- First-quarter 2024 sales growth of 3.7%, GAAP diluted EPS of
$0.72 and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.10
- Tightens total sales growth guidance range to 8% to 10%,
reflecting continued recovery from last year’s cyber incident and a
strong pipeline of new specialty products and software
innovation
- Affirms 2024 non-GAAP diluted EPS guidance of $5.00 to $5.16
and 2024 Adjusted EBITDA growth of more than 15%
Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), the world’s largest provider
of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical
practitioners, today reported financial results for the first
quarter ended March 30, 2024.
“Our first-quarter financial results reflect solid earnings
driven by gross margin expansion and a strong recovery from last
quarter’s cyber incident,” said Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein. “We continue to
make good progress on executing our BOLD+1 Strategic Plan and are
pleased with the contribution from our recent acquisitions.”
“We are affirming our expectations for 2024 non-GAAP diluted EPS
and 2024 Adjusted EBITDA growth and tightening our expectations for
2024 total sales growth. Our projected sales growth reflects
continued recovery from last year’s cyber incident and a strong
pipeline of new specialty products and software innovation,” Mr.
Bergman added.
First-Quarter 2024 Financial Results
- Total net sales for the quarter were $3.2 billion, an
increase of 3.7% compared with the first quarter of 2023. Internal
sales decreased 1.8%1 which includes:
- an approximate 300 to 400 basis points decrease in sales from
the residual impact of last year’s cyber incident, and
- a 60 basis point decrease in sales due to lower personal
protective equipment (PPE) sales, primarily due to lower glove
pricing.
- First-quarter sales and internal sales growth are summarized
below and detailed in Exhibit A1.
Sales ($ Billion)
Total Growth/(Decrease)1
(%)
Internal
Growth/(Decrease)1 (%)
Global Dental
$1.9
0.8%
(2.9%)
Merchandise
$1.5
0.8%
(3.7%)
Equipment
$0.4
0.8%
0.2%
Global Medical
$1.0
7.3%
(0.7%)
Global Technology and Value-Added
Services
$0.2
13.8%
3.2%
TOTAL SALES
$3.2
3.7%
(1.8%)
Note: items may not sum due to
rounding
- GAAP net income2 for the quarter was $93 million, or
$0.72 per diluted share4, and compares with first-quarter 2023 GAAP
net income of $121 million, or $0.91 per diluted share.
- Non-GAAP net income2 for the quarter was $143 million,
or $1.10 per diluted share4, and compares with first-quarter 2023
non-GAAP net income of $161 million, or $1.21 per diluted
share.
- Adjusted EBITDA3 for the quarter was $255 million,
consistent with the first-quarter 2023 Adjusted EBITDA of $256
million.
Capital Deployment
During the first quarter of 2024, the Company repurchased
approximately 1 million shares of its common stock at an average
price of $75.10 per share, for a total of approximately $75
million. The impact of the share repurchases on first-quarter
diluted EPS was immaterial.
At quarter-end, Henry Schein had approximately $190 million
authorized and available for future stock repurchases.
2024 Financial Guidance
Guidance is for current continuing operations as well as
acquisitions that have closed and does not include the impact of
future share repurchases, potential future acquisitions,
restructuring and integration expenses, amortization expense of
acquired intangible assets, contingent consideration revaluation
adjustments, certain expenses directly associated with the
cybersecurity incident or any potential insurance claim recovery.
This guidance also assumes that foreign currency exchange rates
remain generally consistent with current levels and that end
markets remain consistent with current market conditions:
- 2024 non-GAAP diluted EPS attributable to Henry Schein, Inc. is
expected to be $5.00 to $5.16, unchanged from prior guidance,
reflecting growth of 11% to 15% compared with 2023 non-GAAP diluted
EPS of $4.50.
- 2024 total sales growth is now expected to be approximately 8%
to 10% over 2023, compared with prior guidance of 8% to 12% growth.
This reflects continued recovery from last year’s cyber incident
and a strong pipeline of new specialty products and software
innovation.
- 2024 Adjusted EBITDA3 is expected to increase by more than 15%
compared with 2023, unchanged from prior guidance.
Adjustments to 2024 GAAP Net Income and Diluted EPS
The Company is providing guidance for 2024 diluted EPS on a
non-GAAP basis and for 2024 Adjusted EBITDA, as noted above. The
Company is not providing a reconciliation of its 2024 non-GAAP
guidance to its projected 2024 diluted EPS prepared on a GAAP
basis, or its projected 2024 Adjusted EBITDA to net income prepared
on a GAAP basis. This is because the Company is unable to provide
without unreasonable effort an estimate of integration and
restructuring costs related to an ongoing initiative to drive
operating efficiencies, including the corresponding tax effect,
that will be included in the Company’s 2024 diluted EPS and net
income prepared on a GAAP basis. The inability to provide this
reconciliation is due to the uncertainty and inherent difficulty of
predicting the occurrence, magnitude, financial impact and timing
of related costs.
