Dentsply Sirona (XRAY) will raise its quarterly dividend by 14.3 percent to $0.10 per share in 2019. This is first dividend hike by the dental products maker since 2017.

The next dividend is payable on October 11th, 2019 to holders of record at the close of business on September 27th, 2019. A new annual rate of 40 cents per share yields 0.8% at a stock price of $52.79.

Dentsply Sirona Inc., formerly Dentsply International Inc., is a manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies. The Company also manufactures and markets consumable medical device products consisting mainly of urological catheters and certain surgical products.