Dentsply Sirona Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Dentsply Sirona Inc. had return on equity of -36.5%, an operating margin of -11.5%, debt equal to 173.9% of equity and a current ratio of 1.51. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Dentsply Sirona Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Gross margin	51.2%	50.9%	50.2%	53.1%	53.5%	54.7%	56.7%	53.4%	54.8%	51.9%	53.8%	49.6%	55.5%	54.2%	52.6%	51.6%	50.0%	49.5%
Operating margin	17.7%	17.1%	11.9%	13.0%	14.2%	15.2%	14.0%	12.1%	−39.1%	−24.0%	8.8%	−0.1%	14.4%	−23.9%	−2.1%	−23.2%	−11.5%	−8.5%
Net margin	12.7%	12.0%	9.6%	10.7%	10.6%	11.0%	9.4%	11.5%	−38.8%	−25.4%	6.4%	−2.2%	9.7%	−24.2%	−3.3%	−24.0%	−16.3%	−15.0%
Free-cash-flow margin	14.2%	15.0%	12.7%	9.5%	10.8%	15.8%	15.9%	11.7%	11.5%	8.0%	12.8%	16.8%	12.2%	9.4%	5.8%	7.4%	2.8%	3.9%
Return on equity	15.0%	14.5%	13.3%	15.5%	13.2%	13.3%	10.8%	8.2%	−21.0%	−17.2%	5.0%	−1.5%	8.3%	−21.6%	−3.7%	−34.8%	−36.5%	−40.6%
Return on assets	8.9%	8.4%	6.1%	6.5%	6.2%	6.6%	5.6%	5.4%	−14.1%	−10.6%	3.0%	−0.8%	4.4%	−11.3%	−1.8%	−13.9%	−10.7%	−10.3%
Asset turnover	0.70	0.70	0.63	0.60	0.59	0.60	0.59	0.47	0.36	0.42	0.47	0.37	0.46	0.46	0.53	0.58	0.66	0.69
Current ratio	2.74	3.65	1.40	1.20	1.44	1.85	2.51	2.27	2.10	1.86	2.01	1.31	1.47	1.62	1.38	1.10	1.51	1.63
Debt to equity	25.6%	33.3%	95.6%	68.9%	58.2%	54.4%	49.3%	18.9%	24.8%	32.4%	28.2%	46.3%	41.9%	51.0%	64.3%	109.9%	173.9%	164.6%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	17.4x	15.2x	6.9x	6.7x	8.5x	9.5x	6.7x	12.7x	n/m	n/m	11.8x	n/m	10.0x	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m
Effective tax rate	24.5%	24.9%	4.3%	2.7%	14.1%	20.1%	23.4%	2.2%	—	—	24.3%	—	24.6%	—	—	—	—	—
R&D as % of revenue	2.3%	3.0%	3.4%	2.9%	2.9%	2.8%	2.8%	3.4%	3.8%	4.0%	3.6%	3.7%	4.0%	4.4%	4.6%	4.4%	4.1%	4.6%
SG&A as % of revenue	33.3%	33.3%	36.9%	39.2%	38.8%	39.1%	40.3%	40.7%	41.9%	43.1%	39.5%	39.0%	36.7%	40.5%	40.7%	42.3%	39.1%	39.9%
Capital spending as % of revenue	2.6%	2.0%	2.8%	3.1%	3.4%	3.4%	2.7%	3.3%	3.6%	4.6%	3.1%	2.6%	3.4%	3.8%	3.8%	4.7%	3.6%	4.8%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	111.6%	125.4%	131.8%	88.4%	101.4%	142.7%	169.3%	102.0%	—	—	201.6%	—	125.3%	—	—	—	—	—
Dividends ÷ net income	10.9%	10.9%	11.7%	10.0%	11.1%	11.6%	15.9%	15.0%	—	—	31.6%	—	22.4%	—	—	—	—	—
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	35.5%	75.9%	33.6%	25.3%	48.1%	43.5%	35.9%	200.4%	104.8%	103.8%	66.1%	40.6%	56.7%	69.0%	182.5%	133.8%	123.1%	67.1%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Dentsply Sirona Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q3Sept 2024	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026
Gross margin	52.1%	49.3%	53.0%	52.4%	48.8%	46.1%	48.5%	54.9%
Operating margin	−48.6%	−56.2%	7.2%	−13.7%	−24.1%	−14.5%	−4.0%	9.1%
Net margin	−51.9%	−47.5%	2.3%	−4.8%	−47.2%	−15.2%	−1.1%	4.1%
Free-cash-flow margin	10.3%	4.0%	−1.4%	1.7%	4.4%	6.2%	−1.4%	6.1%
Current ratio	1.25	1.10	1.10	1.69	1.47	1.51	1.53	1.63
Debt to equity	89.0%	109.9%	116.2%	122.6%	162.0%	173.9%	169.7%	164.6%
R&D as % of revenue	4.2%	4.6%	4.1%	4.0%	4.1%	4.2%	5.0%	5.0%
SG&A as % of revenue	41.0%	44.3%	40.7%	36.5%	39.3%	39.9%	39.9%	40.5%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $5.2bn

Short-term assets $1.9bnLonger-term assets $3.3bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $5.2bn

Short-term liabilities $1.2bnLonger-term liabilities $2.7bnShareholders' equity $1.4bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.9bn of assets due within a year against $1.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.9bn short-term assets against $2.7bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $239m of cash against $2.2bn of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 165% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 38% to 165% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $319m of operating cash flow against $2.2bn of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$310m against $91m of interest.

From Dentsply Sirona Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

62 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Dentsply Sirona's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 6 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 5.6% of total assets over 10 years.
Pricing power 18 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 52.7%, moving by 1.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median -5.2%; its worst year was -28.2%.
Cash conversion 14 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 8.9% of revenue.
Discipline 20 / 20

The diluted share count fell 9.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.2% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (67 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Dentsply Sirona Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Dentsply Sirona Inc.