Management does not believe these items are representative of
the Company’s underlying business performance. For the same
reasons, the Company is unable to address the probable significance
of the unavailable information, which could be material to future
results.
1 See Exhibit A for details of sales growth. Internal sales
growth is calculated from total net sales using constant foreign
exchange rates and excludes sales from acquisitions. 2 See Exhibit
B for a reconciliation of GAAP net income and diluted EPS to
non-GAAP net income and diluted EPS. 3 See Exhibit C for a
reconciliation of GAAP net income to Adjusted EBITDA. 4 References
to diluted EPS refer to diluted EPS attributable to Henry Schein,
Inc.
First-Quarter 2024 Conference Call Webcast
The Company will hold a conference call to discuss first-quarter
2024 financial results today, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time.
Individual investors are invited to listen to the conference call
through Henry Schein’s website by visiting
www.henryschein.com/IRwebcasts. In addition, a replay will be
available beginning shortly after the call has ended for a period
of one week.
The Company will be posting slides that provide a summary of its
first-quarter 2024 financial results on its website at
https://www.henryschein.com/us-en/Corporate/investor-presentations.aspx.
About Henry Schein, Inc.
Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC) is a solutions company for
health care professionals powered by a network of people and
technology. With more than 25,000 Team Schein Members worldwide,
the Company's network of trusted advisors provides more than 1
million customers globally with more than 300 valued solutions that
help improve operational success and clinical outcomes. Our
Business, Clinical, Technology and Supply Chain solutions help
office-based dental and medical practitioners work more efficiently
so they can provide quality care more effectively. These solutions
also support dental laboratories, government and institutional
health care clinics, as well as other alternate care sites.
Henry Schein operates through a centralized and automated
distribution network, with a selection of more than 300,000 branded
products and Henry Schein corporate brand products in our main
distribution centers.
A FORTUNE 500 Company and a member of the S&P 500® index,
Henry Schein is headquartered in Melville, N.Y., and has operations
or affiliates in 33 countries and territories. The Company's sales
reached $12.3 billion in 2023, and have grown at a compound annual
rate of approximately 11.5 percent since Henry Schein became a
public company in 1995.
For more information, visit Henry Schein at www.henryschein.com,
Facebook.com/HenrySchein, Instagram.com/HenrySchein, and
@HenrySchein on X.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Use
of Non-GAAP Financial Information
In accordance with the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, we provide the following
cautionary remarks regarding important factors that, among others,
could cause future results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements, expectations and assumptions expressed
or implied herein. All forward-looking statements made by us are
subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future
performance. These forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our
actual results, performance and achievements or industry results to
be materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. These statements include EPS and Adjusted EBITDA
guidance and are generally identified by the use of such terms as
“may,” “could,” “expect,” “intend,” “believe,” “plan,” “estimate,”
“forecast,” “project,” “anticipate,” “to be,” “to make” or other
comparable terms. A fuller discussion of our operations, financial
condition and status of litigation matters, including factors that
may affect our business and future prospects, is contained in
documents we have filed with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, or SEC, including our Annual Report on Form
10-K, and will be contained in all subsequent periodic filings we
make with the SEC. These documents identify in detail important
risk factors that could cause our actual performance to differ
materially from current expectations.
