The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Henry Schein Inc (NASDAQ: HSIC)

Henry Schein Inc (NASDAQ:HSIC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.88M but it saw 1471264 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 8.68B USD, the company’s current market price of $71.33 came falling about -1.04 while comparing to the previous closing price of $72.08. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $82.49 and as low as $60.56.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Wells Fargo which initiated the stock as “Equal Weight” in its note to investors issued on February 14, 2025, recommending a price target of $80 for it. BofA Securities upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Underperform” on January 06, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $69-$84. Mizuho also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $75.

Over the week, HSIC’s stock price is moving -0.29% down while it is 8.92% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 3.08% up and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -2.91%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in June, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 1.2 while estimate for next year EPS is 4.87. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $3.26B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $12.95B and seeing the company making $13.42B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $3.22B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Henry Schein Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 122.24M with 0.83% of that held by the insiders while 107.79% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 7.35% and return on equity (ROE) at 11.78%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 22.17 while having a 13.50 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.87. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.63 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.69. Its return on asset (ROA) is 3.95% on average.