Henry Schein Reports Record First-Quarter 2022 Financial Results

• Total first-quarter 2022 net sales of $3.2 billion up 8.7% compared with first-quarter 2021
• GAAP diluted EPS of $1.30 compared with first-quarter 2021 GAAP diluted EPS of $1.16 and first-quarter 2021 non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.24
• Affirms full-year 2022 GAAP diluted EPS guidance of $4.75 to $4.91, reflecting growth of 7% to 10% over full-year 2021 GAAP diluted EPS and growth of 5% to 9% over full-year 2021 non-GAAP diluted EPS

Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC), the world’s largest provider of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners, today reported record first-quarter financial results.

“2022 is off to a strong start with record first-quarter financial results as we successfully execute on our new 2022-2024 strategic plan,” said Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein. “We are affirming our full-year 2022 GAAP diluted EPS guidance of $4.75 to $4.91, reflecting the solid growth and stability of our businesses.”

“First-quarter growth in our dental business was driven by strong global equipment sales as dentists continued to invest in their practices, and consumable merchandise sales recovered well during the second half of the quarter,” said Mr. Bergman. “In North America, we believe consumable merchandise sales were impacted by lower patient traffic in January as a result of COVID-19 but were progressively stronger in February and March. Our international consumable merchandise sales were impacted by similar trends as in North America.

“Global Medical sales were excellent as we achieved further penetration into existing customer accounts. Internal sales growth in local currencies, excluding personal protective equipment (PPE) and COVID-19 related products, continued to be strong.

“Growth within Henry Schein One continues to be driven primarily by a recovery in patient traffic to dental offices, which generates demand for our revenue cycle management solutions, and from cloud-based solutions that create flexible, scalable services to drive greater efficiency and engagement,” said Mr. Bergman.

First-Quarter Results

• Total net sales for the quarter ended March 26, 2022, were $3.2 billion, up 8.7% compared with the first quarter of 2021. The 8.7% increase included 7.7% internal growth in local currencies, 2.4% growth from acquisitions and a 1.4% decline related to foreign currency exchange. (See Exhibit A for details of sales growth.) First-quarter internal sales growth in local currencies when excluding sales of PPE and COVID-19 related products was 8.9% compared with the prior year.
• GAAP net income attributable to Henry Schein, Inc. for the first quarter of 2022 was $181 million, or $1.30 per diluted share, compared with first-quarter 2021 GAAP net income attributable to Henry Schein, Inc. of $166 million, or $1.16 per diluted share, and first-quarter 2021 non-GAAP net income attributable to Henry Schein, Inc. of $178 million, or $1.24 per diluted share. (See Exhibit B for a reconciliation of GAAP net income and diluted EPS to non-GAAP net income and diluted EPS.)
• Global Dental sales for the first quarter of 2022 of $1.8 billion increased 2.2% compared with the prior-year period. Internally generated sales in local currencies increased 3.5% with 0.9% growth from acquisitions and a 2.2% decline related to foreign currency exchange. The 3.5% internal growth in local currencies included growth of 4.8% in North America and 1.8% internationally.
  • Global Dental consumable merchandise internal sales growth was 1.3% in local currencies. Excluding sales of PPE and COVID-19 related products, internal sales growth in local currencies was 4.7%. Global Dental equipment internal sales growth was 11.9% in local currencies.
    • North America dental consumable merchandise internal sales in local currencies increased 2.6%, or 7.3% when excluding sales of PPE and COVID-19 related products. North America dental equipment internal sales in local currencies increased 13.2%.
    • Internationally, dental consumable merchandise internal sales in local currencies decreased 0.5% and increased 1.3% when excluding sales of PPE and COVID-19 related products. International dental equipment internal sales in local currencies increased 10.1%.
• Global Medical sales for the first quarter of 2022 of $1.2 billion increased 18.3% compared with the comparable period last year. Internally generated sales in local currencies increased 14.7% as Henry Schein achieved further penetration into existing accounts, with 3.8% growth from acquisitions and a 0.2% decline related to foreign currency exchange. While this growth was bolstered by sales of COVID-19 test kits, internal sales in local currencies increased 14.5% when excluding sales of PPE and COVID-19 related products.
• Global Technology and Value-Added Services sales of $179 million, driven by the strength of Henry Schein One, increased 23.4% compared with the prior-year quarter and included 11.1% internal sales growth in local currencies, 13.0% growth from acquisitions, and a 0.7% decline related to foreign currency exchange.

Stock Repurchase Plan

During the first quarter of 2022, the Company did not repurchase any shares of its common stock. At quarter-end, Henry Schein had approximately $200 million authorized and available for future share repurchases.

Financial Guidance

Henry Schein today affirms guidance for 2022 GAAP diluted EPS. Financial guidance is as follows:

• 2022 GAAP diluted EPS attributable to Henry Schein, Inc. is expected to be $4.75 to $4.91, reflecting growth of 7% to 10% compared with 2021 GAAP diluted EPS of $4.45 and growth of 5% to 9% compared with 2021 non-GAAP diluted EPS of $4.52.
  
