Henry Schein

HSIC

Medical - Distribution · Healthcare

Price

$87.82

-0.44 (-0.50%)

Market Cap

$10.00B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−14.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 141.8M (2021) → 121.7M (2025)

Henry Schein, Inc. provides health care products and services to dental practitioners and laboratories, physician practices, 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. The Health Care Distribution segment offers dental products, including infection-control products, handpieces, preventatives, impression materials, composites, anesthetics, teeth, den

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+4.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (18%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

17.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~3 months

$138M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Henry Schein has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin

31.8%

Modest — 31.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

5.4%

Thin — 5.4% operating margin

ROCE

2.7%

Weak — 2.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+5.6%

Slow sales growth (5.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

+3.1%

Modest earnings growth (3.1% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

146%

Turns 146% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

3.2%

Thin free cash flow (3.2%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

1.04

Elevated debt (1.04)

Interest Cover

4.86x

Adequate interest coverage (4.9x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

26.3x

Growth-priced — P/E 26.3

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+11.4

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (26.3 → 14.9)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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