DENTSPLY Sirona Inc (NASDAQ: XRAY) is -33.88% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $12.16 and a high of $31.75 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The XRAY stock was last observed hovering at around $13.08 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.53%.
Currently trading at $12.55, the stock is -12.43% and -22.60% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.11 million and changing -4.05% at the moment leaves the stock -40.56% off its SMA200. XRAY registered -59.90% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -48.84%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $16.2154 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $21.114.
The stock witnessed a -19.50% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -30.51%, and is -0.87% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 7.63% over the week and 5.09% over the month.
DENTSPLY Sirona Inc (XRAY) has around 14000 employees, a market worth around $2.50B and $3.79B in sales. Fwd P/E is 6.20. Profit margin for the company is -23.99%. Distance from 52-week low is 3.21% and -60.47% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-25.15%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 8.53% this year.
DENTSPLY Sirona Inc (XRAY) Top Institutional Holders
499.0 institutions hold shares in DENTSPLY Sirona Inc (XRAY), with institutional investors hold 105.59% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 198.80M, and float is at 197.96M with Short Float at 5.45%. Institutions hold 105.27% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 20.73 million shares valued at $516.35 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.9946% of the XRAY Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 18.71 million shares valued at $466.1 million to account for 9.1008 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FIRST EAGLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC which holds 13.07 million shares representing 6.357% and valued at over $325.57 million, while NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC holds 5.2918 of the shares totaling 10.88 million with a market value of $271.02 million.
DENTSPLY Sirona Inc (XRAY) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by LUCIER GREGORY T, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that LUCIER GREGORY T bought 15,142 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 03 ’25 at a price of $16.51 per share for a total of $0.25 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 81971.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 18 ’24, LUCIER GREGORY T (Director) acquired 5,000 shares at an average price of $18.37 for $91850.0. The insider now directly holds 71,730 shares of DENTSPLY Sirona Inc (XRAY).
