Tecan Group (OTCMKTS:TCHBF – Get Free Report) and DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY – Get Free Report) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
46.8% of Tecan Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Tecan Group and DENTSPLY SIRONA, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tecan Group | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| DENTSPLY SIRONA | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.40 |
Profitability
This table compares Tecan Group and DENTSPLY SIRONA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tecan Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| DENTSPLY SIRONA | -26.04% | 10.29% | 4.99% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Tecan Group and DENTSPLY SIRONA’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tecan Group | N/A | N/A | N/A | $4.27 | 72.59 |
| DENTSPLY SIRONA | $3.94 billion | 1.73 | -$950.00 million | ($4.77) | -6.73 |
Tecan Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DENTSPLY SIRONA. DENTSPLY SIRONA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tecan Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dividends
Tecan Group pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. DENTSPLY SIRONA pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Tecan Group pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DENTSPLY SIRONA pays out -11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. DENTSPLY SIRONA has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. DENTSPLY SIRONA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
DENTSPLY SIRONA beats Tecan Group on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tecan Group
Tecan Group AG provides laboratory instruments and solutions for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and in-vitro diagnostic companies, university research departments, and diagnostic and other laboratories. It operates through Life Sciences Business and Partnering Business segments. The company offers liquid handling and automation, microplate readers and washers, consumables, NGS reagents, immunoassays and microbodies, and software; and Tecan Laberwax, an automation solution. It also provides Cavro, an OEM liquid handling component comprising pumps, robots, and valves; SYNERGENCE, an OEM system development service; and PARAMIT, a contract design and manufacturing service. The company operates in North America, Asia, Europe, and internationally. Tecan Group AG was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Männedorf, Switzerland.
About DENTSPLY SIRONA
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. manufactures and sells various dental products and technologies for professional dental market worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Technologies & Equipment, and Consumables. The Technologies & Equipment segment provides dental equipment, such as treatment centers, imaging equipment, motorized dental handpieces, and other instruments for dental practitioners and specialists; dental CAD/CAM technologies for dental offices to support various digital dental procedures, including dental restorations; dentist-directed aligner solutions, SureSmile, and direct-to-consumer clear aligner solutions, as well as high frequency vibration technology device; implants; and urology catheters and other healthcare-related consumable products. The Consumables segment offers endodontic products comprising drills, filers, sealers, irrigation needles, and other tools or single-use solutions, which support root canal procedures; restorative products that include artificial teeth, dental ceramics, digital dentures, precious metal dental alloys, and crown and bridge porcelain products. It also provides small equipment products, which comprise intraoral curing light systems, dental diagnostic systems, and ultrasonic scalers and polishers, as well as dental anesthetics, prophylaxis paste, dental sealants, impression materials, teeth whiteners, and topical fluoride. DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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