secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (XRAY)
CIK:        0000818479
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000818479-26-000072
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Dentsply Sirona Q4 net loss $146M on $144M impairments; eliminates dividend, guides FY2026 adj EPS $1.40-$1.50
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- Q4 net sales $961M (+6.2% reported, +2.5% constant currency); reported diluted EPS ($0.74) from $144M impairments.
- FY2025 net sales $3.68B (-3.0%), adjusted EPS $1.60. FY2026 guidance: sales $3.5-3.6B, adjusted EPS $1.40-1.50.
- Restructuring plan approved: $55-65M charges, ~$120M annual savings, reinvested in growth initiatives.
- Quarterly dividend eliminated; capital redeployed to debt retirement and share repurchases.
- Appointed three new board members (Forbes, McKeon, Zurbay); new distribution agreements with Patterson, Benco, Burkhart, A-dec.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847926000072/0000818479-26-000072-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/818479/000081847926000072/xray-20260226.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000818479-26-000072

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