Henry Schein 10-Q 2026-06-27
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark One)
☒
QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
For the
quarterly
period ended
June 27, 2026
or
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934
For the transition period from ____________ to ____________
Commission File Number:
0-27078
HENRY SCHEIN, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
11-3136595
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
135 Duryea Road
Melville
,
New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
11747
(Zip Code)
(
)
843-5500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
HSIC
The
Nasdaq
Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such
reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the
past 90 days.
Yes
☒
No
☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every
Interactive Data File required to be submitted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Yes
☒
No
☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller
reporting company, or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer,”
“smaller reporting company,”
and “emerging growth company”
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes
☐
No
☒
As of July 27, 2026,
there were
111,446,542
shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.
HENRY SCHEIN, INC.
INDEX
Page
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements:
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
as of June 27, 2026 and December 27, 2025
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
for the three and six months ended
June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
three and six months ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
for the three months ended
June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1 – Basis of Presentation
Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies, Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted
and Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Note 3 – Net Sales from Contracts with Customers
Note 5 – Business Acquisitions
Note 6 – Fair Value Measurements
Note 9 – Plan of Restructuring and Related Costs
Note 11 – Stock-Based Compensation
Note 12 – Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Note 13 – Comprehensive Income
Note 15 – Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Note 16 – Related Party Transactions
Note 17 – KKR Investment and Accelerated Share Repurchase Program
Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
See accompanying notes.
PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
HENRY SCHEIN, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in millions, except share data)
June 27,
December 27,
2026
2025
(unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
$
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $
and $
(1)
1,763
1,651
Inventories, net
2,059
2,002
Prepaid expenses and other
Total current assets
4,600
4,464
Property and equipment, net
Operating lease right-of-use assets
Goodwill
4,272
4,213
Other intangibles, net
1,018
Investments and other
Total assets
$
11,381
$
11,215
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$
1,135
$
1,154
Bank credit lines
1,024
Current maturities of long-term debt
Operating lease liabilities
Accrued expenses:
Payroll and related
Taxes
Other
Total current liabilities
3,488
3,228
Long-term debt (1)
2,300
2,310
Deferred income taxes
Operating lease liabilities
Other liabilities
Total liabilities
6,658
6,421
Redeemable noncontrolling interests
Commitments and contingencies
(nil)
(nil)
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,
111,916,222
issued and outstanding on June 27, 2026 and
115,771,149
issued and outstanding on December 27, 2025
Additional paid-in capital
Retained earnings
3,200
3,293
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(184)
(226)
Total Henry Schein, Inc. stockholders' equity
3,157
3,245
Noncontrolling interests
Total stockholders' equity
3,817
3,899
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling
interests and stockholders' equity
$
11,381
$
11,215
(1)
Amounts presented include balances held by our consolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”).
At June 27, 2026 and December 27,
2025, amounts include trade accounts receivable of $
million and $
million, respectively, and long-term debt of $
million
and $
million, respectively.
See
Note 1 – Basis of Presentation
for further information.
See accompanying notes.
HENRY SCHEIN, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF INCOME
(in millions,
except share and per share data)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 27,
June 28,
June 27,
June 28,
2026
2025
2026
2025
Net sales
$
3,458
$
3,240
$
6,826
$
6,408
Cost of sales
2,357
2,224
4,655
4,392
Gross profit
1,101
1,016
2,171
2,016
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative
1,640
1,516
Depreciation and amortization
Restructuring and related costs
Operating income
Other income (expense):
Interest income
Interest expense
(43)
(38)
(82)
(73)
Other, net
(1)
(2)
Income before taxes, equity in earnings of affiliates and
noncontrolling interests
Income taxes
(34)
(31)
(72)
(66)
Equity in earnings (loss) of affiliates, net of tax
(1)
(1)
Net income
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
(8)
(8)
(13)
(11)
Net income attributable to Henry Schein, Inc.
$
$
$
$
Earnings per share attributable to Henry Schein, Inc.:
Basic
$
0.83
$
0.71
$
1.76
$
1.59
Diluted
$
0.82
$
0.70
$
1.74
$
1.58
Weighted-average common
shares outstanding:
Basic
113,451,329
121,927,867
114,194,349
122,852,702
Diluted
114,390,366
122,636,948
115,238,506
123,739,381
See accompanying notes.
HENRY SCHEIN, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in millions)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 27,
June 28,
June 27,
June 28,
2026
2025
2026
2025
Net income
$
$
$
$
Other comprehensive income, net of tax:
Foreign currency translation gain
Unrealized gain (loss) from hedging activities
(21)
(26)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
Comprehensive income
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Net income
(8)
(8)
(13)
(11)
Foreign currency translation gain
(1)
(22)
(4)
(31)
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling
interests
(9)
(30)
(17)
(42)
Comprehensive income attributable to Henry Schein, Inc.
$
$
$
$
See accompanying notes.
HENRY SCHEIN, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF CHANGES IN
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(in millions, except share data)
(unaudited)
Accumulated
Common Stock
Additional
Other
Total
$0.01 Par Value
Paid-in
Retained
Comprehensive
Noncontrolling
Stockholders'
Shares
Amount
Capital
Earnings
Income (Loss)
Interests
Equity
Balance, March 28, 2026
114,424,682
$
$
$
3,287
$
(189)
$
$
3,919
Net income (excluding $
attributable to Redeemable
noncontrolling interests)
-
-
-
-
Foreign currency translation gain (excluding gain of $
attributable to Redeemable noncontrolling interests)
-
-
-
-
-
Unrealized gain from hedging activities,
net of tax of $
-
-
-
-
-
Change in fair value of redeemable securities
-
-
(16)
-
-
-
(16)
Noncontrolling interests and adjustments related to
business acquisitions and contingent consideration
-
-
(2)
-
-
-
(2)
Repurchase and retirement of common stock
(2,608,260)
-
(21)
(181)
-
-
(202)
Stock issued upon exercise of stock options
9,732
-
-
-
-
Stock-based compensation expense
111,705
-
-
-
-
Shares withheld for payroll taxes
(21,843)
-
(2)
-
-
-
(2)
Settlement of stock-based compensation awards
-
-
-
-
-
-
Balance, June 27, 2026
111,916,222
$
$
$
3,200
$
(184)
$
$
3,817
Accumulated
Common Stock
Additional
Other
Total
$0.01 Par Value
Paid-in
Retained
Comprehensive
Noncontrolling
Stockholders'
Shares
Amount
Capital
Earnings
Income / (Loss)
Interests
Equity
Balance, March 29, 2025
122,243,683
$
$
-
$
3,626
$
(317)
$
$
3,954
Net income (excluding $
attributable to Redeemable
noncontrolling interests)
-
-
-
-
Foreign currency translation gain (excluding gain of $
attributable to Redeemable noncontrolling interests)
-
-
-
-
Unrealized loss from hedging activities,
net of tax benefit of $
-
-
-
-
(21)
-
(21)
Distributions to noncontrolling shareholders
-
-
-
-
-
(7)
(7)
Purchase of noncontrolling interests
-
-
(1)
-
-
(1)
(2)
Change in fair value of redeemable securities
-
-
(10)
-
-
-
(10)
Noncontrolling interests and adjustments related to
business acquisitions and contingent consideration
-
-
-
-
-
(1)
(1)
Issuance of common stock
3,285,152
-
-
-
-
Repurchase and retirement of common stock
(3,657,832)
-
(61)
(227)
-
-
(288)
Stock issued upon exercise of stock options
3,741
-
-
-
-
-
-
Stock-based compensation expense
26,096
-
-
-
-
Shares withheld for payroll taxes
(5,807)
-
(3)
-
-
-
(3)
Settlement of stock-based compensation awards
-
-
-
-
-
-
Balance, June 28, 2025
121,895,045
$
$
$
3,485
$
(227)
$
$
4,088
See accompanying notes.