Risk factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from current and historical results include,
but are not limited to: our dependence on third parties for the
manufacture and supply of our products; our ability to develop or
acquire and maintain and protect new products (particularly
technology products) and technologies that achieve market
acceptance with acceptable margins; transitional challenges
associated with acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures,
including the failure to achieve anticipated synergies/benefits, as
well as significant demands on our operations, information systems,
legal, regulatory, compliance, , financial and human resources
functions in connection with acquisitions, dispositions and joint
ventures; certain provisions in our governing documents that may
discourage third-party acquisitions of us; adverse changes in
supplier rebates or other purchasing incentives; risks related to
the sale of corporate brand products; security risks associated
with our information systems and technology products and services,
such as cyberattacks or other privacy or data security breaches
(including the October 2023 incident); effects of a highly
competitive (including, without limitation, competition from
third-party online commerce sites) and consolidating market;
changes in the health care industry; risks from expansion of
customer purchasing power and multi-tiered costing structures;
increases in shipping costs for our products or other service
issues with our third-party shippers; general global and domestic
macro-economic and political conditions, including inflation,
deflation, recession, ongoing wars, fluctuations in energy pricing
and the value of the U.S. dollar as compared to foreign currencies,
and changes to other economic indicators, international trade
agreements, potential trade barriers and terrorism; geopolitical
wars; failure to comply with existing and future regulatory
requirements; risks associated with the EU Medical Device
Regulation; failure to comply with laws and regulations relating to
health care fraud or other laws and regulations; failure to comply
with laws and regulations relating to the collection, storage and
processing of sensitive personal information or standards in
electronic health records or transmissions; changes in tax
legislation; risks related to product liability, intellectual
property and other claims; risks associated with customs policies
or legislative import restrictions; risks associated with disease
outbreaks, epidemics, pandemics (such as the COVID-19 pandemic), or
similar wide-spread public health concerns and other natural or
man-made disasters; risks associated with our global operations;
litigation risks; new or unanticipated litigation developments and
the status of litigation matters; our dependence on our senior
management, employee hiring and retention, and our relationships
with customers, suppliers and manufacturers; and disruptions in
financial markets. The order in which these factors appear should
not be construed to indicate their relative importance or
priority.
We caution that these factors may not be exhaustive and that
many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict.
Accordingly, any forward-looking statements contained herein should
not be relied upon as a prediction of actual results. We undertake
no duty and have no obligation to update forward-looking statements
except as required by law.
Included within the press release are non-GAAP financial
measures that supplement the Company’s Consolidated Statements of
Income prepared under generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP). These non-GAAP financial measures adjust the Company’s
actual results prepared under GAAP to exclude certain items. In the
schedules attached to the press release, the non-GAAP measures have
been reconciled to and should be considered together with the
Consolidated Statements of Income. Management believes that
non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful
supplemental information about the financial performance of our
business, enable comparison of financial results between periods
where certain items may vary independent of business performance
and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used
by management in operating our business. The impact of certain
items that are excluded include integration and restructuring
costs, and amortization of acquisition-related assets, because the
amount and timing of such charges are significantly impacted by the
timing, size, number and nature of the acquisitions we consummate
and occur on an unpredictable basis. These non-GAAP financial
measures are presented solely for informational and comparative
purposes and should not be regarded as a replacement for
corresponding, similarly captioned, GAAP measures.
(TABLES TO FOLLOW)
HENRY SCHEIN, INC. CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (in millions, except share and
per share data) (unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 30,
April 1,
2024
2023
Net sales
$
3,172
$
3,060
Cost of sales
2,160
2,094
Gross profit
1,012
966
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative
791
717
Depreciation and amortization
61
44
Restructuring costs
10
30
Operating income
150
175
Other income (expense):
Interest income
5
3
Interest expense
(30)
(14)
Other, net
2
(1)
Income before taxes, equity in earnings of
affiliates and noncontrolling interests
127
163
Income taxes
(32)
(39)
Equity in earnings of affiliates, net of
tax
3
4
Net income
98
128
Less: Net income attributable to
noncontrolling interests
(5)
(7)
Net income attributable to Henry Schein,
Inc.
