Dentsply Sirona has reported decreased net sales for its fiscal fourth quarter and all of 2018.
For the quarter (end-December 31, 2018), net sales totaled $1.06 billion, a decrease of 2.9% compared with $1.091 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017. For the year, the company reported net sales of $3.986 billion, a 1.8% decline from $3.993 billion in 2017.
Dentsply Sirona reported a net profit for the quarter of $1.8 million, compared with a net loss of $650.4 million in the same quarter of 2017. For the year, the company reported a net loss of $1.011 billion, compared with a net loss of $1.55 billion the previous year.