Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call February 27, 2024 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Graham Stanley – Vice President, Investor Relations and Strategic Financial Project Officer

Stanley Bergman – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Ron South – Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Elizabeth Anderson – Evercore ISI

Jason Bednar – Piper Sandler

John Stansel – JPMorgan Chase & Company

Jon Block – Stifel

Jeff Johnson – Baird

Michael Cherny – Leerink Partners

Nathan Rich – Goldman Sachs

Justin Lin – William Blair

Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Henry Schein’s Fourth Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this call is being recorded.

And I would now like to introduce your host for today’s call, Graham Stanley, Henry Schein’s Vice President of Investor Relations and Strategic Financial Project Officer. Thank you. Please go ahead, Graham.

Graham Stanley

Thank you, operator, and my thanks to each of you for joining us to discuss Henry Schein’s financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2023. With me on today’s call are Stanley Bergman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein; and Ron South, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Before we begin, I’d like to state that certain comments made during this call will include information that’s forward-looking. Risks and uncertainties involved in the company’s business may affect the matters referred to in forward-looking statements and the company’s performance may materially differ from those expressed in or indicated by such statements.

These forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in Henry Schein’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and included in the Risk Factors section of those filings. In addition, all comments about the markets we serve, including end market growth rates and market share are based upon the company’s internal analysis and estimates.

Today’s remarks will include both GAAP and non-GAAP financial results. We believe the non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business, enable the comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independently 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 GAAP measures. Reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP measures are included in Exhibit B of today’s press release and can be found in the Financials and Filings section of our Investor Relations website under the Supplemental Information heading. For additional information, please refer to our quarterly earnings presentation also posted on our Investor Relations website.