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Henry Schein, Inc
(NASDAQ:HSIC) 

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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 in two segments, Health Care Distribution, and Technology and Value-Adde...

Founded: 1932
Full Time Employees: 19,000
Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Medical Distribution

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      net sales
    3,330,522,000 3,178,315,000 2,967,223,000 2,840,146,000 1,684,399,000 2,428,871,000 2,668,941,000 2,508,767,000 2,447,827,000                    1,944,700,250 2,685,835,000 2,629,320,000 2,463,646,000 1,917,323,500 2,623,729,000 2,615,406,000 2,430,159,000 2,526,370,000 2,348,956,000 2,391,810,000 2,293,511,000 2,408,438,000 2,231,058,000 2,201,452,000 2,099,019,000 2,340,148,000 2,111,693,000 2,130,640,000 1,947,761,000 2,023,568,000 1,893,511,000 1,849,401,000 1,760,310,000 1,786,081,000 1,659,433,000 1,611,006,000 1,488,605,000 1,573,507,000 1,650,771,000 1,644,977,000 1,525,619,000 1,717,470,000 1,505,575,000 1,387,017,000 1,334,143,000 1,498,936,000 1,272,020,000 1,220,360,000 1,161,781,000 1,343,141,000 1,125,363,000 1,141,620,000 1,101,410,000 1,194,320,000 1,033,625,000 945,690,000 886,631,000  
      yoy
    97.73% 30.86% 11.18% 13.21% -31.19%                        1.43% 2.37% 0.53% 1.38% -24.11% 11.70% 9.35% 5.96% 4.90% 5.28% 8.65% 9.27% 2.92% 5.65% 3.32% 7.77% 15.64% 11.52% 15.21% 10.65% 13.30% 14.11% 14.80% 18.25% 13.51% 0.52% -2.07% -2.43% -8.38% 9.64% 18.60% 14.35% 14.58% 18.36% 13.66% 14.84% 11.60% 13.03% 6.90% 5.48% 12.46% 8.88% 20.72% 24.22%      
      qoq
    4.79% 7.11% 4.47% 68.61% -30.65% -8.99% 6.38% 2.49%                     -27.59% 2.15% 6.72% 28.49% -26.92% 0.32% 7.62% -3.81% 7.55% -1.79% 4.29% -4.77% 7.95% 1.34% 4.88% -10.30% 10.82% -0.89% 9.39% -3.75% 6.87% 2.39% 5.06% -1.44% 7.63% 3.01% 8.22% -5.40% -4.68% 0.35% 7.82% -11.17% 14.07% 8.55% 3.96% -10.99% 17.84% 4.23% 5.04% -13.50% 19.35% -1.42% 3.65% -7.78% 15.55% 9.30% 6.66%   
      cost of sales
    2,351,018,000 2,266,170,000 2,077,472,000 2,085,847,000 1,230,105,000 1,682,832,000 1,858,343,000 1,747,600,000 1,680,396,000                    1,391,455,000 1,936,927,000 1,878,642,000 1,750,251,000 1,380,610,750 1,902,063,000 1,886,934,000 1,733,446,000 1,269,445,750 1,709,309,000 1,721,954,000 1,646,520,000 1,744,943,000 1,622,014,000 1,577,057,000 1,488,440,000 1,687,559,000 1,524,273,000 1,518,416,000 1,381,939,000 1,448,825,000 1,356,055,000 1,303,757,000 1,247,277,000 1,259,809,000 1,183,166,000 1,132,494,000 1,047,595,000 1,107,198,000 1,172,190,000 1,156,562,000 1,074,386,000 1,233,339,000 1,076,245,000 973,240,000 941,170,000 1,076,949,000 911,014,000 860,900,000 824,179,000 965,666,000 808,632,000 817,208,000 795,223,000 874,484,000 759,597,000 693,975,000 655,804,000  
      operating expenses:
                                                                                 
      selling, general and administrative
    774,364,000 701,499,000 678,801,000 559,636,000 445,793,000 567,387,000 615,323,000 574,771,000 593,218,000                    414,295,000 551,588,000 560,426,000 545,166,000 408,662,750 547,578,000 547,628,000 539,445,000 366,580,750 479,170,000 493,791,000 493,362,000 482,153,000 459,422,000 466,333,000 465,452,000 489,216,000 444,159,000 461,009,000 441,522,000 432,745,000 400,088,000 407,638,000 396,989,000 389,653,000 362,382,000 356,202,000 346,080,000 337,328,000 363,303,000 375,058,000 366,006,000 359,145,000 332,630,000 322,925,000 319,074,000 317,431,000 298,331,000 282,712,000 276,684,000 288,240,000 253,593,000 253,948,000 248,982,000 269,789,000 220,873,000 188,130,000 184,527,000  
      restructuring costs
    4,579,000 -175,000 604,000 6,992,000 15,934,000 4,787,000 -1,059,000 -802,000 11,925,000                    5,630,500 8,438,000 7,222,000 6,862,000           3,360,000 11,832,000        12,285,000 -1,023,000   4,043,000                      
      other income:
                                                                                 
