Aurora Investment Counsel Has $1.26 Million Stake in Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC)

Aurora Investment Counsel lessened its position in shares of Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC) by 3.4% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 19,671 shares of the company’s stock after selling 682 shares during the period. Aurora Investment Counsel’s holdings in Henry Schein were worth $1,261,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Empirical Finance LLC grew its holdings in shares of Henry Schein by 3.5% during the first quarter. Empirical Finance LLC now owns 4,764 shares of the company’s stock worth $360,000 after buying an additional 160 shares in the last quarter. Covestor Ltd raised its holdings in shares of Henry Schein by 12.8% in the first quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 1,511 shares of the company’s stock valued at $114,000 after purchasing an additional 171 shares during the last quarter. Simplify Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Henry Schein by 5.0% in the second quarter. Simplify Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,695 shares of the company’s stock valued at $237,000 after purchasing an additional 175 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Henry Schein by 3.2% in the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 5,680 shares of the company’s stock worth $364,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wahed Invest LLC boosted its holdings in Henry Schein by 9.2% during the fourth quarter. Wahed Invest LLC now owns 2,222 shares of the company’s stock worth $168,000 after purchasing an additional 187 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.62% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Henry Schein

In related news, SVP Lorelei Mcglynn sold 21,035 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $69.30, for a total transaction of $1,457,725.50. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 71,833 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,978,026.90. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 1.14% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

HSIC has been the topic of several recent research reports. Barrington Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $82.00 price target on shares of Henry Schein in a research note on Friday, September 20th. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $86.00 target price on shares of Henry Schein in a report on Friday, June 21st. Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on Henry Schein from $92.00 to $82.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. Baird R W raised Henry Schein from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 22nd. Finally, Evercore ISI cut their price objective on Henry Schein from $72.00 to $70.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $77.10.

Henry Schein Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of Henry Schein stock opened at $72.90 on Tuesday. Henry Schein, Inc. has a 1 year low of $60.01 and a 1 year high of $82.63. The company has a market capitalization of $9.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.63, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.86. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $70.14 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $70.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 1.55 and a quick ratio of 0.90.

Henry Schein (NASDAQ:HSIC) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 6th. The company reported $1.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.22 by $0.01. Henry Schein had a net margin of 2.82% and a return on equity of 13.19%. The company had revenue of $3.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.31 EPS. Henry Schein’s quarterly revenue was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts forecast that Henry Schein, Inc. will post 4.74 EPS for the current year.

Henry Schein Profile

Henry Schein, Inc provides health care products and services to dental practitioners, laboratories, physician practices, and ambulatory surgery centers, government, institutional health care clinics, and other alternate care clinics worldwide. It operates through two segments, Health Care Distribution, and Technology and Value-Added Services.