Financial Contrast: GE HealthCare Technologies (NASDAQ:GEHC) & DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY)

GE HealthCare Technologies (NASDAQ:GEHC) and DENTSPLY SIRONA (NASDAQ:XRAY) are both healthcare companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

82.1% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of GE HealthCare Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of DENTSPLY SIRONA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares GE HealthCare Technologies and DENTSPLY SIRONA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GE HealthCare Technologies	9.33%	20.12%	5.74%
DENTSPLY SIRONA	-14.99%	20.84%	5.32%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for GE HealthCare Technologies and DENTSPLY SIRONA, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GE HealthCare Technologies	0	11	11	1	2.57
DENTSPLY SIRONA	3	8	3	0	2.00

GE HealthCare Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $78.70, indicating a potential upside of 3.79%. DENTSPLY SIRONA has a consensus price target of $12.62, indicating a potential upside of 33.64%. Given DENTSPLY SIRONA’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DENTSPLY SIRONA is more favorable than GE HealthCare Technologies.

Volatility and Risk

GE HealthCare Technologies has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DENTSPLY SIRONA has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares GE HealthCare Technologies and DENTSPLY SIRONA”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GE HealthCare Technologies	$21.27 billion	1.61	$2.08 billion	$4.36	17.39
DENTSPLY SIRONA	$3.64 billion	0.52	-$598.00 million	($2.75)	-3.43

GE HealthCare Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than DENTSPLY SIRONA. DENTSPLY SIRONA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE HealthCare Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

GE HealthCare Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. DENTSPLY SIRONA pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. GE HealthCare Technologies pays out 3.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DENTSPLY SIRONA pays out -23.3% 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. GE HealthCare Technologies has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and DENTSPLY SIRONA has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. DENTSPLY SIRONA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

GE HealthCare Technologies beats DENTSPLY SIRONA on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GE HealthCare Technologies

GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of products, services, and complementary digital solutions used in the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Imaging, Ultrasound, Patient Care Solutions, and Pharmaceutical Diagnostics. The Imaging segment offers molecular imaging, computed tomography (CT) scanning, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, image-guided therapy, X-ray systems, and women’s health products. The Ultrasound segment provides medical devices and solutions for screening, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of certain diseases in clinical areas, such as radiology and primary care, women’s health, cardiovascular, and point of care and handheld ultrasound solutions, as well as surgical visualization and guidance products. The Patient Care Solutions segment provides medical devices, consumables, services, and digital solutions. Its portfolio includes patient monitoring solutions, anesthesia delivery and respiratory care products, electrocardiogram solutions, maternal infant care products, and consumables and services. The Pharmaceutical Diagnostics supplies diagnostic agents, including CT, angiography and X-ray, MR, single-photon emission computed tomography, positron emission tomography, and ultrasound to the radiology and nuclear medicine industry. The segment also provides contrast media pharmaceuticals that are administered to a patient prior to certain diagnostic scans to increase the visibility of tissues or structures during imaging exams; and molecular imaging agents or radiopharmaceuticals, which are molecular tracers labeled with radioisotopes. It has an AI collaboration with Mass General Brigham. The company was formerly known as GE Healthcare Holding LLC and changed its name to GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. in December 2022. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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