      interest income
    1,702,000 1,409,000 1,357,000 2,294,000 1,997,000 3,190,000 3,389,000 3,943,000 3,654,000                    2,460,250 3,129,000 3,257,000 3,455,000 2,580,750 3,452,000 3,416,000 3,455,000 2,436,000 3,236,000 3,303,000 3,205,000 3,172,000 3,283,000 3,609,000 3,330,000 3,638,000 3,830,000 4,192,000 3,933,000 3,780,000 3,422,000 3,508,000 3,388,000 2,305,000 2,387,000 2,486,000 2,801,000 3,054,250 4,260,000 3,974,000 3,983,000 3,765,000 4,378,000 4,269,000 4,138,000 4,412,000 3,503,000 3,969,000 4,556,000 2,846,000 1,941,000 1,980,000 2,028,000 1,683,000 1,684,000 2,451,000 2,216,000  
      interest expense
    -8,189,000 -6,550,000 -6,376,000 -11,111,000 -10,486,000 -7,812,000 -9,333,000 -12,373,000 -12,785,000                    -4,712,500 -6,297,000 -6,290,000 -6,263,000 -4,302,000 -6,280,000 -5,670,000 -5,258,000 -5,667,000 -5,051,000 -4,890,000 -12,727,000 -8,243,000 -7,308,000 -7,711,000 -7,640,000 -7,577,000 -6,813,000 -7,902,000 -8,085,000 -7,545,000 -7,824,000 -9,185,000 -9,087,000 -5,041,000 -5,171,000 -6,467,000 -6,814,000 -5,760,000 -7,933,000 -8,205,000 -6,902,000 -6,796,000 -6,216,000 -6,223,000 -6,004,000 -6,563,000 -6,541,000 -7,302,000 -7,394,000 -7,222,000 -6,977,000 -5,227,000 -6,371,000 -5,748,000 -6,251,000 -3,114,000 -3,002,000  
      other
    -1,025,000 403,000 354,000 -1,699,000 -291,000 -220,000 -907,000 -177,000 -1,416,000                    -83,500 -277,000 -177,000 120,000 1,032,000 -484,000 1,032,000 3,580,000 214,750 1,263,000 -34,000 -370,000 392,000 988,000 830,000 525,000 629,000 232,000 758,000 323,000 59,000 29,000 474,000 -115,000 431,000 1,938,000 -272,000 -17,000 -1,366,250 -4,791,000 -291,000 -383,000 288,000 3,917,000 547,000 -117,000 -115,000 2,298,000 -339,000 221,000 744,000 1,028,000 -228,000 -341,000 -83,000 120,000 180,000 151,000  
      income taxes
    -43,361,000 -49,276,000  -29,005,000  -37,910,000 -42,189,000 -41,964,000 -35,880,000                    -38,035,750 -49,232,000 -53,784,000 -49,127,000 -39,061,750 -51,302,000 -55,322,000 -49,623,000 -55,604,000 -34,660,000 -54,775,000 -45,852,000 -54,108,000 -44,709,000 -47,201,000 -41,840,000 -49,458,000 -44,261,000 -47,340,000 -39,153,000 -44,184,000 -42,226,000 -41,435,000 -32,224,000 -44,119,000 -15,864,000 -38,841,000 -28,922,000 -24,925,750 -34,713,000 -37,135,000 -27,855,000 -39,974,000 -33,682,000 -30,636,000 -25,530,000 -35,904,000 -21,715,000 -26,379,000 -21,222,000          
      equity in earnings of affiliates
    2,459,000 5,349,000 6,323,000 3,663,000 1,411,000 2,734,000 3,129,000 6,585,000 5,556,000                    2,697,750 5,191,000 3,572,000 2,028,000 2,071,250 4,762,000 2,817,000 706,000 3,985,000 3,642,000 1,766,000 801,000 -840,000 3,434,000 3,073,000 1,391,000 5,216,000 4,559,000 4,133,000 1,653,000 3,118,000 3,721,000 1,795,000 1,531,000 1,466,000 1,200,000 1,212,000 1,365,000   908,000 1,510,000 -171,750 -182,000  23,000 254,000 246,000 227,000 108,000 313,000 79,000 248,000 187,000 368,000 746,000 300,000 285,000  
      gain on sale of equity investment
    1,829,500 7,318,000                                                                            
      net income from continuing operations
    152,147,000 169,474,000 163,977,000 151,813,000 -13,852,000 133,847,000 337,192,000 143,212,000 121,417,000                                                                29,550,000 31,504,000    
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
       -29,000 585,000                                                678,750 2,373,000                        
      net income
    152,147,000 169,474,000 163,977,000 151,784,000 -13,267,000 133,565,000 336,445,000 148,853,000 119,196,000                    95,646,000 141,396,000 129,608,000 111,580,000 90,370,250 124,236,000 127,117,000 110,128,000 134,969,000 116,372,000 121,435,000 98,686,000 121,715,000 105,310,000 107,302,000 89,061,000 115,821,000 100,808,000 105,056,000 82,971,000 97,226,000 94,490,000 93,163,000 67,252,000 92,684,000 100,748,000 80,428,000 59,300,000 56,911,000 68,425,000 65,477,000 52,330,000 78,269,000 59,573,000 33,837,000 43,494,000 62,997,000 39,285,000 45,218,000 16,259,000 51,700,000 26,427,000 39,974,000 33,225,000 29,550,000 31,504,000 38,736,000 28,393,000  
      yoy
    -1246.81% 26.89% -51.26% 1.97% -111.13%                        5.84% 13.81% 1.96% 1.32% -33.04% 6.76% 4.68% 11.59% 10.89% 10.50% 13.17% 10.81% 5.09% 4.47% 2.14% 7.34% 19.13% 6.69% 12.77% 23.37% 4.90% -6.21% 15.83% 13.41% 62.86% 47.24% 22.83% 13.32% -27.29% 14.86% 93.51% 20.32% 24.24% 51.64% -25.17% 167.51% 21.85% 48.65% 13.12% -51.06% 74.96% -16.12% 3.20% 17.02%      
      qoq
    -10.22% 3.35% 8.03% -1244.07% -109.93% -60.30% 126.03% 24.88%                     -32.36% 9.10% 16.16% 23.47% -27.26% -2.27% 15.43% -18.40% 15.98% -4.17% 23.05% -18.92% 15.58% -1.86% 20.48% -23.10% 14.89% -4.04% 26.62% -14.66% 2.90% 1.42% 38.53% -27.44% -8.00% 25.26% 35.63% 4.20% -16.83% 4.50% 25.12% -33.14% 31.38% 76.06% -22.20% -30.96% 60.36% -13.12% 178.11% -68.55% 95.63% -33.89% 20.31% 12.44% -6.20% -18.67% 36.43%   
      net income margin %
    4.57% 5.33% 5.53% 5.34% -0.79% 5.50% 12.61% 5.93% 4.87% NaN%  NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% 4.92% 5.26% 4.93% 4.53% 4.71% 4.74% 4.86% 4.53% 5.34% 4.95% 5.08% 4.30% 5.05% 4.72% 4.87% 4.24% 4.95% 4.77% 4.93% 4.26% 4.80% 4.99% 5.04% 3.82% 5.19% 6.07% 4.99% 3.98% 3.62% 4.15% 3.98% 3.43% 4.56% 3.96% 2.44% 3.26% 4.20% 3.09% 3.71% 1.40% 3.85% 2.35% 3.50% 3.02% 2.47% 3.05% 4.10% 3.20%  
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    -4,914,000 -7,188,000  -10,087,000  -3,304,000 -6,583,000 -8,296,000 -4,664,000                    -8,368,500 -13,661,000 -11,680,000 -8,133,000 -7,092,500 -9,460,000 -10,881,000 -8,029,000 -7,301,750 -8,994,000 -13,005,000 -7,208,000 -9,248,000 -8,539,000 -9,216,000 -8,309,000 -11,091,000 -8,847,000 -10,581,000 -6,476,000 -4,231,000 -6,597,000 -9,162,000 -6,352,000 -6,276,000 -4,327,000 -6,955,000 -4,449,000                      
      net income attributable to henry schein, inc.
    147,233,000 162,286,000 155,716,000 141,697,000 -10,797,000 130,261,000 329,862,000 140,557,000 114,532,000                    87,277,500 127,735,000 117,928,000 103,447,000 83,277,750 114,776,000 116,236,000 102,099,000 124,268,000 107,378,000 108,430,000 91,478,000 112,467,000 96,771,000 98,086,000 80,752,000 104,730,000 91,961,000 94,475,000 76,495,000 92,995,000 87,893,000 84,001,000 60,900,000 86,408,000 96,421,000 73,473,000 54,851,000                      
      amounts attributable to henry schein inc.:
                                                                                 
      continuing operations
    147,233,000 162,286,000 155,716,000 141,726,000 -11,382,000 130,543,000 330,609,000 134,916,000 116,753,000                                                                     
      discontinued operations
       -29,000 585,000 -282,000 -747,000 5,641,000 -2,221,000                                                                     
      earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to henry schein, inc.:
                                                                                 
      basic
    1.07 1.16 1.11 -0.08 0.91 2.21 0.92 0.79                    1.05 1.54 1.42 1.24 0.985 1.36 1.37 1.2 0.89 1.25 1.26 1.06 1.3 1.11 1.11 0.92 0.725 1.02 1.04 0.84         0.523 0.77 0.73 0.59 0.88 0.67  0.49 0.71 0.44 0.51 0.19 0.59 0.3 0.46 0.38      
      diluted
    1.05 1.15 1.1 0.99 -0.08 0.91 2.18 0.91 0.78                    1.035 1.52 1.4 1.22 0.97 1.34 1.35 1.18 0.873 1.23 1.23 1.03 1.26 1.08 1.08 0.89 0.705 0.99 1.01 0.82         0.508 0.75 0.71 0.57 0.85 0.65  0.48 0.69 0.44 0.5 0.18 0.58 0.29 0.45 0.37      
      earnings per share from discontinued operations attributable to henry schein, inc.:
                                                                                 
      earnings per share attributable to henry schein, inc.:
                                                                                 
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                 
      basic
    140,091 139,377 140,358 142,362 142,350 142,967 147,817 147,136 148,148                     82,858 83,053 83,230  84,095 84,620 84,808 85,926 85,646 86,370 86,654 87,499 87,465 88,490 88,216 90,120 90,251 90,766 90,615 90,097 90,326 90,021 89,508 88,872 88,796 88,815 88,731  88,930 89,587 89,223 88,559 88,790 88,390 87,911 87,952 88,291 88,381 87,310 87,006 87,232 86,927 86,679 87,253 43,520,000 43,914,000 43,786,000  
      diluted
    141,773 141,079 141,657 143,091 142,350 143,095 149,257 148,575 149,423                     84,084 84,249 84,715  85,450 85,980 86,518 87,622 87,404 87,968 88,792 89,823 89,647 90,553 90,666 92,620 92,869 93,446 93,161 93,268 93,270 93,352 92,721 90,556 91,513 90,534 89,589  91,376 92,012 92,259 91,163 91,399 90,591 89,984 89,820 90,015 89,823 89,242 89,187 89,571 89,115 88,800 89,462 44,495,000 45,040,000 45,110,000  
      income tax benefit
      -48,027,000  950,000                                                        -1,058,000 647,000 12,098,000     12,911,000 514,000 6,916,000        
      less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
      -8,261,000  2,470,000                                                                         
      plus: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                                                 
      loss per share from discontinued operations attributable to henry schein, inc.:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                                                 
      diluted
                                                                                 