$
93
$
121
Earnings per share attributable to
Henry Schein, Inc.:
Basic
$
0.72
$
0.92
Diluted
$
0.72
$
0.91
Weighted-average common shares
outstanding:
Basic
128,720,661
131,365,789
Diluted
129,769,580
133,039,886
HENRY SCHEIN, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in millions,
except share data)
March 30,
December 30,
2024
2023
(unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
159
$
171
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for
credit losses of $84 and $83
1,644
1,863
Inventories, net of reserves of $188 and
$192
1,686
1,815
Prepaid expenses and other
589
639
Total current assets
4,078
4,488
Property and equipment, net
500
498
Operating lease right-of-use assets
314
325
Goodwill
3,835
3,875
Other intangibles, net
915
916
Investments and other
503
471
Total assets
$
10,145
$
10,573
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING
INTERESTS AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$
879
$
1,020
Bank credit lines
264
264
Current maturities of long-term debt
103
150
Operating lease liabilities
75
80
Accrued expenses:
Payroll and related
245
332
Taxes
143
137
Other
625
700
Total current liabilities
2,334
2,683
Long-term debt
2,010
1,937
Deferred income taxes
77
54
Operating lease liabilities
266
310
Other liabilities
423
436
Total liabilities
5,110
5,420
Redeemable noncontrolling interests
798
864
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value,
1,000,000 shares authorized, none outstanding
-
-
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 480,000,000
shares authorized, 128,480,909 outstanding on March 30, 2024 and
129,247,765 outstanding on December 30, 2023
1
1
Additional paid-in capital
-
-
Retained earnings
3,838
3,860
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(239)
(206)
Total Henry Schein, Inc. stockholders'
equity
3,600
3,655
Noncontrolling interests
637
634
Total stockholders' equity
4,237
4,289
Total liabilities, redeemable
noncontrolling interests and stockholders' equity
$
10,145
$
10,573
HENRY SCHEIN, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in
millions) (unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 30,
April 1,
2024
2023
Cash flows from operating
activities:
Net income
$
98
$
128
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
73
52
Non-cash restructuring charges
1
7
Stock-based compensation expense
8
10
Provision for losses on trade and other
accounts receivable
5
1
Provision for deferred income taxes
2
2
Equity in earnings of affiliates
(3)
(4)
Distributions from equity affiliates
2
2
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits
2
1
Other
(6)
(1)
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable
190
(20)
Inventories
74
63
Other current assets
41
29
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
(290)
(243)
Net cash provided by operating
activities
197
27
Cash flows from investing
activities:
Purchases of property and equipment
(41)
(31)
Payments related to equity investments and
business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
(20)
(1)
Proceeds from loan to affiliate
1
2
Capitalized software costs
(9)
(9)
Other
(3)
-
Net cash used in investing activities
(72)
(39)
Cash flows from financing
activities:
Net change in bank credit lines
-
132
Proceeds from issuance of long-term
debt
90
31
Principal payments for long-term debt
(60)
(1)
Proceeds from issuance of stock upon
exercise of stock options
1
1
Payments for repurchases and retirement of
common stock
(75)
(100)
Payments for taxes related to shares
withheld for employee taxes
(7)
(30)
Distributions to noncontrolling
shareholders
(6)
(4)
Acquisitions of noncontrolling interests
in subsidiaries
(94)
(8)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing
activities
(151)
21
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
and cash equivalents
14
-
Net change in cash and cash
equivalents
(12)
9
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of
period
171
117
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period
$
159
$
126
Exhibit A - First Quarter Sales
Henry Schein, Inc.
2024 First Quarter
Sales Summary
(in millions)
(unaudited)
Q1 2024
over Q1 2023
Local Currency Growth
Global
Q1 2024
Q1 2023
Local Internal Growth
Acquisition Growth
Total Local Currency
Growth
Foreign Exchange
Impact
Total Sales Growth
Dental Merchandise
$
1,499
$
1,487
-3.7%
3.8%
0.1%
0.7%
0.8%
Dental Equipment
415
411
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.6%
0.8%
Total Dental
1,914
1,898
-2.9%
3.0%
0.1%
0.7%
0.8%
Medical
1,041
971
-0.7%
8.0%
7.3%
0.0%
7.3%
Total Health Care Distribution
2,955
2,869
-2.1%
4.6%
2.5%
0.5%
3.0%
Technology and Value-Added Services
217
191
3.2%
10.2%
13.4%
0.4%
13.8%
Total Global
$
3,172
$
3,060
-1.8%
5.0%
3.2%
0.5%
3.7%
Local Currency Growth
North
America
Q1 2024
Q1 2023
Local Internal Growth
Acquisition Growth
Total Local Currency
Growth
Foreign Exchange
Impact
Total Sales Growth
Dental Merchandise
$
848
$
896
-5.5%
0.1%
-5.4%
0.0%
-5.4%
Dental Equipment
255
248
2.9%
0.0%
2.9%
0.1%
3.0%
Total Dental
1,103
1,144
-3.7%
0.1%
-3.6%
0.0%
-3.6%
Medical
1,014
951
-0.5%
7.1%
6.6%
0.0%
6.6%
Total Health Care Distribution
2,117
2,095
-2.2%
3.2%
1.0%
0.1%
1.1%
Technology and Value-Added Services
189
166
2.3%
11.6%
13.9%
0.0%
13.9%
Total North America
$
2,306
$
2,261
-1.9%
3.9%
2.0%
0.0%
2.0%
Local Currency Growth
International
Q1 2024
Q1 2023
Local Internal Growth
Acquisition Growth
Total Local Currency
Growth
Foreign Exchange
Impact
Total Sales Growth
Dental Merchandise
$
651
$
591
-1.0%
9.4%
8.4%
1.8%
10.2%
Dental Equipment
160
163
-3.8%
0.0%
-3.8%
1.3%
-2.5%
Total Dental
811
754
-1.6%
7.4%
5.8%
1.6%
7.4%
Medical
27
20
-10.4%
50.8%
40.4%
0.0%
40.4%
Total Health Care Distribution
838
774
-1.8%
8.5%
6.7%
1.6%
8.3%
Technology and Value-Added Services
28
25
8.9%
0.6%
9.5%
3.2%
12.7%
Total International
$
866
$
799
-1.5%
8.2%
6.7%
1.7%
8.4%
Exhibit B
Henry Schein, Inc.