HENRY SCHEIN, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF CHANGES IN
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(in millions, except share data)
(unaudited)
Accumulated
Common Stock
Additional
Other
Total
$0.01 Par Value
Paid-in
Retained
Comprehensive
Noncontrolling
Stockholders'
Shares
Amount
Capital
Earnings
Income / (Loss)
Interests
Equity
Balance, December 27, 2025
115,771,149
$
$
$
3,293
$
(226)
$
$
3,899
Net income (excluding $
attributable to Redeemable
noncontrolling interests)
-
-
-
-
Foreign currency translation gain (excluding gain of $
-
-
-
-
-
-
attributable to Redeemable noncontrolling interests)
-
-
-
-
-
Unrealized gain from hedging activities,
-
-
-
-
-
-
net of tax of $
-
-
-
-
-
Net distributions to noncontrolling shareholders
-
-
-
-
-
(7)
(7)
Change in fair value of redeemable securities
-
-
(34)
-
-
-
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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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 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.
Factors that
could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to,
those discussed in the documents we
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our Annual
Report on Form 10-K, and will be
contained in 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 and
where we manufacture products, our dependence on third parties
for raw materials or purchased components; risks
relating to the achievement of our strategic growth objectives, including
anticipated results of restructuring and
value creation initiatives; risks related to the Strategic Partnership Agreement with
KKR Hawaii Aggregator L.P.
entered into in January 2025; transitions in senior company leadership
(including, without limitation, the transition
to our new Chief Executive Officer); our ability to develop or acquire and
maintain and protect new products
(particularly technology and specialty products) and services and utilize
new technologies that achieve market
acceptance with acceptable margins; transitional challenges associated with acquisitions
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; risks related to activist investors; 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; political,
economic and regulatory influences on
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, and increases in
fuel and energy costs; changes in laws and policies governing manufacturing, development
and investment in
territories and countries where we do business; general global and domestic
macro-economic and political
conditions, including inflation, deflation, recession, unemployment (and corresponding
increase in under-insured
populations), consumer confidence, sovereign debt levels, fluctuations in energy pricing
and the value of the U.S.
dollar as compared to foreign currencies and changes to other economic
indicators; failure to comply with existing
and future regulatory requirements, including relating to health care;
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, changes in tax
rates and availability of certain tax deductions; 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;
the threat or outbreak of war
(including, without limitation, geopolitical wars), terrorism or public unrest
(including, without limitation, the wars
in Ukraine and Iran, the Israel-Gaza war and other unrest and threats in the Middle
East and the possibility of a
wider European or global conflict); changes to laws and policies governing
foreign trade, tariffs and sanctions or
greater restrictions on imports and exports, including changes to international
trade agreements and the current
imposition of (and the potential for additional) tariffs by the U.S. on numerous
countries and retaliatory tariffs;
supply chain disruption; litigation risks; new or unanticipated litigation
developments and the status of litigation
matters; our dependence on our senior management, employee hiring and
retention, increases in labor costs or
health care costs, 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.
Where You
Can Find Important Information
We may disclose important information through one or more of the following channels: SEC filings, public
conference calls and webcasts, press releases, the investor relations
page of our website (www.henryschein.com)
and the social media channels identified on the About Media Center page
of our website.
Recent Developments
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
On January 12, 2026, we announced the appointment of Frederick
M. Lowery as CEO, effective March 2, 2026.
In
connection with his appointment, Mr. Lowery joined our Board of Directors.
Mr. Lowery succeeded Stanley M.
Bergman, who served as CEO through March 1, 2026 (at which time Mr. Bergman retired as CEO).
Mr. Bergman
retired as Chairman of the Board as of the end of the 2026 annual meeting of
stockholders, and the Board approved
the appointment of Mr. Bergman as Chairman Emeritus effective upon his retirement as Chairman.
The Board
appointed William K. “Dan” Daniel as Chairman following the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders.
Tariffs and Related Economic Conditions
The U.S. has adopted new and increased tariffs on imports from countries, and
the scope, applicability and legal
basis for these tariffs continue to evolve through legislative and executive
actions, exemptions and ongoing judicial
challenges.
Although the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated certain tariffs imposed
under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the U.S. government has subsequently implemented additional tariff
measures under other statutory authorities, and further changes to U.S. trade
policy remain possible.
Some
countries have imposed, or may impose, retaliatory tariffs or other restrictions on imports
from the U.S.
These
developments, and anticipated future developments, have created a
volatile environment for global trade, and new
trade policies with individual countries.
It is unclear whether, or the extent to which, the current tariffs on trade
with numerous countries will remain in place, or change, the exceptions
that may apply, and their timing.
The tariffs did not have an adverse material impact on our results of operations during
fiscal year 2025 and the six
months ended June 27, 2026, although sales of U.S. dental equipment were
temporarily impacted by market
uncertainty related to tariffs in the second half of the quarter ended June 28, 2025.
During the three and six months ended June 27, 2026 we received an
immaterial amount of refunds of certain tariffs
previously paid in the United States.
We received additional refunds after June 27, 2026, and we expect to
recognize the net impact of these refunds in our financial statements during
the quarter ending September 26, 2026.
Executive-Level Overview
Henry Schein, Inc. is a solutions company for health care professionals powered
by a network of people and
technology.
We
believe we are the world’s largest provider of health care products and services primarily to office-
based dental and medical practitioners, as well as alternate sites of care.