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
         -282,000                                                                        
      litigation settlements
                                                                                 
      income from discontinued operations
          -747,000 5,641,000 -2,221,000                                                    1,824,000 -1,095,000 -20,602,000               
      net sales .....................................................................................................................................................................................
             2,360,268,000                                                                    
      cost of sales ................................................................................................................................................................................
             1,608,578,000                                                                    
      selling, general and administrative ................................................................................................................................................
             574,608,000  827,232,000 622,506,000 622,506,000 628,511,000 628,511,000  444,895,750 581,584,000 581,584,000   628,952,000 628,952,000 551,588,000 560,426,000 560,426,000 599,053,000                                                  
      restructuring costs .....................................................................................................................................................................
             4,641,000                                                                    
      interest income .........................................................................................................................................................................
             4,771,000  8,032,000 4,793,000 4,793,000 4,107,000 4,107,000  2,511,250 3,141,000 3,141,000   4,304,000 4,304,000 3,129,000 3,257,000 3,257,000 3,348,000                                                  
      interest expense ........................................................................................................................................................................
             -16,301,000  -41,730,000 -13,428,000 -13,428,000 -12,198,000 -12,198,000 -17,538,000 -31,672,000 -7,488,000 -7,488,000 -7,367,000 -7,367,000 -11,430,000 -11,430,000 -6,297,000 -6,290,000 -6,290,000 -7,127,000                                                  
      other, net .................................................................................................................................................................................
             -419,000  -643,000 -194,000 -194,000 728,000 728,000 -338,000 -3,626,000 -199,000 -199,000 268,000 268,000 -45,000 -45,000 -277,000 -177,000 -177,000 3,137,000                                                  
      income taxes ...............................................................................................................................................................................
             -39,482,000           -48,965,000 -48,965,000 -38,630,000 -38,630,000    -53,533,000                                                  
      equity in earnings of affiliates ........................................................................................................................................................
             2,630,000  3,061,000 5,569,000 5,569,000                                                                
      net income from continuing operations.............................................................................................................................................
             123,640,000                                                                    
      income from discontinued operations.......................................................................................................................................
             -8,996,000                                                                    
      net income..................................................................................................................................................................................
             114,644,000                                                                    
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests ...................................................................................................................
             -5,227,000  9,704,000 -12,917,000 -12,917,000 -13,527,000 -13,527,000 -8,413,000 -17,634,000 -11,578,000 -11,578,000 -13,001,000 -13,001,000 -9,505,000 -9,505,000 -13,661,000 -11,680,000 -11,680,000 -10,781,000                                                  
      net income attributable to henry schein, inc. ....................................................................................................................................
             109,783,000                                                                    
      amounts attributable to henry schein inc:........................................................................................................................................
                                                                                 
      continuing operations....................................................................................................................................................................
             118,413,000                                                                    
      discontinued operations.................................................................................................................................................................
             -8,630,000                                                                    
      net income attributable to henry schein, inc......................................................................................................................................
             109,783,000                                                                    
      earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to henry schein, inc.:
                                                                                 
      basic .......................................................................................................................................................................................
             0.79  0.87 0.88 0.88   0.92    1.47 1.47                                                        
      diluted ....................................................................................................................................................................................
             0.78  0.88 0.87 0.87 0.86 0.86 0.91 0.34 0.82 0.82 1.46 1.46 1.76 1.76 1.52 1.4 1.4 1.37                                                  
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                 
      net sales ....................................................................................................................................................................................
               2,285,872,250 3,161,083,000 3,161,083,000 3,059,458,000 3,059,458,000  2,112,683,500 2,865,148,000 2,865,148,000 2,872,630,000 2,872,630,000   2,685,835,000 2,629,320,000 2,629,320,000                                                   
      cost of sales ...............................................................................................................................................................................
               1,661,335,500 2,325,029,000 2,325,029,000 2,220,285,000 2,220,285,000  1,520,937,000 2,077,473,000 2,077,473,000 2,071,161,000 2,071,161,000   1,936,927,000 1,878,642,000 1,878,642,000                                                   
      litigation settlements .................................................................................................................................................................
               1,331,250                                                                  
      transaction costs related to animal health spin-off.........................................................................................................................
                                                                                 
      income taxes ..............................................................................................................................................................................
               -39,069,000 -59,340,000 -59,340,000 -58,306,000 -58,306,000  -39,774,750 -56,601,000 -56,601,000     -49,232,000 -53,784,000 -53,784,000                                                   
      net income .................................................................................................................................................................................
               112,695,750 150,948,000 150,948,000 149,582,000 149,582,000  100,730,500 145,291,000 145,291,000 133,098,000 133,098,000   141,396,000 129,608,000 129,608,000                                                   
      net income attributable to henry schein, inc. ...................................................................................................................................
               103,708,500 138,031,000 138,031,000 136,055,000 136,055,000  91,890,500 133,713,000 133,713,000     127,735,000 117,928,000 117,928,000                                                   
      restructuring costs ....................................................................................................................................................................
                    3,762,000 7,452,750 5,370,000 5,370,000 20,383,000 20,383,000   8,438,000 7,222,000 7,222,000 4,058,000                                                  
      equity in earnings of affiliates .......................................................................................................................................................
                  4,589,000 4,589,000  3,290,000 5,717,000 5,717,000     5,191,000 3,572,000 3,572,000                                                   
      basic ......................................................................................................................................................................................
                  0.86 0.86  0.565 0.83 0.83   1.78 1.78 1.54 1.42 1.42 1.39                                                  
      net sales ......................................................................................................................................................................................
                    3,220,439,000      2,922,948,000 2,922,948,000    2,712,956,000                                                  
      cost of sales .................................................................................................................................................................................
                    2,324,847,000      2,100,028,000 2,100,028,000    1,933,651,000                                                  
      selling, general and administrative .................................................................................................................................................
                    685,688,000    600,409,000 600,409,000                                                        
      interest income ..........................................................................................................................................................................
                    5,158,000    3,556,000 3,556,000                                                        
      income taxes .................................................................................................................................................................................
                    -47,764,000                                                             
      equity in earnings of affiliates ..........................................................................................................................................................
                    2,971,000                                                             
      net income ...................................................................................................................................................................................
                    148,631,000                                                             
      net income attributable to henry schein, inc. ......................................................................................................................................
                    140,218,000                                                             
      equity in earnings of affiliates .........................................................................................................................................................
                        4,929,000 4,929,000 2,086,000 2,086,000    2,514,000                                                  
      net income attributable to henry schein, inc. .....................................................................................................................................
                        120,097,000 120,097,000 140,748,000 140,748,000    113,752,000                                                  
      net income ..................................................................................................................................................................................
                          150,253,000 150,253,000    124,533,000                                                  
      gross profit
                                553,245,250 748,908,000 750,678,000  536,712,750 721,666,000 728,472,000 696,713,000 699,520,000 639,647,000 669,856,000 646,991,000 663,495,000 609,044,000 624,395,000 610,579,000 652,589,000 587,420,000 612,224,000 565,822,000 574,743,000 537,456,000 545,644,000 513,033,000 526,272,000 476,267,000 478,512,000 441,010,000 466,309,000 478,581,000 488,415,000 451,233,000 484,131,000 429,330,000 413,777,000 392,973,000 421,987,000 361,006,000 359,460,000 337,602,000 377,475,000 316,731,000 324,412,000 306,187,000 319,836,000 274,028,000 251,715,000 230,827,000  
      yoy
                                3.08% 3.77% 3.05%  -23.27% 12.82% 8.75% 7.69% 5.43% 5.02% 7.28% 5.96% 1.67% 3.68% 1.99% 7.91% 13.54% 9.30% 12.20% 10.29% 9.21% 12.85% 14.03% 16.33% 12.86% -0.48% -2.03% -2.27% -3.68% 11.47% 18.04% 14.83% 14.73% 18.93% 15.11% 16.40% 11.79% 13.98% 10.80% 10.26% 18.02% 15.58% 28.88% 32.65%      
      qoq
                                -26.13% -0.24%   -25.63% -0.93% 4.56% -0.40% 9.36% -4.51% 3.53% -2.49% 8.94% -2.46% 2.26% -6.44% 11.09% -4.05% 8.20% -1.55% 6.94% -1.50% 6.36% -2.52% 10.50% -0.47% 8.50% -5.43% -2.56% -2.01% 8.24% -6.80% 12.76% 3.76% 5.29% -6.88% 16.89% 0.43% 6.47% -10.56% 19.18% -2.37% 5.95% -4.27% 16.72% 8.86% 9.05%   
      gross margin %
    0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% NaN%  NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% 28.45% 27.88% 28.55% 0% 27.99% 27.51% 27.85% 28.67% 27.69% 27.23% 28.01% 28.21% 27.55% 27.30% 28.36% 29.09% 27.89% 27.82% 28.73% 29.05% 28.40% 28.38% 29.50% 29.14% 29.47% 28.70% 29.70% 29.63% 29.64% 28.99% 29.69% 29.58% 28.19% 28.52% 29.83% 29.46% 28.15% 28.38% 29.46% 29.06% 28.10% 28.14% 28.42% 27.80% 26.78% 26.51% 26.62% 26.03%  
      operating income
                                133,319,750 188,882,000 183,030,000  128,050,000 174,088,000 180,844,000 157,268,000 186,883,000 160,477,000 176,065,000 153,629,000 181,342,000 149,622,000 154,702,000 133,295,000 163,373,000 143,261,000 151,215,000 124,300,000 141,998,000 137,368,000 138,006,000 103,759,000 137,642,000 113,885,000 122,310,000 90,887,000 105,741,000 115,278,000 113,357,000 85,227,000 124,986,000 96,700,000 90,852,000 73,899,000 104,556,000 62,675,000 76,748,000 60,918,000 89,235,000 63,138,000 70,464,000 57,205,000 50,047,000 53,155,000 63,585,000 46,300,000  
      yoy
                                4.12% 8.50% 1.21%  -31.48% 8.48% 2.71% 2.37% 3.06% 7.25% 13.81% 15.25% 11.00% 4.44% 2.31% 7.24% 15.05% 4.29% 9.57% 19.80% 3.16% 20.62% 12.83% 14.16% 30.17% -1.21% 7.90% 6.64% -15.40% 19.21% 24.77% 15.33% 19.54% 54.29% 18.38% 21.31% 17.17% -0.73% 8.92% 6.49% 78.30% 18.78% 10.82% 23.55%      
      qoq
                                -29.42% 3.20%   -26.45% -3.74% 14.99% -15.85% 16.45% -8.85% 14.60% -15.28% 21.20% -3.28% 16.06% -18.41% 14.04% -5.26% 21.65% -12.46% 3.37% -0.46% 33.01% -24.62% 20.86% -6.89% 34.57% -14.05% -8.27% 1.69% 33.01% -31.81% 29.25% 6.44% 22.94% -29.32% 66.82% -18.34% 25.99% -31.73% 41.33% -10.40% 23.18% 14.30% -5.85% -16.40% 37.33%   
      operating margin %
    0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% NaN%  NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% 6.86% 7.03% 6.96% 0% 6.68% 6.64% 6.91% 6.47% 7.40% 6.83% 7.36% 6.70% 7.53% 6.71% 7.03% 6.35% 6.98% 6.78% 7.10% 6.38% 7.02% 7.25% 7.46% 5.89% 7.71% 6.86% 7.59% 6.11% 6.72% 6.98% 6.89% 5.59% 7.28% 6.42% 6.55% 5.54% 6.98% 4.93% 6.29% 5.24% 6.64% 5.61% 6.17% 5.19% 4.19% 5.14% 6.72% 5.22%  
      income before taxes and equity in earnings
                                                                                 