2024 First Quarter
Reconciliation of reported
GAAP net income and diluted EPS attributable to Henry Schein,
Inc.
to non-GAAP net income and
diluted EPS attributable to Henry Schein, Inc.
(in millions, except per share
data)
(unaudited)
First Quarter
%
2024
2023
Growth
Net income attributable to Henry
Schein, Inc.
$
93
$
121
(23.2)
%
Diluted EPS attributable to Henry
Schein, Inc.
$
0.72
$
0.91
(20.9)
%
Non-GAAP Adjustments, net of tax and
attribution to noncontrolling interests
Restructuring costs (1)
$
7
$
21
Acquisition intangible amortization
(2)
28
19
Cyber incident-third-party advisory
expenses (3)
4
-
Change in contingent consideration (4)
11
-
Non-GAAP adjustments to net
income
$
50
$
40
Non-GAAP adjustments to diluted
EPS
$
0.38
$
0.30
Non-GAAP net income attributable to
Henry Schein, Inc.
$
143
$
161
(11.3)
%
Non-GAAP diluted EPS attributable to
Henry Schein, Inc.
$
1.10
$
1.21
(9.1)
%
Management believes that non-GAAP financial measures provide
investors with useful supplemental information about the financial
performance of our business, enable comparison of financial results
between periods where certain items may vary independent of
business performance and allow for greater transparency with
respect to key metrics used by management in operating our
business. These non-GAAP financial measures are presented solely
for informational and comparative purposes and should not be
regarded as a replacement for corresponding, similarly captioned,
GAAP measures. Net income growth rates are based on actual values
and may not recalculate due to rounding. Amounts may not sum due to
rounding.
(1)
Restructuring Costs
The following table presents details of
our restructuring costs:
First Quarter
2024
2023
Restructuring costs - pre-tax, as
reported
$
10
$
30
Income tax benefit
(3)
(8)
Amount attributable to noncontrolling
interests
-
(1)
Restructuring costs, net
$
7
$
21
Q1 2024 restructuring costs primarily consisted of employee
severance and costs related to the exit of facilities.
(2)
Acquisition
Intangible Amortization
The following table presents details of
amortization of acquired intangible assets:
First Quarter
2024
2023
Acquisition intangible amortization -
pre-tax, as reported
$
46
$
30
Income tax benefit
(11)
(7)
Amount attributable to noncontrolling
interests
(7)
(4)
Acquisition intangible amortization,
net
$
28
$
19
(3)
Represents one time professional
and other fees of $5 million ($4 million, net of taxes) related to
remediation of our Q4 2023 cyber incident.
(4)
Represents a change in the fair
value of contingent consideration of $15 million ($11 million, net
of taxes) recorded during Q1 2024 related to a 2023
acquisition.
Exhibit C
Henry Schein, Inc.
2024 First Quarter
Reconciliation of reported
GAAP net income to Adjusted EBITDA
(in millions)
(unaudited)
First Quarter
2024
2023
Net income attributable to Henry
Schein, Inc. (GAAP)
$
93
$
121
Income attributable to noncontrolling
interests
5
7
Net income (GAAP)
98
128
Definitional adjustments:
Interest income
(5)
(3)
Interest expense
30
14
Income taxes
32
39
Depreciation and amortization
73
52
Non-GAAP adjustments:
Restructuring costs
10
30
Cyber incident-professional and other
fees
5
-
Change in contingent consideration
15
-
Other adjustments:
Equity in earnings of affiliates, net of
tax
(3)
(4)
Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)
$
255
$
256
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure that
we calculate in the manner reflected on Exhibit C. We define
Adjusted EBITDA as net income, excluding (i) net income
attributable to noncontrolling interests, (ii) interest income and
expense, (iii) income taxes, (iv) depreciation and amortization,
(v) restructuring costs, (vi) cyber incident-professional and other
fees, (vii) change in contingent consideration, and (viii) equity
in earnings of affiliates. Amounts may not sum due to rounding.
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Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Financial Project Officer graham.stanley@henryschein.com (631)
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