Henry Schein Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2023 Financial Results and Introduces 2024 Financial Guidance

MELVILLE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–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 fourth quarter and full year ended December 30, 2023. 

“We are pleased with our performance in the fourth quarter and for the full year 2023, which was in line with our expectations and reflects a solid recovery from last year’s cybersecurity incident,” said Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein. “Our fourth quarter financial results included strong growth in our Technology and Value-Added Services businesses, and in global sales of implants and biomaterials largely driven by acquisitions, and were negatively impacted by higher-than-usual acquisition-related expenses and adjustments,” Mr. Bergman said.

“The 2024 guidance we are introducing today reflects our continued confidence in the stability of the underlying markets we serve, our recovery efforts from the cybersecurity incident, and the execution of our Strategic Plan. For 2024, while we expect to have some short-term residual impact on merchandise sales from the incident, we believe we will continue to strengthen our leading market position. We are also introducing Adjusted EBITDA guidance as we believe this provides investors with an additional metric that reflects the performance of the business as we pivot to higher-growth, higher-margin products and services.” Mr. Bergman added, “We believe we are well positioned to grow the business in line with our financial goals of high-single-digit to low-double-digit operating income and earnings per share by continuing to execute on our BOLD+1 Strategic Plan.”

Fourth-Quarter 2023 Financial Results

• Total net sales for the quarter were $3.0 billion, a decrease of 10.5% compared with the fourth quarter of 2022. This reflects an internal sales decrease of 12.0%, calculated at constant foreign exchange rates, excluding sales from acquisitions, and adjusting for the extra week in 2022.
• Total net sales reflect an estimated reduction of $350 million to $400 million, or 10% to 12%, due to the cybersecurity incident.
• Fourth-quarter sales and internal sales growth are summarized below and included in detail as Exhibit A¹.

• GAAP net income² for the quarter was $18 million, or $0.13 per diluted share⁵, which includes acquisition expenses and acquisition-related adjustments⁴ of $0.05 per diluted share. Fourth-quarter 2022 GAAP net income was $47 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, which includes acquisition expenses and acquisition-related adjustments⁴ of $0.02 per diluted share.
• Non-GAAP net income² for the quarter was $86 million, or $0.66 per diluted share⁵, which includes acquisition expenses and acquisition-related adjustments⁴ of $0.05 per diluted share. Fourth-quarter 2022 non-GAAP net income was $184 million, or $1.35 per diluted share, which includes acquisition expenses and acquisition-related adjustments⁴ of $0.02 per diluted share. of the Company’s reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP net income is summarized in detail as Exhibit B.
• GAAP and non-GAAP net income were negatively impacted by an estimated $0.70 to $0.75 per diluted share, attributable to the business interruption impact and recovery from the cybersecurity incident.

Full-Year 2023 Financial Results

• Total net sales for 2023 were $12.3 billion, a decrease of 2.4% compared with 2022. This reflects an internal sales decrease of 4.4%, calculated at constant foreign exchange rates, excluding sales from acquisitions, and adjusting for the extra week in 2022. The Company’s 2023 sales and internal sales growth are summarized below and included in detail as Exhibit A¹.

• GAAP net income² for 2023 was $416 million, or $3.16 per diluted share⁵, which includes acquisition expenses and acquisition-related adjustments⁴ of $0.09 per diluted share. 2022 GAAP net income was $538 million, or $3.91 per diluted share, which includes net favorable acquisition expenses and acquisition-related adjustments⁴ of $0.02 per diluted share.
• Non-GAAP net income² for 2023 was $593 million, or $4.50 per diluted share⁵, which includes acquisition expenses and acquisition-related adjustments⁴ of $0.09 per diluted share. 2022 non-GAAP net income was $741 million, or $5.38 per diluted share, which includes net favorable acquisition expenses and acquisition-related adjustments⁴ of $0.02 per diluted share. The Company’s reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP net income is summarized in detail as Exhibit B.
• GAAP and non-GAAP net income are negatively impacted by an estimated $0.70 to $0.75 per diluted share, attributable to the business interruption impact and recovery from the cybersecurity incident.

Capital Deployment

To accelerate the implementation of its 2022-2024 BOLD+1 Strategic Plan, the Company invested $287 million in highly complementary business acquisitions during the fourth quarter of 2023 and $955 million for the full year.

During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company repurchased approximately 692,000 shares of its common stock at an average price of $72.32 per share, for a total of $50 million. The impact of the repurchase of shares on fourth-quarter diluted EPS was immaterial.

For the full year of 2023, the Company repurchased approximately 3.2 million shares of its common stock at an average price of $77.80 per share, for a total of $250 million. The impact of the repurchase of shares on the full year diluted EPS was also immaterial.

At year-end, Henry Schein had approximately $265 million authorized and available for future stock repurchases.

2024 Financial Guidance

Henry Schein today introduced financial guidance for 2024. Guidance is for current continuing operations as well as announced acquisitions and does not include the impact of future share repurchases, potential future acquisitions, restructuring and integration expenses, amortization expense of acquired intangible assets, 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, reflecting growth of 11% to 15% compared with 2023 non-GAAP diluted EPS of $4.50. This guidance reflects:
  • an estimated residual impact of the cybersecurity incident of approximately $0.15 per diluted share, which will primarily impact the first quarter, and
  • an estimated increase in the non-GAAP effective tax rate from 23% to 25%, or approximately $0.13 per diluted share.
• 2024 sales growth is expected to be approximately 8% to 12% over 2023, and reflects the expected merchandise sales recovery subsequent to the cybersecurity incident, and sales from the acquisitions completed in 2023.
• 2024 Adjusted EBITDA³ is expected to increase by more than 15%.

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 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 and certain expenses directly associated with the cybersecurity incident, 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.

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 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.

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