We
serve more than one million customers
worldwide including dental practitioners, laboratories, physician practices and
ambulatory surgery centers, as well
as government, institutional health care clinics, home health providers, and
other alternate care clinics.
We
believe
that we have a strong brand identity due to our more than 94 years of experience
distributing health care products.
We
are headquartered in Melville, New York, employ more than 25,000 people (of which more than 13,000 are
based outside of the United States) and have operations or affiliates in 34 countries and
territories.
Our broad
global footprint has evolved over time through our organic growth as well as through
contribution from strategic
acquisitions.
We
have established strategically located distribution centers around
the world to enable us to better serve our
customers and increase our operating efficiency.
This infrastructure, together with broad product and service
offerings at competitive prices, and a strong commitment to customer service, enables
us to be a single source of
supply for our customers’ needs.
As a distributor, we market and sell branded products as well as our own corporate brand portfolio of
cost-effective,
high-quality consumable merchandise products.
We
also manufacture, source and sell a range of company-owned
manufactured products, primarily implants, biomaterial products, endodontics, handpiece
and small equipment,
hand instrument and repair, restoratives, orthodontics, wound care, orthopedics and dental lab products.
We
have
achieved scale in these global businesses primarily through acquisitions, as
manufacturers of these products
typically do not utilize a distribution channel to serve customers.
Our reportable segments consist of: (i) Global Distribution and Value-Added Services; (ii) Global Specialty
Products; and (iii) Global Technology.
Global Distribution and Value-Added Services includes distribution to the global dental and medical markets of
national brand and corporate brand merchandise, as well as equipment and related
technical services.
This segment
also includes value-added services such as financial services, continuing education
services, consulting and other
services.
This segment also markets and sells under our own corporate brand,
a portfolio of cost-effective, high-
quality consumable merchandise.
Global Specialty Products includes manufacturing, marketing
and sales of dental
implant and biomaterial products; and endodontic, orthodontic and orthopedic
products and other health care-
related products and services.
Global Technology includes development and distribution of practice management
software, e-services and other products, which are distributed to health
care providers.
A key element to grow closer to our customers is our One Schein initiative, which
is a unified go-to-market
approach that enables practitioners to work synergistically with our supply chain, equipment
sales and service and
other value-added services, allowing our customers to leverage the
combined value that we offer through a single
program.
Specifically, One Schein provides customers with streamlined access to our comprehensive offering of
national brand products, corporate brand products and proprietary specialty products
and solutions (including
implant, orthodontic and endodontic products).
In addition, customers have access to a wide range of services,
including software and other value-added services.
Industry Overview
In recent years, the health care industry has increasingly focused on cost containment.
This trend has benefited
distributors capable of providing a broad array of products and services at low
prices.
It also has accelerated the
growth of DSOs, GPOs, HMOs, group practices, other managed care
accounts and collective buying groups, which,
in addition to their emphasis on obtaining products at competitive prices,
tend to favor distributors capable of
providing specialized management information support.
We
believe that the trend towards cost containment has
the potential to favorably affect demand for technology solutions, including software and
Artificial Intelligence
solutions, which can enhance the efficiency and facilitation of practice management.
Our operating results in recent years have been significantly affected by strategies
and transactions that we
undertook to expand our business, domestically and internationally, in part to address significant changes in the
health care industry, including consolidation of health care distribution companies, health care reform, trends
toward managed care, cuts in Medicare and collective purchasing arrangements.
Industry Consolidation
The health care products distribution industry, as it relates to office-based health care practitioners, is fragmented
and diverse.
The industry ranges from sole practitioners working out of
relatively small offices to group practices
or service organizations ranging in size from a few practitioners to a large number of practitioners who have
combined or otherwise associated their practices.
Due in part to the inability of office-based health care practitioners to store and manage
large quantities of supplies
in their offices, the distribution of health care supplies and small equipment to office-based health
care practitioners
has been characterized by frequent, small quantity orders, and a need for rapid,
reliable and substantially complete
order fulfillment.
The purchasing decisions within an office-based health care practice are typically
made by the
practitioner or an administrative assistant.
Supplies and small equipment are generally purchased from more
than
one distributor, with one generally serving as the primary supplier.
The trend of consolidation extends to our customer base.
Health care practitioners are increasingly seeking to
partner, affiliate or combine with larger entities such as hospitals, health systems, group practices or physician
hospital organizations.
In many cases, purchasing decisions for consolidated groups are
made at a centralized or
professional staff level; however, orders are delivered to the practitioners’ offices.
Our approach to acquisitions and joint ventures has been to expand our role as
a provider of products and services
to the health care industry.
This trend has resulted in our expansion into service areas that complement
our existing
operations and provide opportunities for us to develop synergies with, and thus strengthen, the acquired
businesses.
As industry consolidation continues, we believe that we are positioned
to capitalize on this trend, as we believe we
have the ability to support increased sales through our existing infrastructure, although
there can be no assurances
that we will be able to successfully accomplish this.
We
are focused on building relationships with decision makers
who do not reside in the office-based practitioner setting.
As the health care industry continues to change, we intend to continue to
seek opportunities to expand our role as a
provider of products and services to the health care industry.
There can be no assurance that we will be able to
successfully pursue any such opportunity or consummate any such transaction,
if pursued.
Aging Population and Other Market Influences
The health care products distribution industry continues to experience growth
due to the aging population,
increased health care awareness, the proliferation of medical technology
and testing, new pharmacological
treatments, and expanded third-party insurance coverage, partially offset by the effects of unemployment
on
insurance coverage.
In addition, the physician market continues to benefit from the
shift of procedures and
diagnostic testing from acute care settings to alternate-care sites, particularly
physicians’ offices.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s International Database, between 2026 and 2036, the 45 and older
population is expected to grow by approximately 10%.
Between 2026 and 2046, this age group is expected to grow
by approximately 17%.
This compares with expected total U.S. population growth rates of
approximately 4%
between 2026 and 2036
and approximately 6% between 2026 and 2046.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s International Database, in 2026 there are over seven million Americans
aged 85 years or older, the segment of the population most in need of long-term care and elder-care services.
By
the year 2050, that number is projected to increase to over 17 million.
The population aged 65 to 84 years is
projected to increase by approximately 12% during the same period.
As a result of these market dynamics, annual expenditures for health care services
continue to increase in the
United States.
We
believe that demand for our products and services will grow while
continuing to be impacted by
current and future operating, economic and industry conditions.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
or CMS, published “National Health Expenditure Data” indicating that
total national health care spending reached
approximately $5.3 trillion in 2024, or 18.0% of the nation’s gross domestic product, the benchmark measure
for
annual production of goods and services in the United States.