      of affiliates
                                130,984,000 185,437,000 179,820,000  127,360,750 170,776,000 179,622,000  119,526,500 159,925,000 174,444,000  106,881,250 146,585,000 151,430,000                                   
      earnings per share attributable to henry schein, inc.:
                                                                                 
      basic
    1.07 1.16 1.11 -0.08 0.91 2.21 0.92 0.79                    1.05 1.54 1.42 1.24 0.985 1.36 1.37 1.2 0.89 1.25 1.26 1.06 1.3 1.11 1.11 0.92 0.725 1.02 1.04 0.84         0.523 0.77 0.73 0.59 0.88 0.67  0.49 0.71 0.44 0.51 0.19 0.59 0.3 0.46 0.38      
      diluted
    1.05 1.15 1.1 0.99 -0.08 0.91 2.18 0.91 0.78                    1.035 1.52 1.4 1.22 0.97 1.34 1.35 1.18 0.873 1.23 1.23 1.03 1.26 1.08 1.08 0.89 0.705 0.99 1.01 0.82         0.508 0.75 0.71 0.57 0.85 0.65  0.48 0.69 0.44 0.5 0.18 0.58 0.29 0.45 0.37      
      loss on sale of equity investment
                                         -12,535,000                                        
      income before taxes and equity in earnings of affiliates
                                       159,045,000    143,737,000    129,510,000                                  
      income before taxes, equity in earnings of affiliates
                                                                                 
      and noncontrolling interests
                                                102,311,000 140,510,000                                
      income before taxes, equity in earnings of affiliates and
                                                                                 
      noncontrolling interests
                                                  148,263,000 120,471,000     135,337,000 113,039,000                        
      income from continuing operations before taxes, equity in
                                                                                 
      earnings of affiliates and noncontrolling interests
                                                    90,935,750 132,995,000 132,803,000 97,945,000                          
      income from continuing operations
                                                    97,226,000 94,490,000 93,163,000 67,252,000 92,684,000 98,375,000 80,428,000 59,300,000 64,779,000 68,425,000 65,477,000 52,330,000 76,445,000 60,668,000 54,439,000 43,494,000 62,997,000 39,285,000 45,218,000 35,627,000 52,454,000 36,380,000        
      income from discontinued operation, net of tax
                                                                                 
      amounts attributable to henry schein, inc.:
                                                                                 
      from continuing operations:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                    1.03 0.97 0.93 0.68 0.97 1.06 0.83 0.62                      
      diluted
                                                    0.99 0.94 0.9 0.66 0.96 1.03 0.81 0.61                      
      from discontinued operation:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                         0.03                        
      diluted
                                                         0.02                        
      from net income:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                    1.03 0.97 0.93 0.68 0.97 1.09 0.83 0.62                      
      diluted
                                                    0.99 0.94 0.9 0.66 0.96 1.05 0.81 0.61                      
      income from continuing operations before
                                                                                 
      taxes, equity in earnings of affiliates and
                                                                                 
      from discontinued operations:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                         0.03                        
      diluted
                                                         0.02                        
      taxes, noncontrolling interest and equity in
                                                                                 
      earnings of affiliates
                                                          118,057,000 86,857,000   108,835,000 81,925,000                  
      taxes, minority interest and equity in
                                                                                 
      earnings (losses) of affiliates
                                                            74,393,500 106,814,000                    
      minority interest in net income of subsidiaries
                                                            -3,914,750 -5,278,000 -7,131,000 -3,250,000 -6,438,000 -4,247,000 -3,842,000 -2,915,000 -3,643,000 -1,181,000 -1,706,000 -1,560,000   -2,476,000 -51,000   -1,254,000 -525,000  
      equity in earnings (losses) of affiliates
                                                            1,005,000 1,602,000     -528,000               
      discontinued operations:
                                                                                 
      income from operations of discontinued
                                                                                 
      components (including write-down of long-lived
                                                                                 
      assets of 32.7 million and a loss on sale of
                                                                                 
      discontinued operation of 1.5 million)
                                                                                 
      earnings from continuing operations per share:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                            0.523 0.77 0.73 0.59 0.86 0.68  0.49 0.71 0.44 0.51 0.41 0.61 0.42   -2,258.53 720    
      diluted
                                                            0.508 0.75 0.71 0.57 0.83 0.66  0.48 0.7 0.44 0.5 0.4 0.59 0.41   -2,198.57 710    
      income from discontinued operations per share:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                                                 
      diluted
                                                                                 
      earnings per share:
                                                                                 
      basic
    1.07 1.16 1.11 -0.08 0.91 2.21 0.92 0.79                    1.05 1.54 1.42 1.24 0.985 1.36 1.37 1.2 0.89 1.25 1.26 1.06 1.3 1.11 1.11 0.92 0.725 1.02 1.04 0.84         0.523 0.77 0.73 0.59 0.88 0.67  0.49 0.71 0.44 0.51 0.19 0.59 0.3 0.46 0.38      
      diluted
    1.05 1.15 1.1 0.99 -0.08 0.91 2.18 0.91 0.78                    1.035 1.52 1.4 1.22 0.97 1.34 1.35 1.18 0.873 1.23 1.23 1.03 1.26 1.08 1.08 0.89 0.705 0.99 1.01 0.82         0.508 0.75 0.71 0.57 0.85 0.65  0.48 0.69 0.44 0.5 0.18 0.58 0.29 0.45 0.37      
      loss from operations of discontinued
                                                                                 
      assets of 32.7 million)
                                                                                 
