NASDAQ:HSIC - Henry Schein Stock Price, Forecast & News

Henry Schein's stock was trading at $57.68 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HSIC stock has decreased by 9.7% and is now trading at $52.09. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Henry Schein in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Henry Schein.

Henry Schein is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Henry Schein.

Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The company reported $0.97 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.06. The company earned $2.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.64 billion. Henry Schein had a return on equity of 15.01% and a net margin of 6.96%. The company's revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.12 earnings per share. View Henry Schein's earnings history.

Shares of Henry Schein split on the morning of Friday, September 15th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, August 16th 2017. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Thursday, September 14th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of Henry Schein stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Henry Schein declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, October 31st 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $400,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 4.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Henry Schein issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 20th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.65 to $3.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.70.

13 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Henry Schein's stock. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $80.00. On average, they anticipate Henry Schein's share price to reach $70.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Henry Schein.

Headlines about HSIC stock have trended very positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Henry Schein earned a news impact score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutHenry Schein.

Henry Schein saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 14,347,300 shares, a drop of 10.9% from the February 27th total of 16,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,173,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.6 days. Currently, 10.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Henry Schein's Current Options Chain.

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Henry Schein trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HSIC."

Henry Schein's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (10.16%), State Street Corp (5.22%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.59%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.52%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.42%) and FMR LLC (1.38%). Company insiders that own Henry Schein stock include David Mckinley, E Dianne Rekow, Gerald A Benjamin, James P Breslawski, Mark E Mlotek, Michael S Ettinger, Paul Brons, Philip A Laskawy, Stanley M Bergman, Steven Paladino and Walter Siegel. View institutional ownership trends for Henry Schein.

HSIC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, Longview Partners Guernsey LTD, FMR LLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp, and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Henry Schein company stock in the last year include E Dianne Rekow, Gerald A Benjamin, James P Breslawski, Michael S Ettinger, Paul Brons, Stanley M Bergman, Steven Paladino, and Walter Siegel. View insider buying and selling activity for Henry Schein.

HSIC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Man Group plc, AQR Capital Management LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, and Bank of America Corp DE. View insider buying and selling activity for Henry Schein.

Shares of HSIC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of HSIC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.09.

Henry Schein has a market capitalization of $7.47 billion and generates $9.99 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $694.73 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.51 on an earnings per share basis. Henry Schein employs 19,000 workers across the globe. View additional information about Henry Schein.

The official website for Henry Schein is http://www.henryschein.com/.

Henry Schein's mailing address is 135 DURYEA RD, MELVILLE NY, 11747. The company can be reached via phone at 631-843-5500 or via email at [email protected]