  
  
  
• 2022 full year sales growth is expected to be approximately 5% to 8% over 2021. This compares with previously communicated expected growth of 6% to 8% over 2021 and primarily reflects the latest foreign exchange rates and a decrease in sales of COVID-19 test kits.

• Guidance for 2022 GAAP diluted EPS and sales growth is for completed or previously announced acquisitions and does not include the impact of future share repurchases, potential future acquisitions or restructuring expenses, if any. Guidance also assumes that foreign currency exchange rates will remain generally consistent with current levels, that end markets will remain stable and are consistent with current market conditions, and that there are no material adverse market changes associated with COVID-19.

First-Quarter 2022 Conference Call Webcast

The Company will hold a conference call to discuss first-quarter 2022 financial results today, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. Individual investors are invited to listen to the conference call through Henry Schein’s website by visiting www.henryschein.com/IRwebcasts. In addition, a replay will be available beginning shortly after the call has ended for a period of one week.

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 nearly 22,000 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 120,000 branded products and Henry Schein private-brand products in stock, as well as more than 180,000 additional products available as special-order items.

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 32 countries and territories. The Company's sales reached $12.4 billion in 2021, and have grown at a compound annual rate of approximately 12.5 percent since Henry Schein became a public company in 1995.

For more information, visit Henry Schein at www.henryschein.com, Facebook.com/HenrySchein, Instagram.com/HenrySchein, and Twitter.com/HenrySchein.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

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 include EPS guidance and 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. A fuller discussion of our operations, financial condition and status of litigation matters, including factors that may affect our business and future prospects, is contained in documents we have filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, and will be contained in all 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. Forward looking statements include the overall impact of the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the Company, its results of operations, liquidity and financial condition (including any estimates of the impact on these items), the rate and consistency with which dental and other practices resume or maintain normal operations in the United States and internationally, expectations regarding PPE and COVID-19 related product sales and inventory levels, whether additional resurgences or variants of the virus will adversely impact the resumption of normal operations, whether vaccine mandates will adversely impact the Company (by disrupting our workforce and/or business), whether supply chain disruptions will adversely impact our business, the impact of restructuring programs as well as of any future acquisitions, and more generally current expectations regarding performance in current and future periods. Forward looking statements also include the (i) ability of the Company to have continued access to a variety of COVID-19 test types, expectations regarding COVID-19 test sales, demand and inventory levels, as well as the efficacy or relative efficacy of the test results given that the test efficacy has not been, or will not have been, independently verified under normal FDA procedures and (ii) potential for the Company to distribute the COVID-19 vaccines and ancillary supplies.

Risk factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current and historical results include, but are not limited to: risks associated with COVID-19 and any variants thereof, as well as other disease outbreaks, epidemics, pandemics, or similar wide-spread public health concerns and other natural disasters; our dependence on third parties for the manufacture and supply of our products; our ability to develop or acquire and maintain and protect new products (particularly technology products) and technologies that achieve market acceptance with acceptable margins; transitional challenges associated with acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures, including the failure to achieve anticipated synergies/benefits; financial and tax risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures; certain provisions in our governing documents that may discourage third-party acquisitions of us; effects of a highly competitive (including, without limitation, competition from third-party online commerce sites) and consolidating market; the repeal or judicial prohibition on implementation of the Affordable Care Act; changes in 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; general global macro-economic and political conditions, including international trade agreements, potential trade barriers and terrorism; failure to comply with existing and future regulatory requirements; 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; risks related to product liability, intellectual property and other claims; litigation risks; new or unanticipated litigation developments and the status of litigation matters; risks associated with customs policies or legislative import restrictions; cyberattacks or other privacy or data security breaches; risks associated with our global operations; our dependence on our senior management, employee hiring and retention, 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.

Included within the press release are non-GAAP financial measures that supplement the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income prepared under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). These non-GAAP financial measures adjust the Company’s actual results prepared under GAAP to exclude certain items. In the schedules attached to the press release, the non-GAAP measures have been reconciled to and should be considered together with the Consolidated Statements of Income. Management believes that non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business, enable comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in operating our business. These non-GAAP financial measures are presented solely for informational and comparative purposes and should not be regarded as a replacement for corresponding, similarly captioned, GAAP measures.

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Management believes that non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business, enable comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in operating our business. These non-GAAP financial measures are presented solely for informational and comparative purposes and should not be regarded as a replacement for corresponding, similarly captioned, GAAP measures.

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“2022 is off to a strong start with record first-quarter financial results. We are affirming our full-year 2022 GAAP diluted EPS guidance of $4.75 to $4.91, reflecting the solid growth and stability of our businesses,” said Stanley Bergman, Chairman & CEO.