      loss from discontinued operations
                                                                                 
      loss from discontinued operations per share:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                                -0.06 -0.01   -0.055             
      diluted
                                                                -0.06 -0.01   -0.053             
      income from operations of discontinued components
                                                                -8,575,500 -1,742,000 -32,700,000     -32,279,000          
      income tax expense
                                                                                 
      income from continuing operations before taxes, minority interest and equity in earnings of affiliates
                                                                65,000,000 98,779,000  71,916,000 102,290,000 61,935,000 73,076,000 58,301,000 85,603,000 59,130,000        
      income from continuing operations before taxes, minority interest and equity in earnings (losses) of affiliates
                                                                  89,445,000               
      loss from operations of discontinued components
                                                                    -8,069,750             
      loss on discontinued operations
                                                                    -4,842,000             
      income on discontinued operations
                                                                       -19,368,000          
      earnings from discontinued operations per share:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                                       -0.22 -0.02 -0.12        
      diluted
                                                                       -0.22 -0.01 -0.12        
      taxes on income
                                                                        -16,438,750 -21,580,000 -24,787,000 -19,432,000   -23,412,000 -17,032,000  
      minority interest in net loss of subsidiaries
                                                                        -944,000 -1,249,000   -426,750 72,000    
      discontinued operation:
                                                                                 
      income from operations of discontinued component
                                                                        -4,295,000 -16,869,000        
      income on discontinued operation
                                                                        -2,577,000 -9,953,000        
      earnings from discontinued operation per share:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                                       -0.22 -0.02 -0.12        
      diluted
                                                                       -0.22 -0.01 -0.12        
      income before taxes, minority interest and equity in earnings of affiliates
                                                                          66,989,000     45,665,000  
      income before taxes on income, minority interest and equity in earnings of affiliates
                                                                           52,521,000   63,102,000   
      income before taxes on income, minority interest, equity in earnings of affiliates and loss on sale of discontinued operation
                                                                            39,368,750 48,708,000    
      taxes on income from continuing operations
                                                                            -16,938,000 -18,022,000    
      loss on sale of discontinued operation, net of tax
                                                                                 
      earnings from continuing operations per common share:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                            0.523 0.77 0.73 0.59 0.86 0.68  0.49 0.71 0.44 0.51 0.41 0.61 0.42   -2,258.53 720    
      diluted
                                                            0.508 0.75 0.71 0.57 0.83 0.66  0.48 0.7 0.44 0.5 0.4 0.59 0.41   -2,198.57 710    
      loss on sale of discontinued operation, net of tax per common share:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                                                 
      diluted
                                                                                 
      earnings per common share:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                                            565 720 880   
      diluted
                                                                            550 710 860   
      net income per common share:
                                                                                 
      basic
                                                                               650  
      diluted
                                                                               630  
    Balance Sheets:
    Quarterly
    Annual
      Unit: USD2021-12-25 2021-09-25 2021-06-26 2020-09-26 2020-06-27 2020-03-28 2019-12-28 2019-09-28 2019-06-29 2019-03-30 2018-12-29 2018-09-29 2018-08-06 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2018-02-21 2017-12-30 2017-11-06 2017-09-30 2017-08-08 2017-07-01 2017-05-09 2017-04-01 2016-11-02 2016-09-24 2016-08-04 2016-06-25 2016-03-26 2015-12-26 2015-09-26 2015-06-27 2015-03-28 2014-12-27 2014-09-27 2014-06-28 2014-03-29 2013-12-28 2013-09-28 2013-06-29 2013-03-30 2012-12-29 2012-09-29 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-24 2011-06-25 2011-03-26 2010-12-25 2010-09-25 2010-06-26 2010-03-27 2009-12-26 2009-09-26 2009-06-27 2009-03-28 2008-12-27 2008-09-27 2008-06-28 2008-03-29 2007-12-29 2007-09-29 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-30 2006-09-30 2006-07-01 2006-04-01 2005-12-31 2005-09-24 2005-06-25 2005-03-26 2004-12-25 2004-09-25 2004-06-26 2004-03-27 2003-12-27 
                                                                                   
        assets
                                                                                   
        current assets:
                                                                                   
        cash and cash equivalents
      117,965,000 119,133,000 167,228,000 533,495,000 296,110,000 617,368,000 106,097,000 75,256,000 84,924,000                    72,086,000 60,481,000 47,068,000 59,202,000 89,474,000 76,542,000 89,698,000 129,115,000 188,616,000 69,915,000 78,839,000 90,562,000 122,080,000 89,336,000 87,896,000 101,813,000 147,284,000 106,872,000 161,789,000 116,712,000 150,348,000 203,730,000 321,116,000 355,388,000 471,154,000 317,607,000 393,873,000 308,156,000 369,570,000 288,364,000 271,432,000 203,036,000 247,590,000 207,458,000 190,971,000 154,456,000 248,647,000 176,070,000 138,334,000 159,890,000 254,498,000 220,077,000 187,108,000 114,741,000 186,621,000 72,971,000 106,337,000 73,086,000 157,351,000 
        accounts receivable
      1,451,829,000 1,551,946,000 1,356,881,000 1,407,676,000 1,101,201,000 1,198,743,000 1,246,246,000 1,278,939,000 1,203,925,000 1,193,054,000 1,603,711,000 1,627,640,000 1,561,097,000 1,561,097,000 1,576,390,000 1,470,047,000 1,470,047,000 1,544,582,000 1,544,582,000 1,409,060,000 1,409,060,000 1,362,832,000 1,362,832,000 1,367,604,000 1,367,604,000 1,296,225,000 1,296,225,000 1,274,950,000 1,229,816,000 1,223,636,000 1,164,380,000 1,099,273,000 1,127,517,000 1,179,171,000 1,188,143,000 1,116,502,000 1,055,216,000 1,103,272,000 1,039,914,000 1,028,163,000 1,015,194,000 1,035,529,000 972,292,000 957,470,000 888,248,000 983,060,000 963,073,000 934,952,000 885,784,000 923,026,000 829,917,000 803,044,000 725,397,000 764,285,000 730,996,000 677,193,000 734,027,000 767,304,000 731,499,000 702,519,000 708,307,000 764,590,000 637,229,000 617,427,000 610,020,000 605,058,000 579,766,000 546,414,000 582,617,000 612,040,000 580,699,000 550,262,000 554,666,000 542,523,000 518,808,000 472,927,000 467,085,000 
        inventories
      1,861,138,000 1,784,050,000 1,688,210,000 1,463,434,000 1,406,719,000 1,328,405,000 1,428,799,000 1,356,897,000 1,367,516,000                    1,509,957,000 1,424,923,000 1,314,220,000 1,297,825,000 1,327,796,000 1,283,698,000 1,257,235,000 1,246,873,000 1,250,403,000 1,123,107,000 1,099,012,000 1,136,043,000 1,203,507,000 1,070,854,000 976,996,000 975,797,000 947,849,000 923,687,000 926,722,000 930,341,000 870,206,000 849,541,000 797,603,000 806,115,000 775,199,000 770,370,000 737,956,000 740,947,000 731,654,000 731,514,000 693,556,000 701,767,000 666,786,000 676,557,000 579,474,000 583,236,000 584,103,000 572,569,000 551,552,000 511,949,000 505,542,000 483,281,000 494,323,000 495,574,000 486,494,000 449,844,000 444,979,000 408,073,000 385,846,000 
        prepaid expenses and other
      413,103,000 457,232,000 529,929,000 464,645,000 605,176,000 474,589,000 445,360,000 404,650,000 452,349,000                    361,082,000 356,794,000 322,134,000 293,335,000 311,788,000 319,354,000 310,496,000 307,028,000 276,565,000 272,360,000 292,416,000 265,576,000 299,547,000 257,031,000 233,267,000 217,377,000 234,157,000 249,405,000 243,248,000 228,143,000 214,013,000 230,617,000 205,986,000 183,400,000 183,782,000 186,744,000 187,798,000 176,634,000 194,047,000 194,740,000 186,508,000 192,727,000 192,292,000 145,372,000 123,846,000 119,169,000 125,839,000 134,324,000 124,113,000 164,970,000 126,052,000 129,256,000 127,101,000 137,169,000 174,167,000 166,219,000 146,442,000 101,190,000 112,631,000 
        property and equipment
      366,456,000 355,675,000 358,224,000 334,954,000 335,898,000 328,033,000 329,645,000 311,123,000 315,422,000                    318,476,000 311,891,000 310,333,000 292,044,000 311,496,000 303,157,000 292,972,000 285,528,000 275,888,000 265,273,000 256,775,000 262,825,000 273,458,000 258,683,000 255,715,000 259,760,000 262,088,000 262,502,000 270,021,000 271,750,000 252,573,000 254,004,000 248,233,000 249,720,000 259,576,000 257,602,000 254,008,000 242,175,000 247,835,000 247,345,000 254,110,000 255,765,000 247,671,000 236,309,000 223,227,000 221,234,000 225,038,000 218,154,000 209,876,000 194,258,000 190,746,000 180,878,000 184,287,000 175,315,000 176,103,000 171,683,000 158,036,000 151,496,000 154,205,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      324,950,000 329,886,000 301,440,000 249,895,000 211,473,000 215,122,000 231,662,000 240,126,000 236,113,000                                                                     
        goodwill
      2,854,150,000 2,779,234,000 2,722,974,000 2,488,962,000 2,471,108,000 2,470,603,000 2,462,495,000 2,441,175,000 2,431,103,000                    1,907,593,000 1,901,520,000 1,871,844,000 1,855,714,000 1,884,123,000 1,886,281,000 1,832,377,000 1,802,905,000 1,635,005,000 1,634,480,000 1,607,731,000 1,610,996,000 1,601,046,000 1,591,482,000 1,523,446,000 1,483,094,000 1,497,108,000 1,495,256,000 1,512,702,000 1,499,689,000 1,424,794,000 1,425,651,000 1,368,106,000 1,258,722,000 986,395,000 977,054,000 948,862,000 899,884,000 922,952,000 917,258,000 954,203,000 947,885,000 917,194,000 887,285,000 771,834,000 787,018,000 773,801,000 751,664,000 717,734,000 682,482,000 626,869,000 630,719,000 629,096,000 633,965,000 627,215,000 564,236,000 570,420,000 401,318,000 398,888,000 
        other intangibles
      667,626,000 645,832,000 604,515,000 510,395,000 527,875,000 554,747,000 572,878,000 603,172,000 631,337,000                    592,971,000 615,258,000 601,118,000 601,472,000 643,736,000 654,070,000 594,358,000 587,202,000 417,133,000 431,504,000 435,412,000 453,502,000 462,182,000 471,143,000 425,038,000 409,142,000 409,612,000 426,061,000 447,501,000 458,480,000 405,468,000 413,701,000 406,828,000 349,657,000 204,445,000 212,042,000 206,429,000 203,163,000 214,093,000 174,772,000 191,039,000 193,150,000 192,420,000 203,389,000 155,623,000 157,874,000 161,542,000 161,423,000 140,270,000 133,936,000 123,204,000 124,680,000 131,784,000 133,307,000 129,285,000 134,620,000 99,861,000 38,883,000 37,551,000 
        investments and other
      423,874,000 397,764,000 394,665,000 356,439,000 362,565,000 331,590,000 327,919,000 385,744,000 389,648,000                    454,600,000 422,716,000 416,994,000 387,780,000 386,286,000 358,886,000 360,044,000 327,569,000 461,945,000 311,412,000 291,322,000 292,948,000 292,934,000 278,045,000 299,913,000 300,627,000 298,828,000 297,345,000 304,525,000 303,564,000 295,334,000 263,329,000 181,953,000 185,160,000 182,036,000 176,888,000 146,901,000 147,006,000 148,482,000 152,937,000 139,040,000 118,367,000 107,900,000 103,041,000 97,110,000 97,487,000 75,917,000 69,729,000 59,433,000 62,762,000 57,892,000 62,792,000 74,857,000 68,908,000 70,324,000 81,479,000 125,282,000 154,861,000 72,242,000 
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                                   
        current liabilities:
                                                                                   
