William Blair Has Weak Forecast for Henry Schein Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• William Blair has lowered its Q3 2025 earnings estimate for Henry Schein, predicting earnings of $1.30 per share, down from a previous estimate of $1.31.
• Numerous analysts have revised their price targets for Henry Schein, with Evercore ISI lowering its target from $78.00 to $70.00 while maintaining an "in-line" rating.
• Henry Schein recently reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, falling short of the consensus estimate by $0.09, despite a year-over-year revenue increase of 3.3% to $3.24 billion.

Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at William Blair reduced their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Henry Schein in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, August 5th. William Blair analyst B. Vazquez now forecasts that the company will earn $1.30 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.31. The consensus estimate for Henry Schein's current full-year earnings is $4.74 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Henry Schein's FY2025 earnings at $4.86 EPS.

HSIC has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Evercore ISI cut their price target on shares of Henry Schein from $78.00 to $70.00 and set an "in-line" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Piper Sandler cut their price target on shares of Henry Schein from $83.00 to $77.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Stifel Nicolaus reissued a "hold" rating and issued a $75.00 price target (down previously from $80.00) on shares of Henry Schein in a report on Friday, July 25th. Robert W. Baird reissued a "neutral" rating and issued a $72.00 price target (down previously from $82.00) on shares of Henry Schein in a report on Monday, July 14th. Finally, Leerink Partners set a $75.00 target price on shares of Henry Schein in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Henry Schein has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $75.92.

Henry Schein Price Performance

Shares of Henry Schein stock opened at $66.32 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $8.07 billion, a PE ratio of 21.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 0.81. Henry Schein has a 12-month low of $60.56 and a 12-month high of $82.49. The company has a quick ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 1.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $71.27 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $71.22.

Henry Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.19 by ($0.09). Henry Schein had a net margin of 3.05% and a return on equity of 14.36%. The business had revenue of $3.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.22 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.23 EPS. Henry Schein's revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Trading of Henry Schein

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in HSIC. Palestra Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Henry Schein in the fourth quarter worth $182,988,000. Steadfast Capital Management LP lifted its holdings in shares of Henry Schein by 254.2% in the fourth quarter. Steadfast Capital Management LP now owns 1,637,808 shares of the company's stock worth $113,336,000 after buying an additional 1,175,408 shares in the last quarter. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP lifted its holdings in shares of Henry Schein by 102.1% in the fourth quarter. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP now owns 1,465,007 shares of the company's stock worth $101,378,000 after buying an additional 740,007 shares in the last quarter. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Henry Schein by 33.9% in the first quarter. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. now owns 2,235,429 shares of the company's stock worth $153,105,000 after buying an additional 566,530 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its holdings in shares of Henry Schein by 24,351.3% in the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 542,330 shares of the company's stock worth $37,144,000 after buying an additional 540,112 shares in the last quarter. 96.62% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Henry Schein Company Profile

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.

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