Credit: Shutterstock photoHeadquartered in Melville, NY, Henry Schein Inc. ( HSIC ) is a global leading provider of healthcare products and services. The company serves office-based dental, medical and animal health practitioners, dental laboratories, government as well as institutional health care clinics and other alternate-care sites. Presently, Henry Schein serves more than 1 million customers and has operations in 28 countries. The company entered the prestigious Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Index in Mar, 2015.
Currently, Henry Schein has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) but that could change following its mixed first-quarter 2015 earnings report which has just released. We have highlighted some of the key details from the just-released announcement below:
Earnings: The Zacks Consensus Estimate remained steady at $1.27 per share over the last 7 days. Henry Schein's adjusted earnings per share of $1.28 beat this estimate by a penny.
Revenues: Henry Schein posted revenues of $2.463 billion, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues of $2.540 billion.
Key Stats : Revenues derived from Henry Schein's Dental segment dropped 3.6% year over year to $1.250 billion, while Animal Health segment recorded sales of $684.3 million, up 4.6% compared with the prior-year quarter. Revenues from Medical segment increased 11.6% year over year to $443.5 million, while sales from Technology and Value-added services segment climbed 5.4% to $85.7 million.
Major Factors : Henry Schein's excellent sales growth in the Medical segment represented the company's continued progress with large group practices and integrated delivery networks, as well as a full quarter of agency sales post it's strategic agreement with Cardinal Health. Management expects to substantially complete the strategic integration with Cardinal Health during the second quarter of 2015.
Stock Price : Following the earnings release, share prices did not show any movement in the pre-market trading session.
Check back later for our full write up on this Henry Schein earnings report later!
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