Henry Schein Inc (HSIC) · Nov 3, 2026 · Earnings
Beat — Non-GAAP EPS $1.56 vs ~$1.35 consensus; FY2026 guide midpoint $5.53 vs ~$5.39
Henry Schein earnings beat on EPS and raised 2026 guidance, powered by U.S. dental merchandise gains. Sales were broadly in line.
Henry Schein is midway through a BOLD+1-led effort to improve growth and margins across its core distribution business, higher-margin specialty products, and technology platforms. Its current story is shifting from cost and portfolio work toward proving that those initiatives can produce durable organic gains; high-growth businesses such as implants, biomaterials, endodontics, orthodontics, orthopedics, technology, and value-added services were already approaching half of operating income in 2025.
The quarter cleared the earnings bar, but not on sales. Non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.56 versus a published consensus of roughly $1.35, while revenue was $3.471 billion versus approximately $3.48 billion expected—essentially in line on the top line. The filing states, “Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share were $1.56 per diluted share, up 13.0% compared with the third quarter of 2025.”
| Q3 2026 | Q3 2025 | Consensus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net sales (Income Statement) | $3,471M | $3,339M | ~$3,480M |
| Non-GAAP diluted EPS (Exhibit B) | $1.56 (+13.0%) | $1.38 | ~$1.35 |
| Adjusted EBITDA (Exhibit C) | $321M (+8.8%) | $295M | ~$296M |
| Adjusted non-GAAP EPS (Exhibit D) | $1.37 (+19.1%) | $1.15 |
The underlying earnings improvement is better than the headline EPS suggests. The quarter included a $0.19-per-share tariff-refund benefit, but the prior-year comparison also included a $0.23-per-share remeasurement gain. Excluding both, adjusted EPS grew 19.1%, and Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded 40 basis points to 9.24%. That points to genuine operating leverage rather than a purely one-off accounting boost. The filing says, “Excluding these items, non-GAAP diluted EPS was $1.374 compared with $1.154 in the prior-year period, an increase of 19.1%.”
The strongest evidence of business momentum is concentrated in U.S. dental merchandise. That category grew 8.6%, driven primarily by volume, while total U.S. distribution and value-added services grew only 3.2%; global value-added services declined 4.8%. This is a meaningful share-gain signal in the core franchise, but it is not yet broad-based across every business line. The release says, “4.0% total sales growth, driven by 8.6% U.S. dental merchandise sales growth due primarily to volume from market share gains.” 〔0〕
The guidance increase strengthens the execution case, though it includes some nonrecurring help. FY2026 non-GAAP EPS guidance moved from $5.29–$5.39 to $5.50–$5.56, putting the midpoint above the roughly $5.39 consensus. Adjusted EBITDA growth was raised to high-single-digits, but the EPS outlook explicitly includes the third-quarter tariff refund; sales-growth guidance stayed unchanged at 4.5%–5.5%. The company also expects targeted fourth-quarter investments to support 2027, so the higher outlook is a mixture of better underlying performance, a realized tariff benefit, and planned investment timing. The filing states, “The updated guidance assumes no significant tariff refunds or remeasurement gains for the remainder of 2026.” 〔1〕
Bottom line: This is a real execution beat: core U.S. dental volume and margins improved, adjusted earnings substantially exceeded expectations, and full-year EPS guidance rose. The result advances Henry Schein’s turnaround and growth story, but the sales gain was only in line and part of the guidance lift reflects a tariff refund rather than recurring demand.
Sources for external expectation: published Q3 consensus estimates and FY2026 consensus cited above.
Q4 report, early 2027
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