DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY – Get Free Report) and Avanos Medical (NYSE:AVNS – Get Free Report) are both healthcare companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for DENTSPLY SIRONA and Avanos Medical, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| DENTSPLY SIRONA | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Avanos Medical | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
DENTSPLY SIRONA currently has a consensus price target of $13.46, suggesting a potential downside of 5.67%. Given DENTSPLY SIRONA’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe DENTSPLY SIRONA is more favorable than Avanos Medical.
Risk & Volatility
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares DENTSPLY SIRONA and Avanos Medical”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| DENTSPLY SIRONA | $3.68 billion | 0.78 | -$598.00 million | ($3.15) | -4.53 |
| Avanos Medical | $715.90 million | 1.64 | -$72.90 million | ($1.61) | -15.52 |
Avanos Medical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DENTSPLY SIRONA. Avanos Medical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DENTSPLY SIRONA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
95.7% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.2% of Avanos Medical shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Avanos Medical shares are held 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.
Profitability
This table compares DENTSPLY SIRONA and Avanos Medical’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| DENTSPLY SIRONA | -17.06% | 18.83% | 5.13% |
| Avanos Medical | -10.39% | 5.39% | 3.97% |
Summary
DENTSPLY SIRONA beats Avanos Medical on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About DENTSPLY SIRONA
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. manufactures and sells various dental products and technologies worldwide. It operates in four segments: Connected Technology Solutions, Essential Dental Solutions, Orthodontic and Implant Solutions, and Wellspect Healthcare. The company offers dental equipment comprising imaging equipment, motorized dental handpieces, treatment centers, other instruments, amalgamators, mixing machines, and porcelain furnaces; and dental CAD/CAM technologies to support dental restorations, such as intraoral scanners, 3-D printers, mills, other software and services, and a full-chairside economical restoration of esthetic ceramic dentistry, as well as DS Core, its cloud-based platform. It also provides endodontic products consisting of motorized endodontic handpieces, files, sealers, irrigation needles, and other tools that support root canal procedures; restorative products, including dental ceramics, crowns, and veneers; and preventative products, such as curing light systems, dental diagnostic systems, and ultrasonic scalers and polishers, as well as dental anesthetics, prophylaxis paste, dental sealants, and impression materials. In addition, the company offers SureSmile and Byte aligner solutions; VPro/HyperByte, a high-frequency vibration technology device; SureSmile Simulator, which creates a 3D visualization of a patient's outcome; and Byte Plus for treatment planning. Further, it provides dental implants, digital dentures, crown and bridge porcelain products, bone regenerative and restorative solutions, treatment planning software, and educational programs; dental prosthetics; urology catheters; and other health-related consumables. The company serves professional dental and consumable medical device markets through third-party distributors. The company was formerly known as DENTSPLY International Inc. and changed its name to DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. in February 2016. DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina
About Avanos Medical
Avanos Medical, Inc., a medical technology company, offers medical device solutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. It offers a portfolio of chronic care products that include digestive health products, such as Mic-Key enteral feeding tubes, Corpak patient feeding solutions, and NeoMed neonatal and pediatric feeding solutions. The company also provides a portfolio of non-opioid pain solutions, including surgical pain and recovery products, such as ON-Q and ambIT surgical pain pumps, Game Ready cold, and compression therapy systems. In addition, it offers interventional pain solutions, which offers minimally invasive pain-relieving therapies, such as Coolief pain relief therapy; OrthogenRx's knee osteoarthritis hyaluronic acid pain relief injection products; and Trident radiofrequency ablation products to treat chronic pain conditions. It markets its products directly to hospitals and other healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, and other end-user customers, as well as through third-party wholesale distributors. The company was formerly known as Halyard Health, Inc. and changed its name to Avanos Medical, Inc. in June 2018. Avanos Medical, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.
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