Health care spending is projected to reach
approximately $9.0 trillion by 2034, or 20.6% of the nation’s projected gross domestic product.
We
believe similar demographic changes are also occurring in other
markets we serve outside the U.S.
Government
Certain of our businesses involve the distribution, manufacturing, importation,
exportation, marketing, sale and/or
promotion of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and/or in vitro diagnostics
and in this regard, we are subject to
extensive local, state, federal and foreign governmental laws and regulations,
including as applicable to our
wholesale distribution of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and in vitro diagnostics;
manufacturing activities; and
as part of our specialty home medical supplies businesses that distribute and sell
medical equipment and supplies
directly to patients.
Federal, state and certain foreign governments have also increased
enforcement activity in the
health care sector, particularly in areas of fraud and abuse, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, controlled substances
handling, medical device regulations and data privacy and security standards.
Certain of our businesses involve pharmaceuticals and/or medical devices,
including orthopaedic, in vitro
diagnostic devices, software regulated as a medical device, and sales of
medical equipment and supplies directly to
patients, that are paid for by third parties and/or patients and must operate in
compliance with a variety of
burdensome and complex coding, billing and record-keeping requirements
in order to substantiate claims for
payment under federal, state and commercial/private health care reimbursement
programs.
Government and private insurance programs fund a large portion of the total cost of medical
care, and there have
been efforts to limit such private and government insurance programs, including efforts, thus far
unsuccessful, to
seek repeal of the entire United States Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
as amended by the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act, each enacted in March 2010.
Certain of our businesses are subject to various additional federal, state,
local and foreign laws and regulations,
including with respect to the sale, transportation, importation, storage, handling
and disposal of hazardous or
potentially hazardous substances; “forever chemicals” such as per-and
polyfluoroalkyl substances; warnings related
to potential cancer or reproductive harm linked to chemicals; amalgam bans; pricing disclosures;
supply chain
transparency around human trafficking and forced labor practices; and safe working
conditions.
In addition,
activities to control medical costs, including laws and regulations lowering
reimbursement rates for
pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical supplies and/or medical
treatments or services, are ongoing.
Laws and
regulations are subject to change and their evolving implementation may impact
our operations and financial
performance.
Certain of our businesses also maintain contracts with governmental agencies
and are subject to certain regulatory
requirements specific to government contractors.
Our businesses are generally subject to numerous laws and regulations that could
impact our financial performance,
and failure to comply with such laws or regulations could have a material
adverse effect on our businesses.
A more detailed discussion of laws, regulations and governmental activity
is included in Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contained
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 27, 2025, filed with the SEC on February
24, 2026.
Results of Operations
The following tables summarize the significant components of our operating
results for the three and six months
ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025 and cash flows for the six months
ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025
(in millions):
Three Months Ended
Six Months Ended
June 27,
June 28,
June 27,
June 28,
2026
2025
2026
2025
Operating results:
Net sales
$
3,458
$
3,240
$
6,826
$
6,408
Cost of sales
2,357
2,224
4,655
4,392
Gross profit
1,101
1,016
2,171
2,016
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative
1,640
1,516
Depreciation and amortization
Restructuring and related costs
Operating income
$
$
$
$
Other expense, net
$
(34)
$
(30)
$
(66)
$
(60)
Income taxes
(34)
(31)
(72)
(66)
Net income
Net income attributable to Henry Schein, Inc.
Six Months Ended
June 27,
June 28,
2026
2025
Cash flows:
Net cash provided by operating activities
$
$
Net cash used in investing activities
(128)
(197)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
(48)
Plan of Restructuring and Related Costs
On August 6, 2024, we committed to a restructuring plan (the “2024
Plan”) to integrate our acquisitions, right-size
operations and further increase efficiencies.
We currently expect this plan to be completed by the end of 2027.
During the three months ended June 27, 2026 and June 28, 2025, we
recorded restructuring and related charges
associated with the 2024 Plan of $29 million and $23 million, respectively.
During the six months ended June 27,
2026 and June 28, 2025, we recorded restructuring charges associated with the 2024
Plan of $41 million and $48
million, respectively.
The restructuring and related costs for these periods primarily related
to severance and
employee-related costs, costs to exit facilities and other exit costs.
We expect to record restructuring and related
charges associated with the 2024 Plan through the end of 2027; however,
an estimate of the amount of these
charges for 2026
through 2027 has not yet been determined.
During the quarter ended March 28, 2026 and six months ended June 27, 2026,
in connection with the 2024 Plan,
we recorded a loss of $2 million related to the disposal of businesses
in the Global Specialty Products
segment.
This amount is included in the $41 million of restructuring and related charges discussed
above.
Three Months Ended June 27, 2026 Compared to Three Months Ended June 28, 2025
Note: Percentages for Net Sales; Gross Profit; Operating Expenses; Other
Expense, Net; and Income Taxes are
based on actual values and may not recalculate due to rounding.
Our reportable segments are determined based on how our Chief Executive
Officer manages the business, assesses
performance and allocates resources.
We have three reportable segments:
(i) Global Distribution and Value-Added
Services; (ii) Global Specialty Products; and (iii) Global Technology.
Net Sales
Net sales by reportable segment and by major product or service type were
as follows:
June 27,
% of
June 28,
% of
Increase
2026
Total
2025
Total
$
%
Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
Global Dental Merchandise
(1)
$
1,337
38.6
%
$
1,218
37.6
%
$
9.7
%
Global Dental Equipment
(2)
13.2
13.5
3.8
Global Value
-Added Services
(3)
1.8
1.8
5.1
Global Dental
1,854
53.6
1,715
52.9
8.1
Global Medical
(4)
1,057
30.6
1,016
31.4
4.0
Total Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
2,911
84.2
2,731
84.3
6.6
Global Specialty Products
(5)
12.1
11.9
8.7
Global Technology
(6)
5.2
5.2
8.2
Eliminations
(53)
(1.5)
(44)
(1.4)
(9)
n/a
Total
$
3,458
100.0
%
$
3,240
100.0
%
$
6.7
(1)
Includes infection-control products, handpieces, preventatives, impression materials, composites, anesthetics, teeth, gypsum,
acrylics, articulators, abrasives, PPE products and our own corporate brand of consumable merchandise.
(2)
Includes dental chairs, delivery units and lights, digital dental laboratories, X-ray supplies and equipment, equipment repair
services and high-tech and digital restoration equipment.
(3)
Consists of financial services on a non-recourse basis, continuing education services for practitioners, consulting and other services.
(4)
Includes branded and generic pharmaceuticals, home solutions products, vaccines, surgical products, diagnostic tests, infection-
control products, X-ray products, equipment, PPE products, and vitamins.
