The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-28), Henry Schein's share price is $73.13. Henry Schein's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $28.28. Hence, Henry Schein's PB Ratio of today is 2.59.
The historical rank and industry rank for Henry Schein's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
HSIC'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.15 Med: 3.12 Max: 4.17
Current: 2.59
During the past 13 years, Henry Schein's highest PB Ratio was 4.17. The lowest was 2.15. And the median was 3.12.
HSIC's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 73.91% of 92
companies
in the Medical Distribution industry
Industry Median: 1.47
vs HSIC: 2.59
During the past 12 months, Henry Schein's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Henry Schein was 451.70% per year. The lowest was -10.90% per year. And the median was 8.70% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Henry Schein PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Henry Schein's PB Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Medical Distribution subindustry, Henry Schein's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Henry Schein's PB Ratio Distribution in the Medical Distribution Industry
For the Medical Distribution industry and Healthcare sector, Henry Schein's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Henry Schein's PB Ratio falls into.
Henry Schein PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
Henry Schein's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
Henry Schein PB Ratio Related Terms
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Henry Schein Inc is a solutions company for healthcare professionals powered by a network of people and technology. The company is a provider of healthcare products and services primarily to office-based dental and medical practitioners, as well as alternate sites of care. The company operates in two reportable segments; health care distribution and technology & value-added services. The healthcare distribution segment is engaged in combining global dental and medical businesses and distributes consumable products, small equipment, laboratory products, and Vitamins. The technology and value-added services reportable segment provides software, technology & other value-added services to health care practitioners. The majority of revenue is derived from the health care distribution segment.
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