        accounts payable
      1,053,934,000 1,057,127,000 903,859,000 1,006,958,000 734,957,000 780,853,000 880,266,000 854,658,000 745,621,000                    1,005,798,000 873,785,000 778,748,000 716,975,000 860,996,000 822,068,000 755,999,000 685,915,000 824,495,000 723,905,000 682,604,000 609,028,000 787,658,000 707,641,000 619,936,000 571,341,000 621,468,000 595,476,000 605,785,000 579,474,000 590,029,000 532,274,000 504,248,000 483,299,000 521,079,000 507,462,000 435,579,000 426,066,000 554,773,000 511,655,000 453,800,000 428,691,000 474,009,000 514,830,000 361,031,000 343,491,000 414,062,000 365,704,000 351,566,000 340,651,000 371,392,000 343,653,000 322,256,000 304,487,000 367,213,000 262,083,000 287,714,000 258,704,000 278,163,000 
        bank credit lines
      50,530,000 59,394,000 72,105,000 507,372,000 503,178,000 381,899,000 23,975,000 107,841,000 242,787,000                    328,631,000 186,886,000 132,428,000 163,067,000 182,899,000 188,815,000 83,671,000 144,042,000 29,508,000 15,751,000 15,588,000 50,073,000 27,166,000 155,219,000 83,454,000 5,004,000 55,014,000 40,015,000 49,236,000 97,194,000 41,508,000 201,142,000 255,000 9,000 932,000 1,731,000 2,014,000 1,911,000 4,936,000 6,226,000 6,207,000 5,569,000 8,977,000 2,856,000 2,367,000 2,359,000 2,528,000 2,550,000 2,262,000 3,380,000 2,093,000 2,764,000 4,302,000 6,066,000 5,969,000 6,824,000 85,033,000 10,542,000 6,059,000 
        current maturities of long-term debt
      10,640,000 9,638,000 9,839,000 110,015,000 109,587,000 109,507,000 109,849,000 109,188,000 9,136,000                    17,331,000 14,456,000 14,716,000 14,586,000 5,815,000 5,782,000 6,302,000 105,984,000 5,441,000 80,588,000 5,894,000 1,908,000 17,992,000 17,739,000 17,129,000 23,028,000 22,819,000 20,076,000 21,186,000 8,357,000 4,487,000 25,122,000 25,215,000 25,630,000 23,560,000 23,933,000 154,251,000 155,044,000 156,405,000 153,802,000 23,624,000 24,475,000 24,319,000 29,050,000 27,830,000 37,495,000 41,036,000 40,617,000 31,182,000 30,717,000 33,013,000 8,047,000 8,356,000 3,786,000 3,906,000 3,896,000 3,114,000 3,259,000 3,253,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      76,393,000 77,383,000 75,008,000 62,914,000 61,710,000 63,150,000 65,349,000 67,374,000 68,288,000                                                                     
        accrued expenses:
                                                                                   
        long-term debt
      811,346,000 705,540,000 706,487,000 515,357,000 515,802,000 865,821,000 622,908,000 872,229,000 973,147,000                    463,752,000 597,106,000 588,523,000 653,718,000 542,776,000 630,806,000 665,909,000 541,687,000 450,233,000 311,458,000 446,709,000 600,599,000 488,121,000 436,426,000 434,417,000 453,058,000 363,524,000 371,864,000 372,924,000 407,462,000 395,309,000 383,495,000 523,421,000 522,882,000 243,373,000 242,511,000 261,229,000 256,333,000 266,646,000 268,990,000 424,470,000 428,541,000 423,274,000 432,279,000 450,260,000 457,318,000 455,806,000 456,487,000 486,014,000 488,214,000 489,520,000 513,592,000 518,954,000 517,093,000 525,682,000 522,767,000 420,877,000 273,327,000 247,100,000 
        deferred income taxes
      42,283,000 37,248,000 46,528,000 32,408,000 56,925,000 73,225,000 64,989,000 68,643,000 72,177,000                    58,159,000 54,339,000 57,535,000 52,619,000 56,591,000 69,472,000 66,431,000 77,388,000 63,865,000 66,766,000 63,085,000 65,071,000 64,049,000 59,429,000 60,693,000 54,553,000 54,970,000 54,108,000 54,178,000 51,363,000 48,951,000 40,860,000 42,934,000 44,445,000 48,001,000 40,747,000 38,667,000 37,386,000 36,974,000 32,340,000 36,203,000 37,328,000 32,827,000 31,742,000 29,338,000 29,992,000 28,240,000 28,629,000 27,868,000 30,108,000 35,505,000 29,474,000 30,633,000 30,901,000 28,795,000 28,696,000 30,108,000 30,754,000 30,559,000 
        other liabilities
      376,672,000 388,211,000 423,416,000 370,745,000 374,045,000 333,421,000 331,173,000 322,378,000 329,568,000                    212,121,000 202,385,000 193,704,000 181,246,000 181,830,000 158,736,000 152,029,000 136,253,000 139,526,000 128,937,000 119,291,000 119,713,000 125,314,000 96,402,000 82,980,000 84,081,000 80,568,000 76,732,000 77,368,000 82,711,000 76,753,000 75,582,000 72,348,000 74,504,000 75,304,000 72,038,000 58,482,000 56,131,000 58,109,000 52,303,000 54,644,000 52,709,000 53,906,000 62,206,000 62,962,000 61,291,000 60,209,000 58,260,000 59,572,000 56,146,000 53,547,000 52,364,000 48,514,000 39,595,000 28,999,000 22,226,000 13,816,000 38,582,000 37,432,000 
        redeemable noncontrolling interests
      613,312,000 612,582,000 604,081,000 294,700,000 279,225,000 272,126,000 287,258,000 283,325,000 287,714,000                    542,194,000 584,591,000 567,672,000 573,137,000 564,527,000 549,432,000 497,927,000 482,701,000 497,539,000 475,021,000 466,024,000 463,363,000 435,175,000 375,661,000 359,114,000 369,039,000 402,050,000 417,060,000 424,164,000 426,060,000 304,140,000 299,101,000 341,099,000 286,535,000 178,570,000 177,513,000                        
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                   
        stockholders' equity:
                                                                                   
