Henry Schein, Inc. (HSIC) Stock Price & Analysis
Market: NASDAQ • Sector: Healthcare • Industry: Medical - Distribution
Henry Schein, Inc. (HSIC) Profile & Business Summary
Henry Schein, Inc. provides health care products and services to dental practitioners and laboratories, physician practices, 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. The Health Care Distribution segment offers dental products, including infection-control products, handpieces, preventatives, impression materials, composites, anesthetics, teeth, dental implants, gypsum, acrylics, articulators, abrasives, dental chairs, delivery units and lights, X-ray supplies and equipment, personal protective equipment, and high-tech and digital restoration equipment, as well as equipment repair services. This segment also provides medical products comprising branded and generic pharmaceuticals, vaccines, surgical products, diagnostic tests, infection-control products, X-ray products, equipment, and vitamins. The Technology and Value-Added Services segment offers software, technology, and other value-added services that include practice management software systems for dental and medical practitioners. This segment also provides value-added practice solutions, which comprise financial services on a non-recourse basis, e-services, practice technology, network, and hardware services, as well as continuing education services for practitioners, and consulting and other services. Henry Schein, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.
Key Information
| Ticker | HSIC |
|---|---|
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Official Site | https://www.henryschein.com |
Market Trend Overview for HSIC
One model, two time views: what the market looks like right now, and where the larger trend is heading over time.
SRE (WhaleQuant Structural Regime Engine) SRE evaluates how price structure evolves across daily and weekly timeframes to define the prevailing market regime. Beyond identifying trends, consolidations, and exhaustion phases, it distinguishes between raw structural strength and deployable participation quality. The model dynamically adjusts for structural context and extension risk, assessing whether conditions are supportive, stretched, fragile, or structurally impaired. Its purpose is not to forecast precise price levels, but to determine whether risk deployment is aligned with underlying market structure.
Longer-Term Market Trend (Mid to Long Term)
Shows the bigger market trend, how strong it is, and where risks may start to build over the next few weeks or months. — Updated as of 2026-08-17 (ET)
As of 2026-08-17, HSIC is moving sideways without a clear direction. Over the longer term, the trend remains bullish.
HSIC last closed at 89.52. The price is about 0.6 ATR above its recent average price (88.09), and the market is currently in a sideways market without a clear direction. Price at 89.52 is moving between minor support near 83.57 and minor resistance near 91.54. Direction remains unclear. View Support & Resistance from Options
The market is moving sideways, with no clear direction. Both upside and downside risks remain in play.
Trend score: 35 out of 100. Overall alignment is unclear. The market is currently in a sideways market without a clear direction. The longer-term trend is still positive, but short-term signals are not yet confirming it.
A key downside risk boundary is near 81.60. If price falls below this area, the current structure would likely weaken further.
A systematic trend-activation signal was most recently triggered on 2026-05-22, reflecting a technical shift toward positive directional alignment.
[2026-08-11] Price moved quickly and looked strong, but participation was limited.
Price continues to move lower, yet selling efficiency has weakened as effort rises. This pattern is often observed near late-stage declines, where downside momentum may be losing effectiveness.
There was no clear sign of meaningful positions being carried into the overnight session.
The model sees a credible bullish edge, with 62.5% upside probability, strong signal alignment, and reward/risk that remains meaningfully favorable.
Up probability is 62.5%, with predictability at 65% and signal agreement at 86%. Reversal risk is 15%, while reward/risk stands at 0.32. That suggests the directional case is supported by broad confirmation and still retains usable quality.
NOTE: This next-day up/down probability forecast module is still being tested for accuracy. Please do not rely on it for investment decisions. The model does not account for black swan events or company-specific fundamental news, and its estimates are based solely on technical conditions, capital flow, and market sentiment. View forecast history
This estimate uses 1-minute price, volume, and VWAP data from the last 18 trading days, with turnover-based decay. The sample period is 2026-07-23 to 2026-08-17. The current price is 89.52, 2.04% above the estimated average cost of 87.73. An estimated 74.7% of recent positioning is below the current price, while 24.7% is above it. The peak-density price is 85.72. The largest concentrated cost region is 88.97 to 90.23 and contains 31.8% of the estimated distribution. The current price is within the 88.97 to 90.23 cost region. The nearest region below the current price is 88.85 to 88.87. The nearest region above the current price is 90.27 to 90.29.
Short Interest & Covering Risk for HSIC
This analysis looks at overall short interest positioning, focusing on the broader setup rather than short-term noise.
Shows how likely a short squeeze may be under current market conditions.
Short Exposure Percentile
Short interest is within its typical range, with no clear imbalance between buyers and sellers. (Historical percentile: 56%)
Structure Analysis
HSIC Short positioning looks normal. Current days to cover is 4.7 trading days, meaning short positions could unwind at a normal pace. Short covering is likely to have a normal impact on price moves. No meaningful structural fragility is currently detected (Fragility Score 0/100, DTC percentile 50%) as price consolidates near recent highs (20D return 3.9%).
Risk Summary
No clear bull trap characteristics detected. Recent price behavior remains broadly consistent with current positioning.This reading helps confirm that current price action remains structurally healthy and does not indicate elevated trap risk.
Why Price Reactions May Be Stronger?
Adaptive thresholds applied to liquidity weakness, near-high detection, and compression sensitivity. As a result, similar news or market events could lead to price moves about 1× larger than usual.
Note:
Short interest data is reported every two weeks by
FINRA.
The most recent snapshot is
2026-07-31 (ET).
Because this data updates slowly, it is not intended to predict short-term price moves. Instead, it helps describe longer-term market structure and where pressure may be building if prices begin to move.