Company Analysis

Henry Schein, Inc. (HSIC)

Nasdaq: HSIC · Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies · Melville, NY · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade5.4
◀ Past 5.2● Present 5.4▶ Future 5.4

The grade of Henry Schein, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past5.225% of the headline
● Present5.445% of the headline
▶ Future5.430% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-11-16.

weight 45% of this tense · 25th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Henry Schein, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2023-11-16); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2023-11-02) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.7/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.1% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Henry Schein, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $8.9 billion in fiscal 2017 to $13 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.1% a year; it rose in 7 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 2% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.1%bottom 41% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 33% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak2.4%top 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.1% a year. 72% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 10 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 88th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-27, Henry Schein, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 4.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 72% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 10 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $692 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 13% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.4/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 65%: owes 65¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-27, Henry Schein, Inc. earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 37 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 65 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.7% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 40% of its family
  • return on equitytop 41% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 30% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 39% of 51 in its family; net margin 3%.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Henry Schein, Inc.'s standing among 51 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $13 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 21% by size; a net margin of 3% ranks in the top 42%; revenue growth of 1.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 46% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$13.18Btop 21% of its family
  • net margin3.0%top 42% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.4%bottom 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
2.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 24% of 35 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 24th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Henry Schein, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lowery, Frederick M. (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-03-02, 8 months (bottom 13% of its family); the 21 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.5 years (bottom 36%); 14 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 21 people in charge now (bottom 24%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge14 in three years among 21 peoplebottom 24% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.5 yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8 monthsbottom 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 49% of 49 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 49 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Henry Schein, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $156 million against debt of $2.3 billion leaves -19.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 4.3% of revenue (top 40%); a gross margin of 31.1% (top 32%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-19.2%bottom 25% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue4.3%top 40% of its family
  • gross margin31.1%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 43% of 50 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 50 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Henry Schein, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.4% a year over the last three filed years against 5.1% over all 9, slowing (bottom 45% of its family); the newest year grew 4% (top 45%); capital spending grew 13.2% a year (top 29%) (its annual reports). Henry Schein, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Global Distribution and Value Added Services at $11 billion (84%), Global Specialty Products at $1.4 billion (11%), Global Technology at $675 million (5%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-3.7 points a yearbottom 45% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth4.0%top 45% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending13.2%top 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 45% of 44 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 44 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Henry Schein, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $13 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 3.9% above the $13 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 47% of its family); net income of $398 million against a prior three-year average of $448 million (top 44%); a net margin of 3% against 3.6% before (top 37%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace3.9%bottom 47% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-11%top 44% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.5 pointstop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton HSIC · research, not advice