Henry Schein, Inc. (HSIC) earnings on May 5, 2026
More Henry Schein, Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
The stock climbed to a peak of 3.81% and finished up 3.22% after earnings, holding onto most of its gains.
HSIC price around the earnings
74.34
Change: +3.2%
2026-05-05, 19:59 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
- Thesis published
Positive analyst outlook, but earnings history warrants caution.
Analysts are initiating coverage with positive ratings, and the stock has seen steady gains, but its history of mixed earnings results introduces some uncertainty.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Positive analyst outlook, but earnings history warrants caution.
- Playbook
- The mixed earnings history suggests potential for volatility despite recent analyst support, so clarity post-earnings is a key factor.
- Trend
- Tone positive, momentum orderly into earnings.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Positive
Recent analyst initiations are positive, including Citigroup (Buy, PT $100) and Evercore ISI Group (Outperform), supporting an optimistic pre-earnings narrative with a 12.7% price target upside.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.38
- Analysts covering the stock
- 14
- Average price target
- 90
- Lowest price target
- 61
- Highest price target
- 104
- Upside to price target
- 12.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 7.4%
- Revenue growth
- 7.7%
- Forward EPS
- 5.88
- Trailing EPS
- 3.27
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 10
- Strong buy: 4
- Buy: 4
- Hold: 7
- Sell: 1
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 4
- Buy
- 4
- Hold
- 7
- Sell
- 1
- Strong sell
- 0
- April 16, 2026 · BTIG: Initiates coverage (Neutral)
- April 15, 2026 · Citigroup: Initiates coverage (Buy)
- April 8, 2026 · Evercore ISI Group: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
- February 25, 2026 · Barrington Research: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
- February 25, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- February 25, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- February 25, 2026 · Mizuho: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- February 25, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Underweight → Underweight)
- February 25, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- February 25, 2026 · Evercore ISI Group: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Neutral
News context is limited to analyst initiation reports, and social sentiment is perfectly neutral (50% constructive ratio on StockTwits), indicating a lack of strong directional retail reads or hype.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Neutral
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (4)
- BTIG Initiates Coverage On Henry Schein with Neutral Rating — Benzinga
- Citigroup Initiates Coverage On Henry Schein with Buy Rating, Announces Price Target of $100 — Benzinga
- Evercore ISI Group Maintains Outperform on Henry Schein, Lowers Price Target to $90 — Benzinga
- Henry Schein Chairman Stanley M. Bergman to Retire After 44 Years, Board Shrinks to 10 Members — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Positive
The stock shows a steady 14-day climb of +9.51%, confirming the positive momentum indicated in the prior evaluation trajectory and aligning with the optimistic analyst outlook.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -10.5%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +9.5%
- 30-day change
- +4.8%
- 30-day relative strength
- +0.7%
- Benchmark change
- +4.1%
- Nearest support
- 71.25
- Nearest resistance
- 81.06
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.74
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- -9.9%
- February 24, 2026: actual EPS 1.34 vs estimate 1.29 (surprise +3.5%)
- November 4, 2025: actual EPS 0.84 vs estimate 1.01 (surprise -16.8%)
- August 5, 2025: actual EPS 0.7 vs estimate 0.92 (surprise -23.7%)
- May 5, 2025: actual EPS 0.88 vs estimate 0.9 (surprise -2.6%)
Expected move
Drivers
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Past earnings
Negative
The company has a low beat rate of 25% and an average negative earnings surprise of -9.9% over the last four quarters, introducing fundamental execution risk into the setup.
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 3.9%
- 75th percentile move
- 6.4%
- 90th percentile move
- 8.2%
- Up / down moves
- 9 / 10
- Average up move
- +4.7%
- Average down move
- -4.6%
Monitoring and close
What Henry Schein, Inc. reported
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Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Accurate
- Consolidated
- +3.2%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 3.8%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 2.6%