SmileDirectClub (SDC)

Overall impact
C (52)

Commentary

SmileDirectClub is an average overall performer. With a 'C' rating of 51.9 for overall impact (45th percentile compared to all companies), SmileDirectClub ranks 124th out of 155 industry peers, behind American Shared Hospital Services, Accuray, Avinger and 120 others, and ahead of Hologic, Bioventus, CleanSpace Holdings and 28 others. On top material causes for SmileDirectClub's industry (Healthcare Equipment), SmileDirectClub performs well in Child and Maternal Health (90.1 score), Child and Maternal Health (92.7) and Technology Innovation (95.6) and performs poorly in Equal Pay and Opportunity (25.0 score), Decent, Safe Work Opportunities (15.1), Disaster Readiness and Effective Aid (19.9) and 8 other causes where it received a 'D' or 'F' score.
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Company
Founded
2014
Employees
2,700
Sector
Health Care
Industry
Health Care Equipment & Supplies
Sub-industry
Health Care Equipment
SASB industry
Medical Equipment & Supplies
Headquarters
Tn, United States
Share classes
SDC
Mission
Everyone deserves a smile they love.
Description
SmileDirectClub, Inc., an oral care company, offers clear aligner therapy treatment. The company manages the end-to-end process, which include marketing, aligner manufacturing, fulfillment, treatment by a customer's dentist or orthodontist, and facilitating remote clinical monitoring through a network of orthodontists and general dentists through its proprietary teledentistry platform, SmileCheck in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland, Hong Kong, Germany, Singapore, France, Spain, and Austria. It also offers aligners, impression and whitening kits, whitening gels, and retainers; and toothbrushes, toothpastes, water flossers, SmileSpa, and various ancillary oral care products. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. On September 29, 2023, SmileDirectClub, Inc. along with its affiliates, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Material causes
Ethos considers the following causes material for SmileDirectClub, based on its industry sub-industry Health Care Equipment. Learn more about material causes in our methodology overview.

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