalcorp from C$11.50 to C$12.50 in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Desjardins set a C$12.00 price target on shares of dentalcorp and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, TD Securities set a C$12.00 price objective on shares of dentalcorp and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Robert Thomas Wolf bought 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 30th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of C$8.20 per share, with a total value of C$82,000.00. 0.16% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

dentalcorp Price Performance

Shares of TSE:DNTL opened at C$7.77 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is C$7.98 and its 200 day moving average price is C$8.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.72, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 1.04. The stock has a market cap of C$1.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.06, a PEG ratio of -2.69 and a beta of 1.26. dentalcorp has a 12 month low of C$5.92 and a 12 month high of C$10.50.

About dentalcorp

Dentalcorp Holdings Ltd is engaged in acquiring dental practices and providing health care services in Canada. It recognizes revenue for the provision of dental services that are rendered to patients by Partner dentists and dental practitioners contracted by the Professional Corporations and health care services rendered by employees or contractors of the company.