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Henry Schein vs Ingram Micro

HSIC and INGM side by side, both in professional and commercial equipment and supplies. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How HSIC and INGM compare

Henry Schein is the larger company, worth 1.5 times as much as Ingram Micro ($9.6B against $6.5B).

On earnings, Ingram Micro is cheaper: it trades at 14.4× trailing earnings, against 25.1× for Henry Schein.

Ingram Micro grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (14.8% versus 6.5% for Henry Schein).

Henry Schein keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 3.0% compared with 0.79% at Ingram Micro.

Ingram Micro pays a dividend yielding 0.89%; Henry Schein does not pay one.

Ingram Micro scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 6 for Henry Schein), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricHSICINGM
Size and price
Market cap$9.6B$6.5B
Share price$86.14$28.42
Change, 1 year17.6%33.6%
Change, 5 years13.1%–
Beta (5Y)0.551.26
Employees25K22K
StockData Score
Total score612 (better)
Valuation score05 (better)
Growth score2 (better)1
Performance score2 (better)1
Health score22
Dividend score03 (better)
Valuation
P/E25.1×14.4× (better)
P/S0.7×0.1× (better)
P/B3.0×1.5× (better)
EV/EBITDA13.5×7.5× (better)
P/FCF16.9× (better)42.3×
FCF yield5.9% (better)2.4%
Fair value$72.31$41.33
Margin of safety−19.1%31.2% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)6.5%14.8% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average5.4%–
Net income growth (TTM)3.6%59.6% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)10.3%61.0% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average3.0%–
Profitability
Gross margin31.3% (better)6.6%
Operating margin5.0% (better)1.8%
Net margin3.0% (better)0.79%
FCF margin4.2% (better)0.26%
Return on equity12.2% (better)10.9%
Return on invested capital8.1%9.7% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity1.100.89 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA3.282.29 (better)
Interest coverage4.3× (better)3.6×
Current ratio1.32 (better)1.31
Altman Z-score2.773.26 (better)
Piotroski F-score56 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield–0.89%
Payout ratio–17.4%
Years of dividend growth–0
Buyback yield7.6%–
Shareholder yield7.6% (better)0.89%
Ownership
Held by institutions110%103%
Held by insiders18.0%78.3%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$7.9M (better)−$1.5B
Superinvestors holding1–
Short interest, % of float10.2%12.4%

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