(5)
Includes manufacturing, marketing and sales of dental implant and biomaterial products; and endodontic, orthodontic and
orthopedic products and other health care-related products and services.
(6)
Consists of the development and distribution of practice management software, e-services and other technology-enabled products
for health care providers.
The components of our sales growth were as follows:
Constant Currency
Growth/(Decline)
Total Constant
Currency Growth
Foreign
Exchange
Impact
Total Sales
Growth
Local Internal
Growth
Acquisition
Growth/
(Decline)
Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
Global Dental Merchandise
5.9
%
1.4
%
7.3
%
2.4
%
9.7
%
Global Dental Equipment
2.2
-
2.2
1.6
3.8
Global Value
-Added Services
3.7
0.7
4.4
0.7
5.1
Global Dental
4.9
1.0
5.9
2.2
8.1
Global Medical
3.9
-
3.9
0.1
4.0
Total Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
4.5
0.6
5.1
1.5
6.6
Global Specialty Products
3.2
3.4
6.6
2.1
8.7
Global Technology
9.1
(1.3)
7.8
0.4
8.2
Total
4.6
0.7
5.3
1.4
6.7
Global Sales
Global net sales for the three months ended June 27, 2026 increased 6.7%,
attributable to internal growth of 4.6%,
acquisition growth of 0.7%, and an increase in foreign exchange of 1.4%.
The components of our sales increase are
presented in the table above.
Global Distribution and Value-Added Services Sales
Global Distribution and Value-Added Services net sales for the three months ended June 27, 2026 increased 6.6%.
The components of our sales increase are presented in the table
above.
The 4.9% increase in internally generated local currency dental sales was
primarily due to merchandise sales
growth in U.S. and international markets, growth in digital dental equipment
in the U.S. and traditional and digital
equipment in international markets.
The 3.9% increase in internally generated local currency medical sales was
attributable to growth of our
government and Home Solutions businesses, partially offset by lower point of care
diagnostic test products related
to respiratory illness.
Global Specialty Products Sales
Global Specialty Products net sales for the three months ended June 27, 2026
increased 8.7%.
The components of
our sales increase are presented in the table above.
The 3.2% increase in internally generated local currency sales was attributable
to growth in our implant and
biomaterial businesses.
Global Technology Sales
Global Technology net sales for the three months ended June 27, 2026 increased 8.2%.
The components of sales
growth are presented in the table above.
The internally generated local currency increase of 9.1% in Global Technology sales was primarily attributable to
the increased rate of customer adoption of our core practice management solutions,
particularly our cloud-based
platforms.
Gross Profit
Gross profit and gross margin percentages by segment and in total were as follows:
June 27,
Gross
June 28,
Gross
Increase / (Decrease)
2026
Margin %
2025
Margin %
$
%
Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
$
25.6
%
$
25.2
%
$
8.0
%
Global Specialty Products
55.7
54.9
10.4
Global Technology
69.7
67.9
11.0
Corporate
(2)
n/a
n/a
(5)
n/a
Total
$
1,101
31.8
$
1,016
31.4
$
8.3
Gross margin may not be comparable to that of other distribution companies due to
differing industry practices in
the classification of distribution network costs.
Gross margin percentages also vary across our segments, reflecting
differences in business models.
The Global Specialty Products segment generates
higher gross margins, as it
primarily includes products we develop and manufacture, compared
to the Global Distribution and Value-Added
Services segment, which principally distributes third-party and corporate brand
products.
While the Global
Specialty Products segment has increasingly leveraged the Global
Distribution and Value-Added Services segment
as a sales channel, the impact on overall margins has not been material.
The Global Technology segment also
generates higher gross margins, reflecting our role as both developer and provider of
software products and
services.
Within our Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services segment, gross profit margins may fluctuate between the
periods as a result of the changes in product mix and customer mix.
With respect to customer mix, sales to our
large-group customers are typically completed at lower gross margins as a result of higher sales
volumes, while
sales to office-based practitioners generally carry higher gross margins due to lower volumes.
The increase in Global Distribution and Value-Added Services gross profit for the three months ended June 27,
2026 compared to the prior-year-period is due primarily to increased internally generated sales volume
as described
above.
The increase in gross margin rates was attributable primarily to favorable
business mix and early benefits
from our value creation initiatives.
The increase in Global Specialty Products gross profit primarily reflects
increased internally generated sales
volume and gross profit from acquisitions.
The increase in gross margin rates was due to product mix.
The increase in Global Technology gross profit is the result primarily of higher internally generated sales.
The
increase in gross margin rates was due to product mix.
Operating Expenses
Operating expenses (consisting of selling, general and administrative
expenses; depreciation and amortization; and
restructuring and related costs) by segment were as follows:
% of
% of
June 27,
Respective
June 28,
Respective
Increase
2026
Sales
2025
Sales
$
%
Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
$
19.3
%
$
19.4
%
$
6.3
%
Global Specialty Products
40.8
41.4
7.2
Global Technology
42.8
41.0
12.7
Corporate
n/a
n/a
n/a
24.6
24.4
7.7
Adjustments
(1)
n/a
n/a
n/a
Total operating expenses
$
26.9
$
26.7
$
7.5
(1)
Adjustments represent items excluded from segment operating income to enable comparison of financial results between periods.
These
items may vary independently of business performance.
June 27,
June 28,
2026
2025
Adjustments:
Restructuring and related costs
$
$
Acquisition intangible amortization
Change in contingent consideration
(2)
-
Litigation settlements
-
Costs associated with shareholder advisory matters and select implementation related value
creation consulting costs
Total adjustments
$
$
The net increase in operating expenses was
attributable to the following:
Operating Costs
(excluding
acquisitions)
Acquisitions
Adjustments
Total
Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
$
$
$
-
$
Global Specialty Products
-
Global Technology
-
-
Corporate
-
-
-
Adjustments
-
-
Total operating expenses
$
$
$
$
The components of the net increase in total operating expenses are presented
in the table above.
The increase in
operating costs (excluding acquisitions) during the three months ended
June 27, 2026 was primarily attributable to
costs associated with our sales growth and the unfavorable impact of
foreign exchange rates.
Other Expense, Net
Other expense, net was as follows:
June 27,
June 28,
Variance
2026
2025
$
%
Interest income
$
$
$
(1)
(14.3)
%
Interest expense
(43)
(38)
(5)
(10.5)
Other, net
(1)
(148.5)
Other expense, net
$
(34)
$
(30)
$
(4)
(8.9)
Interest expense increased primarily due to increased borrowings.
Income Taxes
Our effective tax rate was 24.8% for the three months ended June 27, 2026, compared
to 24.4% for the prior year
period.
