FY2026 EPS Estimates for Henry Schein Lowered by Analyst

Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC) – Investment analysts at Barrington Research cut their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Henry Schein in a report issued on Thursday, January 30th. Barrington Research analyst M. Petusky now expects that the company will post earnings of $5.25 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $5.80. Barrington Research currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $90.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Henry Schein’s current full-year earnings is $4.76 per share.

A number of other research analysts have also issued reports on HSIC. Bank of America upgraded Henry Schein from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $69.00 to $84.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on Henry Schein from $77.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Evercore ISI boosted their price objective on Henry Schein from $70.00 to $74.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 8th. Mizuho initiated coverage on Henry Schein in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $75.00 price objective for the company. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Henry Schein from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Henry Schein has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $80.10.

Henry Schein Trading Up 1.3 %

NASDAQ:HSIC opened at $80.58 on Monday. Henry Schein has a 12-month low of $63.67 and a 12-month high of $82.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.16, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 0.82. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $73.53 and a 200 day simple moving average of $71.60.

Henry Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 5th. The company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.17 by $0.05. Henry Schein had a return on equity of 12.90% and a net margin of 2.51%. The business had revenue of $3.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.24 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.32 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up .4% on a year-over-year basis.

Insider Activity

In other news, COO Michael S. Ettinger sold 12,240 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.00, for a total transaction of $918,000.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 87,706 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,577,950. The trade was a 12.25 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Insiders own 1.14% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Henry Schein

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of HSIC. Marshall Wace LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Henry Schein during the second quarter worth $851,000. Millennium Management LLC raised its position in shares of Henry Schein by 287.7% during the second quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 146,877 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,415,000 after purchasing an additional 108,988 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its position in shares of Henry Schein by 84.0% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 3,189 shares of the company’s stock worth $204,000 after purchasing an additional 1,456 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Henry Schein during the second quarter valued at $351,000. Finally, Czech National Bank raised its position in Henry Schein by 5.8% during the third quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 25,811 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,882,000 after buying an additional 1,409 shares during the period. 96.62% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Henry Schein

Henry Schein, Inc provides health care products and services to dental practitioners, laboratories, physician practices, and ambulatory surgery centers, government, institutional health care clinics, and other alternate care clinics worldwide. It operates through two segments, Health Care Distribution, and Technology and Value-Added Services.