        preferred stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                                   
        common stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                                   
        additional paid-in capital
         11,044,000 16,475,000 17,565,000 47,768,000 65,641,000 65,356,000                    207,374,000 259,504,000 248,772,000 244,748,000 265,363,000 269,918,000 265,469,000 297,057,000 318,225,000 328,657,000 337,731,000 339,856,000 375,946,000 404,867,000 398,819,000 410,140,000 401,262,000 538,029,000 541,373,000 518,842,000 601,014,000 592,646,000 632,240,000 607,679,000 603,772,000 533,508,000 740,186,000 729,939,000 705,799,000 712,670,000 693,133,000 693,369,000 673,763,000 665,013,000 643,033,000 629,051,000 614,551,000 610,717,000 593,120,000 587,107,000 472,960,000 475,198,000 464,660,000 454,359,000 445,573,000 445,825,000 453,383,000 457,078,000 445,118,000 
        retained earnings
      3,595,233,000 3,594,238,000 3,465,647,000 3,314,136,000 3,172,439,000 3,183,236,000 3,116,215,000 2,957,850,000 2,900,387,000                    2,895,997,000 2,878,696,000 2,779,521,000 2,689,620,000 2,642,523,000 2,564,882,000 2,505,721,000 2,445,536,000 2,398,267,000 2,328,174,000 2,275,516,000 2,223,037,000 2,183,905,000 2,130,476,000 2,076,060,000 2,061,263,000 2,007,477,000 1,950,593,000 1,928,138,000 1,837,229,000 1,779,178,000 1,722,146,000 1,637,508,000 1,553,507,000 1,492,607,000 1,406,199,000 1,309,778,000 1,236,305,000 1,195,771,000 1,156,950,000 1,103,206,000 1,057,385,000 1,005,055,000 926,786,000 867,213,000 833,376,000 808,164,000 754,010,000 716,100,000 684,217,000 735,079,000 698,868,000 676,105,000 639,016,000 615,265,000 590,536,000 575,123,000 552,191,000 533,654,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -171,478,000 -137,640,000 -106,779,000 -171,332,000 -199,251,000 -227,648,000 -167,373,000 -195,426,000 -139,944,000                    -219,939,000 -199,682,000 -165,737,000 -201,867,000                                              
        noncontrolling interests
      638,066,000 647,625,000 646,415,000 636,994,000 630,458,000 631,215,000 632,093,000 629,782,000 618,937,000                    2,558,000 2,594,000 2,623,000 2,539,000 2,851,000 2,785,000 2,789,000 2,746,000 2,804,000 2,123,000 2,059,000 1,445,000 2,279,000 1,407,000 1,396,000 1,426,000 1,401,000 1,408,000 1,464,000 1,370,000 1,332,000     61,716,000                        
        preferred stock, .01 par value...
                                                                                   
        common stock, .01 par value...
                                                                  896,000 895,000 891,000 888,000 885,000 886,000 882,000 883,000 871,000 874,000 871,000 868,000 867,000 434,000 437,000 440,000 438,000 
        assets of discontinued operations
                                                                                   
        liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                                   
        redeemable noncontrolling interests from discontinued operations
                                                                                   
        cash and cash equivalents ..............................................................................................................................................................
               88,115,000 80,209,000 119,740,000 111,321,000 111,321,000 99,235,000 174,658,000 174,658,000 79,879,000 79,879,000 74,654,000 74,654,000 62,888,000 62,888,000 76,192,000 76,192,000 63,560,000 63,560,000 71,614,000                                                  
        inventories, net .............................................................................................................................................................................
               1,370,376,000 1,970,742,000 1,932,855,000 1,930,202,000 1,930,202,000 2,015,069,000 1,933,803,000 1,933,803,000 1,692,256,000 1,692,256,000 1,567,159,000 1,567,159,000 1,623,983,000 1,623,983,000 1,468,312,000 1,468,312,000 1,482,507,000 1,482,507,000 1,500,369,000                                                  
        prepaid expenses and other .............................................................................................................................................................
               457,566,000 520,558,000 513,717,000 459,320,000 459,320,000 430,111,000 454,752,000 454,752,000 465,812,000 465,812,000 412,904,000 412,904,000 342,554,000 342,554,000 373,847,000 373,847,000 377,657,000 377,657,000 363,965,000                                                  
        assets of discontinued operations......................................................................................................................................................
                                                                                   
        property and equipment, net ................................................................................................................................................................
               315,393,000 382,398,000 374,051,000   377,002,000 375,001,000 375,001,000   351,381,000 351,381,000                                                         
        operating lease right-of-use asset, net.....................................................................................................................................................
               248,122,000                                                                    
        goodwill ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
               2,413,566,000 2,820,295,000 2,685,681,000 2,255,932,000 2,255,932,000 2,317,873,000 2,301,331,000 2,301,331,000 2,224,657,000 2,224,657,000 2,172,563,000 2,172,563,000 2,058,687,000 2,058,687,000 1,975,566,000 1,975,566,000 1,954,584,000 1,954,584,000 1,925,111,000                                                  
        other intangibles, net ..........................................................................................................................................................................
               654,668,000 584,244,000 618,201,000                                                                  
        investments and other........................................................................................................................................................................
               404,004,000                                                                    
        assets of discontinued operations..........................................................................................................................................................
                                                                                   
        accounts payable ..........................................................................................................................................................................
               695,204,000 1,227,209,000 1,136,120,000                                                                  
        bank credit lines ............................................................................................................................................................................
               299,914,000 951,458,000 1,144,881,000   954,140,000 741,653,000 741,653,000   577,477,000 577,477,000                                                         
        current maturities of long-term debt .................................................................................................................................................
               9,117,000 8,955,000 12,482,000 12,475,000 12,475,000    17,247,000 17,247,000   18,604,000 18,604,000 17,460,000 17,460,000 17,189,000 17,189,000 17,333,000                                                  
        operating lease liabilities..................................................................................................................................................................
               68,460,000                                                                    
        liabilities of discontinued operations.................................................................................................................................................
                                                                                   
        long-term debt .................................................................................................................................................................................
               973,500,000  1,000,315,000 985,385,000 985,385,000 1,000,515,000   907,592,000 907,592,000 807,625,000 807,625,000 708,422,000 708,422,000 718,024,000 718,024,000 700,052,000 700,052,000 666,283,000                                                  
        deferred income taxes ........................................................................................................................................................................
               76,850,000 31,570,000 45,947,000                                                                  
        operating lease liabilities......................................................................................................................................................................
               187,308,000                                                                    
        other liabilities ..................................................................................................................................................................................
               327,057,000 392,313,000 415,045,000 407,458,000 407,458,000 421,684,000 420,285,000 420,285,000 292,179,000 292,179,000 288,478,000 288,478,000 256,875,000 256,875,000 257,755,000 257,755,000 250,018,000 250,018,000 242,675,000                                                  
        liabilities of discontinued operations.....................................................................................................................................................
                                                                                   
        redeemable noncontrolling interests .....................................................................................................................................................
               286,700,000 312,156,000 282,502,000 292,986,000 292,986,000 670,017,000 832,138,000 832,138,000 737,747,000 737,747,000 747,022,000 747,022,000 719,390,000 719,390,000 571,369,000 571,369,000 568,693,000 568,693,000 529,997,000                                                  
        redeemable noncontrolling interests from discontinued operations.............................................................................................................
                                                                                   