The difference between our effective and federal statutory tax rates primarily relates to state
and foreign
income taxes and interest expense.
Six Months Ended June 27, 2026 Compared to Six Months Ended June 28, 2025
Note: Percentages for Net Sales; Gross Profit; Operating Expenses; Other
Expense, Net; and Income Taxes are
based on actual values and may not recalculate due to rounding.
Our reportable segments are determined based on how our Chief Executive
Officer manages the business, assesses
performance and allocates resources.
We have three reportable segments: (i) Global Distribution and Value
-Added
Services; (ii) Global Specialty Products; and (iii) Global Technology.
Net Sales
Net sales by reportable segment and by major product or service type were
as follows:
June 27,
% of
June 28,
% of
Increase
2026
Total
2025
Total
$
%
Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
Global Dental Merchandise
(1)
$
2,629
38.5
%
$
2,403
37.5
%
$
9.4
%
Global Dental Equipment
(2)
12.8
12.9
6.0
Global Value
-Added Services
(3)
1.7
1.7
7.7
Global Dental
3,620
53.0
3,336
52.1
8.5
Global Medical
(4)
2,130
31.2
2,071
32.3
2.8
Total Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
5,750
84.2
5,407
84.4
6.3
Global Specialty Products
(5)
12.0
11.8
8.4
Global Technology
(6)
5.2
5.1
7.6
Eliminations
(94)
(1.4)
(81)
(1.3)
(13)
n/a
Total
$
6,826
100.0
%
$
6,408
100.0
%
$
6.5
(1)
Includes infection-control products, handpieces, preventatives, impression materials, composites, anesthetics, teeth, gypsum,
acrylics, articulators, abrasives, PPE products and our own corporate brand of consumable merchandise.
(2)
Includes dental chairs, delivery units and lights, digital dental laboratories, X-ray supplies and equipment, equipment repair
services and high-tech and digital restoration equipment.
(3)
Consists of financial services on a non-recourse basis, continuing education services for practitioners, consulting and other services.
(4)
Includes branded and generic pharmaceuticals, home solutions products, vaccines, surgical products, diagnostic tests, infection-
control products, X-ray products, equipment, PPE products, and vitamins.
(5)
Includes manufacturing, marketing and sales of dental implant and biomaterial products; and endodontic, orthodontic and
orthopedic products and other health care-related products and services.
(6)
Consists of the development and distribution of practice management software, e-services and other technology-enabled products
for health care providers.
The components of our sales growth/(decline) were as follows:
Constant Currency
Growth/(Decline)
Total Constant
Currency Growth
Foreign
Exchange
Impact
Total Sales
Growth
Local Internal
Growth
Acquisition
Growth/
(Decline)
Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
Global Dental Merchandise
4.5
%
1.3
%
5.8
%
3.6
%
9.4
%
Global Dental Equipment
2.8
-
2.8
3.2
6.0
Global Value
-Added Services
5.6
1.0
6.6
1.1
7.7
Global Dental
4.1
1.0
5.1
3.4
8.5
Global Medical
2.6
-
2.6
0.2
2.8
Total Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
3.5
0.6
4.1
2.2
6.3
Global Specialty Products
2.2
2.8
5.0
3.4
8.4
Global Technology
8.0
(1.3)
6.7
0.9
7.6
Total
3.6
0.7
4.3
2.2
6.5
Global Sales
Global net sales for the six months ended June 27, 2026 increased 6.5%,
attributable to internal growth of 3.6%,
acquisition growth of 0.7%, and an increase in foreign exchange of 2.2%.
The components of our sales increase are
presented in the table above.
Global Distribution and Value-Added Services Sales
Global Distribution and Value-Added Services net sales for the six months ended June 27, 2026 increased 6.3%.
The components of our sales increase are presented in the table
above.
The 4.1% increase in internally generated local currency dental sales was
primarily due to merchandise sales
growth in U.S. and international markets, growth in traditional dental equipment
in the U.S. and international
markets, and value-added services sales attributable to increased sales in
our practice transitions business.
The 2.6% increase in internally generated local currency medical sales was
attributable to growth of our Home
Solutions business and dialysis products, partially offset by lower point of care diagnostic
test products related to
respiratory illness.
Global Specialty Products Sales
Global Specialty Products net sales for the six months ended June 27, 2026
increased 8.4%.
The components of
our sales increase are presented in the table above.
The 2.2% increase in internally generated local currency sales was attributable
to growth in our value implant and
biomaterial businesses.
Global Technology Sales
Global Technology net sales for the six months ended June 27, 2026 increased 7.6%.
The components of sales
growth are presented in the table above.
The internally generated local currency increase of 8.0% in Global Technology sales was primarily attributable to
the increased rate of customer adoption of our core practice management solutions,
particularly our cloud-based
platforms.
Gross Profit
Gross profit and gross margin percentages by segment and in total were as follows:
June 27,
Gross
June 28,
Gross
Increase / (Decrease)
2026
Margin %
2025
Margin %
$
%
Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
$
1,476
25.7
%
$
1,369
25.3
%
$
7.8
%
Global Specialty Products
55.5
55.4
8.6
Global Technology
69.2
67.9
9.6
Corporate
(3)
n/a
n/a
(9)
n/a
Total
$
2,171
31.8
$
2,016
31.5
$
7.7
Gross margin may not be comparable to that of other distribution companies due to
differing industry practices in
the classification of distribution network costs.
Gross margin percentages also vary across our segments, reflecting
differences in business models.
The Global Specialty Products segment generates
higher gross margins, as it
primarily includes products we develop and manufacture, compared
to the Global Distribution and Value-Added
Services segment, which principally distributes third-party and corporate brand
products.
While the Global
Specialty Products segment has increasingly leveraged the Global
Distribution and Value-Added Services segment
as a sales channel, the impact on overall margins has not been material.
The Global Technology segment also
generates higher gross margins, reflecting our role as both developer and provider of
software products and
services.
Within our Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services segment, gross profit margins may fluctuate between the
periods as a result of the changes in product mix and customer mix.
With respect to customer mix, sales to our
large-group customers are typically completed at lower gross margins as a result of
higher sales volumes, while
sales to office-based practitioners generally carry higher gross margins due to lower volumes.
The increase in Global Distribution and Value-Added Services gross profit for the six months ended June 27, 2026
compared to the prior-year-period is due primarily to increased internally generated sales volume as described
above.
The increase in gross margin rates was attributable primarily to favorable
business mix.
The increase in Global Specialty Products gross profit primarily reflects
increased internally generated sales
volume and gross profit from acquisitions.
The increase in gross margin rates was due to product mix.
