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.
Internal Growth/(Decrease)1
Global Technology and Value-Added Services
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.
Global Technology and Value-Added Services
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.
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.
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.
See Exhibit A for details of sales growth. Internal sales growth is calculated from total net sales using constant foreign exchange rates, excluding sales for acquisitions, and adjusting for the extra week in 2022.
See Exhibit B for a reconciliation of GAAP net income and diluted EPS to non-GAAP net income and diluted EPS.
See Exhibit C for Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter and full-year 2023. The Company will calculate full-year 2024 Adjusted EBITDA in the same manner.
See Exhibit D for details of acquisition expense and acquisition-related adjustments included in GAAP and non-GAAP net income.
Fourth-Quarter 2023 Conference Call Webcast
The Company will hold a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 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.
The Company will be posting slides that provide a summary of its fourth-quarter 2023 financial results on its website at https://www.henryschein.com/us-en/Corporate/investor-presentations.aspx.
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. 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 and Adjusted EBITDA 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.
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; 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, 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; 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; 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 and domestic macro-economic and political conditions, including inflation, deflation, recession, ongoing wars, fluctuations in energy pricing and the value of the U.S. dollar as compared to foreign currencies, and changes to other economic indicators, international trade agreements, potential trade barriers and terrorism; geopolitical wars; 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; 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; litigation risks; new or unanticipated litigation developments and the status of litigation matters; 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 except as required by law.
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. The impact of certain items that are excluded include integration and restructuring costs, and amortization of acquisition-related assets, because the amount and timing of such charges are significantly impacted by the timing, size, number and nature of the acquisitions we consummate and occur on an unpredictable basis. 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.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in millions, except share and per share data)
Selling, general and administrative
Depreciation and amortization
Restructuring and integration costs
Income before taxes, equity in earnings of affiliates
and noncontrolling interests
Equity in earnings of affiliates, net of tax
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Note: Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in millions, except share data)
Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $83 and $65
Prepaid expenses and other
Property and equipment, net
Operating lease right-of-use assets
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current maturities of long-term debt
Operating lease liabilities
Total current liabilities
Operating lease liabilities
Redeemable noncontrolling interests
Commitments and contingencies
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized,
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 480,000,000 shares authorized,
129,247,765 outstanding on December 30, 2023 and
131,792,817 outstanding on December 31, 2022
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Total stockholders' equity
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and stockholders' equity
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Cash flows from operating activities:
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
Impairment charge on intangible assets
Impairment of capitalized software
Non-cash restructuring charges
Stock-based compensation expense
Provision for losses on trade and other accounts receivable
Benefit from deferred income taxes
Equity in earnings of affiliates
Distributions from equity affiliates
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment
Payments related to equity investments and business acquisitions,
Proceeds from loan to affiliate
Settlements for net investment hedges
Capitalized software costs
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net change in bank credit lines
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
Principal payments for long-term debt
Proceeds from issuance of stock upon exercise of stock options
Payments for repurchases and retirement of common stock
Payments for taxes related to shares withheld for employee taxes
Distributions to noncontrolling shareholders
Acquisitions of noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
Note: Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
Exhibit A - Fourth Quarter Sales
Total Health Care Distribution
Technology and Value-Added Services
Total Health Care Distribution
Technology and Value-Added Services
Total Health Care Distribution
Technology and Value-Added Services
Note: Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
Exhibit A - Year-to-Date Sales
Full Year 2023 over Full Year 2022
Total Health Care Distribution
Technology and Value-Added Services
Total Health Care Distribution
Technology and Value-Added Services
Total Health Care Distribution
Technology and Value-Added Services
Note: Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
2023 Fourth Quarter and Full Year
Reconciliation of reported GAAP net income and diluted EPS attributable to Henry Schein, Inc. (in millions, except per share data)
Restructuring and integration costs, net of tax and noncontrolling interests (1)
Acquisition intangible amortization, net of tax and noncontrolling interests (2)
Cybersecurity incident-professional and other fees, net of tax (3)
Impairment of capitalized assets, net of tax (4)
Impairment of intangible assets, net of taxes and noncontrolling interests (5)
Non-GAAP adjustments to net 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. Net income growth rates are based on actual values and may not recalculate due to rounding. Amounts may not sum due to rounding.
Restructuring and Integration Costs
The following table presents details of our restructuring and integration costs:
Restructuring and integration costs - pre-tax, as reported
Amount attributable to noncontrolling interests
Restructuring and integration costs, net
Q4 2023 restructuring costs primarily consisted of employee severance and costs related to the exit of facilities.
Acquisition Intangible Amortization
The following table presents details of amortization of acquired intangible assets:
Acquisition intangible amortization - pre-tax, as reported
Amount attributable to noncontrolling interests
Acquisition intangible amortization, net
Represents one time professional and other fees of $11 million ($8 million, net of taxes) related to our Q4 2023 cybersecurity incident.
Represents impairment of certain capitalized asset costs of $27 million ($19 million, net of taxes) recorded during Q4 2023.
The following table presents details of impairment charges recorded in relation to certain intangible assets:
Fourth Quarter and Full Year
Impairment charges - pre-tax, as reported
Amount attributable to noncontrolling interests
2023 Fourth Quarter and Full Year
Reconciliation of reported GAAP net income to Adjusted EBITDA
Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
Definitional adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization
Restructuring and integration costs
Cybersecurity incident-professional and other fees
Impairment of capitalized assets
Impairment of intangible assets
Equity in earnings of affiliates, net of tax
Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure that we calculate in the manner reflected on Exhibit C. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income, excluding (i) net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, (ii) interest income and expense, (iii) income taxes, (iv) depreciation and amortization, (v) restructuring and integration costs, (vi) cybersecurity incident-professional and other fees, (vii) impairment of certain capitalized assets, (viii) impairment of certain intangible assets, and (ix) equity in earnings of affiliates. Amounts may not sum due to rounding.
Acquisition Expenses and Acquisition-Related Adjustments
(in millions, except per share data)
Acquisition-Related Fair Value Adjustments**
Acquisition-Related Fair Value Adjustments**
* Acquisition expenses include direct costs of acquisitions (primarily third-party professional fees).
** Net acquisition-related fair value adjustments include remeasurement gain resulting from the purchase of a controlling interest of a previously held equity investment, impact from non-cash assets step-up adjustments and fair value adjustments to contingent considerations.