DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY) Price Target Cut to $20.00 by Analysts at Barrington Research

DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY) had its price target trimmed by Barrington Research from $24.00 to $20.00 in a research report report published on Friday morning,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has an outperform rating on the medical instruments supplier’s stock. Barrington Research also issued estimates for DENTSPLY SIRONA’s Q1 2025 earnings at $0.28 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.55 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.86 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.37 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.57 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.59 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.05 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.30 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently commented on XRAY. UBS Group reduced their price target on DENTSPLY SIRONA from $35.00 to $27.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. StockNews.com raised DENTSPLY SIRONA from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Needham & Company LLC reduced their price target on DENTSPLY SIRONA from $25.00 to $23.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Mizuho assumed coverage on DENTSPLY SIRONA in a report on Wednesday, December 4th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $21.00 price target for the company. Finally, Leerink Partners downgraded DENTSPLY SIRONA from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, DENTSPLY SIRONA presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $23.58.

DENTSPLY SIRONA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ XRAY opened at $16.55 on Friday. DENTSPLY SIRONA has a 1-year low of $16.21 and a 1-year high of $34.91. The business has a 50-day moving average of $18.88 and a 200-day moving average of $21.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 1.25 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The company has a market capitalization of $3.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.00, a PEG ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 0.96.

DENTSPLY SIRONA Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 28th. DENTSPLY SIRONA’s payout ratio is currently -30.92%.

Institutional Trading of DENTSPLY SIRONA

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Capital Performance Advisors LLP acquired a new position in DENTSPLY SIRONA during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Kennebec Savings Bank acquired a new position in DENTSPLY SIRONA during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Colonial Trust Co SC bought a new position in shares of DENTSPLY SIRONA during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Riverview Trust Co acquired a new stake in shares of DENTSPLY SIRONA in the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB increased its holdings in shares of DENTSPLY SIRONA by 648.4% in the 4th quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 1,422 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 1,232 shares during the period. 95.70% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

DENTSPLY SIRONA Company Profile

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.