The increase in Global Technology gross profit is the result primarily of higher internally generated sales.
The
increase in gross margin rates was due to product mix.
Operating Expenses
Operating expenses (consisting of selling, general and administrative
expenses; depreciation and amortization; and
restructuring and related costs) by segment were as follows:
% of
% of
June 27,
Respective
June 28,
Respective
Increase
2026
Sales
2025
Sales
$
%
Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
$
1,112
19.3
%
$
1,043
19.3
%
$
6.6
%
Global Specialty Products
40.8
41.1
7.7
Global Technology
42.3
41.5
9.6
Corporate
n/a
n/a
n/a
1,668
24.4
1,561
24.4
6.9
Adjustments
(1)
n/a
n/a
n/a
Total operating expenses
$
1,818
26.6
$
1,690
26.4
$
7.6
(1)
Adjustments represent items excluded from segment operating income to enable comparison of financial results between periods.
These
items may vary independently of business performance.
June 27,
June 28,
2026
2025
Adjustments:
Restructuring and related costs
$
$
Acquisition intangible amortization
Cyber incident-insurance proceeds, net of third-party advisory expenses
-
(20)
Change in contingent consideration
(1)
(2)
Litigation settlements
-
Impairment of intangible assets
-
Costs associated with shareholder advisory matters and select implementation related value
creation consulting costs
Total adjustments
$
$
The net increase in operating expenses was
attributable to the following:
Operating Costs
(excluding
acquisitions)
Acquisitions
Adjustments
Total
Global Distribution and Value
-Added Services
$
$
$
-
$
Global Specialty Products
-
Global Technology
-
-
Corporate
-
-
-
Adjustments
-
-
Total operating expenses
$
$
$
$
The components of the net increase in total operating expenses are presented
in the table above.
The increase in
operating costs (excluding acquisitions) during the six months ended
June 27, 2026 was primarily attributable to
costs associated with our sales growth and the unfavorable impact of
foreign exchange rates.
During the six months
ended June 27, 2026, our operating costs were favorably impacted by the
remeasurement to the fair value of a
previously held equity investment of $11 million within our Global Specialty Products segment.
Other Expense, Net
Other expense, net was as follows:
June 27,
June 28,
Variance
2026
2025
$
%
Interest income
$
$
$
-
0.4
%
Interest expense
(82)
(73)
(9)
(11.5)
Other, net
(2)
(118.9)
Other expense, net
$
(66)
$
(60)
$
(6)
(8.5)
Interest expense increased primarily due to increased borrowings.
Income Taxes
Our effective tax rate was 25.2% for the six months ended June 27, 2026, compared to 24.7%
for the prior year
period.
The difference between our effective and federal statutory tax rates primarily relates to
state and foreign
income taxes and interest expense.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal capital requirements have included funding of acquisitions, purchases
of additional noncontrolling
interests, repayments of debt principal, the funding of working capital needs,
purchases of fixed assets and
repurchases of common stock.
Working capital requirements generally result from increased sales, special
inventory forward buy-in opportunities and payment terms for receivables
and payables.
Historically, sales have
tended to be stronger during the second half of the year and special inventory
forward buy-in opportunities have
been most prevalent just before the end of the year, and have caused our working capital requirements
to be higher
from the end of the third quarter to the end of the first quarter of
the following year.
We finance our business primarily through cash generated from our operations, revolving credit facilities and debt
placements.
Please see
for further information.
Our ability to generate sufficient cash flows from
operations is dependent on the continued demand of our customers
for our products and services, and access to
products and services from our suppliers.
Our business requires a substantial investment in working capital, which
is susceptible to fluctuations during the
year as a result of inventory purchase patterns and seasonal demands.
Inventory purchase activity is a function of
sales activity, special inventory forward buy-in opportunities and our desired level of inventory.
We finance our business to provide adequate funding for at least 12 months.
Funding requirements are based on
forecasted profitability and working capital needs, which, on occasion, may
change.
Consequently, we may change
our funding structure to reflect any new requirements.
Our acquisition strategy is focused on investments in companies,
including high growth high margin businesses
aligned with our BOLD+1 strategy, that add new customers and sales teams, increase our geographic footprint
(whether entering a new country, such as emerging markets, or building scale where we have already invested in
businesses), and finally, those that enable us to access new products and technologies.
We believe that our cash and cash equivalents, our ability to access private debt markets and public equity markets,
and our available funds under existing credit facilities provide us with
sufficient liquidity to meet our currently
foreseeable short-term and long-term capital needs.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $145 million for the
six months ended June 27, 2026, compared to
net cash provided by operating activities of $157 million for the
prior year.
The net change of $12 million was
primarily attributable to changes in working capital accounts (primarily
accounts receivable, inventory, and
accounts payable and accrued expenses), partially offset by an increase in operating
income.
Net cash used in investing activities was $128 million for the
six months ended June 27, 2026, compared to net
cash used in investing activities of $197 million for the prior year.
The net change of $69 million was primarily
attributable to lower acquisition activity.
Net cash used in financing activities was $48 million for the six
months ended June 27, 2026, compared to net cash
provided by financing activities of $145 million for the prior year period.
In May 2025, funds affiliated with KKR
invested $250 million in Henry Schein through the purchase of 3,285,152
shares of common stock.
Shortly
thereafter, we initiated a $250 million accelerated share repurchase program to offset the resulting dilution.
As a
result, during the six months ended June 27, 2026 we had lower proceeds
from the issuance of common stock and
lower share repurchases compared to the prior year period.
Other factors contributing to the net change of $193
million in financing activities primarily include lower net borrowings as well
as lower payments for acquisitions of
noncontrolling interests and contingent consideration.
The following table summarizes selected measures of liquidity and capital
resources:
June 27,
December 27,
2026
2025
Cash and cash equivalents
$
$
Working
capital
(1)
1,112
1,236
Debt:
Bank credit lines
$
1,024
$
Current maturities of long-term debt
Long-term debt
2,300
2,310
Total debt
$
3,462
$
3,107
Leases:
Current operating lease liabilities
$
$
Non-current operating lease liabilities
(1)
Includes $526 million and $491 million of certain accounts receivable which serve as security for U.S. trade accounts receivable
securitization at June 27, 2026 and December 27, 2025, respectively.
Our cash and cash equivalents consist of bank balances and investments
in money market funds representing
overnight investments with a high degree of liquidity.
Accounts receivable days sales outstanding and inventory turns
Our accounts receivable days sales outstanding from operations
increased to 45.7 days as of June 27, 2026 from
44.7 days as of June 28, 2025.
During the six months ended June 27, 2026, we wrote off approximately $7
million
of fully reserved accounts receivable against our trade receivable reserve.
