---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000818479-23-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XRAY"
cik: "0000818479"
company_name: "DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T01:22:28.026617+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dentsply Sirona Q3 net loss $266M; lowers FY23 guidance; appoints Brian Gladden to board

## Summary
- Q3 net sales flat at $947M, organic sales -0.3%; GAAP net loss $266M ($1.25/share) including $302M impairment.
- Adjusted EPS $0.49, up 19.6% YoY; adjusted EBITDA margin 18.2% vs 17.5% a year ago.
- FY23 guidance lowered: organic sales growth to ~1% from ~3%; adjusted EPS to $1.80–$1.85 from $1.92–$2.02.
- Brian Gladden appointed to Board effective Jan 1, 2024, replacing retiring director Harry Kraemer Jr.
- Company plans $150M share repurchase in Q4 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000818479-23-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XRAY
- cik: 0000818479
- company_name: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847923000081/0000818479-23-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847923000081/xray-20231102.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. reported the third quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: revenue $947 million, net income ($266) million, or ($1.25) per share. Guidance lowered.
  - Period: the third quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $947 million
  - Net income: ($266) million, or ($1.25) per share
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: reported results
  source text: A copy of the Company's press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. --- EX-99.1 (EX-99.1) --- Dentsply Sirona Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results • Net sales of $947 million were flat year-over-year, organic sales decreased (0.3%) • GAAP gross margin of 52.2%, GAAP net loss of ($266) million or ($1.25) per share • Adjusted EBITDA margin of 18.2%,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847923000081/0000818479-23-000081-index.htm
- Executive change
  Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr. retired as Director at DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: the vacancy from Mr. Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr.’s retirement on December 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847923000081/0000818479-23-000081-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brian Gladden was appointed as Director at DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 31, 2023, the Company appointed Mr. Brian Gladden to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), effective January 1, 2024 to fill the vacancy from Mr. Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr.’s retirement on December 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847923000081/0000818479-23-000081-index.htm

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