Our inventory turns from operations
decreased to 4.6 as of June 27, 2026 from 4.7 as of June 28, 2025.
Our working capital accounts may be impacted
by current and future economic conditions.
Leases
We
have operating and finance leases for corporate offices, office space, distribution and other
facilities, vehicles
and certain equipment.
Our leases have remaining terms of less than one year to approximately
22 years, some of
which may include options to extend the leases for up to 10 years.
As of June 27, 2026, our right-of-use assets
related to operating leases were $322 million and our current and non-current
operating lease liabilities were $76
million and $275 million, respectively.
Stock Repurchases
On January 27, 2025, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase
of up to an additional $500 million in shares
of our common stock.
On May 19, 2025, we executed an accelerated share repurchase program
to repurchase a total of $250 million of
our outstanding common stock based on volume-weighted average
prices.
In May 2025, we received 3,122,832
shares at an estimated fair value of $224
million.
In July 2025, we received an additional 368,651 shares at an
estimated fair value of $26 million, representing the final amount of shares
to be received under this accelerated
share repurchase program.
On September 8, 2025, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of
up to an additional $750 million in
shares of our common stock.
From March 3, 2003 through June 27, 2026, we repurchased $6.3 billion,
or 112,094,874 shares,
under our
common stock repurchase programs, with $455 million available
as of June 27, 2026 for future share repurchases.
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Some minority stockholders in certain of our subsidiaries have the right,
at certain times, to require us to acquire
their ownership interest in those entities at fair value.
Accounting Standards Codification Topic 480-10 is
applicable for noncontrolling interests where we are or may be required
to purchase all or a portion of the
outstanding interest in a consolidated subsidiary from the noncontrolling
interest holder under the terms of a put
option contained in contractual agreements.
As of June 27, 2026 and December 27, 2025, our balance
for
redeemable noncontrolling interests was $906 million and $895 million,
respectively.
Please see
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
for further information.
Critical Accounting Estimates
There have been no material changes in our critical accounting estimates
from those disclosed in Item 7 of our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2025.
Accounting Standards Update
For a discussion of accounting standards updates that have been adopted
or will be adopted, see
Accounting Policies, Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted and Recently Issued Accounting
of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
included under Item 1.
Item 3. QUANTITATIVE
QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE
DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
There have been no material changes in our exposure to market risk
from that disclosed in Item 7A of our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2025.
Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including
our principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report
as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”).
Based
on this evaluation, our management, including our principal executive
officer and principal financial officer,
concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 27, 2026,
to ensure that all material
information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit
under the Exchange Act is accumulated
and communicated to them as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure and that all such
information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time periods specified in the SEC’s rules
and forms, and the rules of the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The combination of continued acquisition integrations and systems
implementation activity undertaken during the
quarter ended June 27, 2026, and carried over from prior quarters, when
considered in the aggregate, represents a
material change in our internal control over financial reporting.
During the quarter ended June 27, 2026, post-acquisition integration
related activities continued for businesses
acquired during prior quarters within our Global Specialty Products
segment.
These acquisitions, the majority of
which utilize separate information and financial accounting systems,
have been included in our condensed
consolidated financial statements since their respective dates of acquisition.
Also, during the quarter ended June 27, 2026,
we continued systems implementation activities for the phased
roll-
out of a new e-commerce system for our Global Distribution and Value-Added Services segment in the U.S. and
Europe.
Finally, we concluded systems implementation activities for upgrading the ERP business system for our
Global Distribution and Value-Added Services segment in Australia and New Zealand.
All continued acquisition integrations and systems implementation activity
involve necessary and appropriate
change-management controls that are considered in our quarterly assessment of
the design and operating
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations of the Effectiveness of Internal Control
A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide
only reasonable, not absolute, assurance
that the objectives of the internal control system are met.
Because of the inherent limitations of any internal control
system, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that
all control issues, if any, within a company
have been detected.
PART
II.
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
For a discussion of Legal Proceedings, see
of the Notes to the Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 1.
Item 1A. RISK FACTORS
There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in
Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 2025.
ITEM 2.
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer
Our share repurchase program, announced on March 3, 2003, originally
allowed us to repurchase up to two million
shares pre-stock splits (eight million shares post-stock splits) of our common
stock, which represented
approximately 2.3% of the shares outstanding at the commencement
of the program.
Subsequent additional
increases since 2003 that have aggregated to an additional $6.7 billion,
authorized by our Board, to the repurchase
program provide for a total of $6.8 billion (including $500 million authorized on
January 27, 2025 and an
additional $750 million authorized on September 8, 2025) of shares of our common
stock to be repurchased under
this program.
On May 19, 2025, we executed an accelerated share repurchase program to
repurchase a total of $250 million of
our outstanding common stock based on volume-weighted average prices.
In May 2025 we received 3,122,832
shares at an estimated fair value of $224 million.
In July 2025, we received an additional 368,651 shares at an
estimated fair value of $26 million, representing the final amount of shares
to be received under this accelerated
share repurchase program.
As of June 27, 2026, we had repurchased approximately $6.3 billion
of common stock (112,094,874)
shares under
these initiatives,
with $455 million available for future share repurchases.
The following table summarizes repurchases of our common stock
under our stock repurchase program during the
fiscal quarter ended June 27, 2026:
Total Number
Maximum Number
Total
of Shares
of Shares
Number
Average
Purchased as Part
that May Yet
of Shares
Price Paid
of Our Publicly
Be Purchased Under
Fiscal Month
Purchased (1)
Per Share
Announced Program
Our Program (2)
3/29/2026 through 4/25/2026
490,272
$
76.11
490,272
7,965,055
4/26/2026 through 5/30/2026
696,506
73.61
696,506
7,395,432
5/31/2026 through 6/27/2026
1,421,482
78.40
1,421,482
5,354,904
2,608,260
2,608,260
(1)
All repurchases were executed in the open market under our existing publicly announced authorized program.
(2)
The maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under this program is determined at the end of each month based on the
closing price of our common stock at that time.
This table excludes shares withheld from employees to satisfy minimum tax withholding
requirements for equity-based transactions.
Item 6. EXHIBITS
EXHIBITS
Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.+
Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.+
Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.+
Amended and Restated Executive Severance Plan, effective as of July 30,
Amended and Restated Henry Schein, Inc. Executive Change in Control Plan,
effective as of July 30, 2026 (Andrea Albertini, Frederick M. Lowery, and
Henry Schein, Inc. Incentive Plan and Plan Summary, effective as of July 30,
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Henry Schein, Inc.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ RONALD N. SOUTH
Ronald N. South
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Authorized Signatory and Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
Dated: August 4, 2026