        commitments and contingencies ..........................................................................................................................................................
                                                                                   
        additional paid-in capital ................................................................................................................................................................
               86,128,000                                                                    
        retained earnings ..........................................................................................................................................................................
               2,859,182,000 3,208,589,000 3,191,260,000 3,123,398,000 3,123,398,000 2,998,328,000 2,940,029,000 2,940,029,000 3,164,541,000 3,164,541,000 3,134,989,000 3,134,989,000 3,068,249,000 3,068,249,000 2,996,773,000 2,996,773,000 3,010,456,000 3,010,456,000 2,933,805,000                                                  
        accumulated other comprehensive loss .............................................................................................................................................
               -149,878,000 -248,771,000 -219,649,000 -211,392,000 -211,392,000 -97,888,000 -130,067,000 -130,067,000 -154,472,000 -154,472,000 -209,526,000 -209,526,000 -281,819,000 -281,819,000 -222,180,000 -222,180,000 -214,607,000 -214,607,000 -209,697,000                                                  
        noncontrolling interests ..................................................................................................................................................................
               617,751,000 580,456,000 443,581,000 9,371,000 9,371,000    8,571,000 8,571,000   8,169,000 8,169,000 7,861,000 7,861,000 7,890,000 7,890,000 2,536,000                                                  
        investments and other ........................................................................................................................................................................
                538,370,000 518,425,000   449,731,000 432,002,000 432,002,000   472,922,000 472,922,000                                                         
        long-term debt, net ...........................................................................................................................................................................
                1,003,873,000                                                                   
        property and equipment, net ...............................................................................................................................................................
                  368,604,000 368,604,000    361,708,000 361,708,000   336,465,000 336,465,000 324,108,000 324,108,000 320,098,000 320,098,000 324,283,000                                                  
        other intangibles, net .........................................................................................................................................................................
                  612,857,000 612,857,000 649,465,000 669,641,000 669,641,000 666,997,000 666,997,000 636,813,000 636,813,000 599,183,000 599,183,000 593,260,000 593,260,000 593,919,000 593,919,000 603,249,000                                                  
        investments and other .......................................................................................................................................................................
                  510,453,000 510,453,000    450,770,000 450,770,000   458,028,000 458,028,000 454,704,000 454,704,000 487,404,000 487,404,000 476,924,000                                                  
        accounts payable .........................................................................................................................................................................
                  1,117,925,000 1,117,925,000 1,020,739,000 1,153,012,000 1,153,012,000 1,029,138,000 1,029,138,000 882,674,000 882,674,000 843,782,000 843,782,000 931,090,000 931,090,000 881,667,000 881,667,000 809,124,000                                                  
        bank credit lines ...........................................................................................................................................................................
                  1,179,334,000 1,179,334,000    631,865,000 631,865,000   671,724,000 671,724,000 333,123,000 333,123,000 237,809,000 237,809,000 424,030,000                                                  
        deferred income taxes .......................................................................................................................................................................
                  48,126,000 48,126,000    91,786,000 91,786,000   79,107,000 79,107,000 143,612,000 143,612,000 248,308,000 248,308,000 257,877,000                                                  
        commitments and contingencies .........................................................................................................................................................
                                                                                   
        current maturities of long-term debt ..................................................................................................................................................
                    14,164,000 16,659,000 16,659,000   17,241,000 17,241,000                                                         
        deferred income taxes .........................................................................................................................................................................
                    54,453,000 50,431,000 50,431,000   89,756,000 89,756,000                                                         
        commitments and contingencies ...........................................................................................................................................................
                                                                                   
        noncontrolling interests .................................................................................................................................................................
                    9,936,000 12,911,000 12,911,000   8,375,000 8,375,000                                                         
        long-term debt, net ............................................................................................................................................................................
                     907,756,000 907,756,000                                                             
        additional paid-in capital ...............................................................................................................................................................
                             119,918,000 119,918,000 151,056,000 151,056,000 188,769,000                                                  
        deferred income taxes ...................................................................................................................................................................
                               57,642,000 57,642,000 60,105,000                                                  
        total current assets
                                  3,231,100,000 3,120,173,000 2,905,337,000 2,802,254,000 2,913,166,000 2,928,237,000 2,912,003,000 2,876,906,000 2,834,665,000 2,635,420,000 2,573,266,000 2,585,415,000 2,704,377,000 2,512,179,000 2,331,144,000 2,307,010,000 2,272,508,000 2,317,132,000 2,349,010,000 2,261,511,000 2,169,302,000 2,247,774,000 2,212,545,000 2,219,372,000 2,203,533,000 2,079,753,000 2,089,290,000 1,940,316,000 2,066,272,000 2,014,262,000 1,931,123,000 1,873,302,000 1,848,799,000 1,853,469,000 1,648,858,000 1,551,779,000 1,644,848,000 1,516,650,000 1,522,740,000 1,493,506,000 1,584,409,000 1,482,553,000 1,419,864,000 1,328,647,000 1,430,743,000 1,260,253,000 1,246,674,000 1,086,030,000 1,156,484,000 
        total assets
                                  6,504,740,000 6,371,558,000 6,105,626,000 5,939,264,000 6,138,807,000 6,130,631,000 5,991,754,000 5,880,110,000 5,624,636,000 5,278,089,000 5,164,506,000 5,205,686,000 5,333,997,000 5,111,532,000 4,835,256,000 4,759,633,000 4,740,144,000 4,798,296,000 4,883,759,000 4,794,994,000 4,547,471,000 4,604,459,000 4,417,665,000 4,262,631,000 3,835,985,000 3,703,339,000 3,645,490,000 3,432,544,000 3,599,634,000 3,506,574,000 3,469,515,000 3,388,469,000 3,313,984,000 3,283,493,000 2,896,652,000 2,815,392,000 2,881,146,000 2,717,620,000 2,650,053,000 2,566,944,000 2,583,120,000 2,481,622,000 2,439,888,000 2,340,142,000 2,433,670,000 2,212,271,000 2,200,273,000 1,832,588,000 1,819,370,000 
        payroll and related
                                  258,416,000 218,486,000 221,335,000 181,584,000 237,511,000 204,776,000 208,886,000 182,007,000 216,629,000 181,444,000 182,587,000 154,845,000 207,381,000 175,089,000 179,186,000 147,662,000 191,173,000 175,919,000 170,314,000 153,892,000 172,746,000 154,103,000 139,290,000 129,727,000 155,298,000 148,665,000 123,182,000 106,768,000 135,523,000 132,000,000 124,213,000 114,881,000 136,291,000 122,898,000 104,099,000 96,994,000 110,401,000 95,705,000 87,538,000 83,318,000 96,113,000 86,798,000 91,515,000 70,131,000 89,431,000 70,259,000 89,633,000 51,778,000  
        taxes
                                  161,760,000 167,333,000 155,420,000 152,310,000 151,162,000 171,870,000 158,363,000 165,814,000 145,161,000 156,945,000 139,605,000 137,114,000 132,774,000 130,576,000 126,703,000 131,811,000 121,234,000 127,337,000 125,721,000 131,387,000 91,581,000 107,040,000 91,721,000 97,379,000 86,034,000 83,951,000 91,091,000 84,304,000 69,792,000 81,577,000 87,359,000 92,910,000 73,278,000 77,882,000 56,303,000 52,720,000 59,007,000 54,345,000 41,414,000 44,532,000 65,070,000 57,721,000 56,884,000 57,764,000 70,970,000 57,234,000 58,565,000 48,385,000 45,969,000 
        other
                                  375,061,000 336,335,000 334,095,000 318,317,000 341,728,000 312,523,000 330,680,000 329,499,000 329,429,000 287,812,000 288,057,000 289,601,000 299,738,000 262,694,000 257,046,000 260,290,000 259,932,000 242,529,000 264,703,000 263,899,000 267,736,000 267,966,000 265,468,000 277,827,000 289,351,000 263,392,000 251,495,000 237,792,000 262,236,000 215,438,000 226,615,000 222,994,000 223,765,000 204,760,000 181,875,000 165,113,000 183,054,000 165,325,000 158,122,000 146,477,000 156,433,000 136,019,000 140,158,000 129,832,000 156,410,000 129,761,000 125,077,000 106,530,000  
        total current liabilities
                                  2,146,997,000 1,797,281,000 1,636,742,000 1,546,839,000 1,780,111,000 1,705,834,000 1,543,901,000 1,613,261,000 1,550,663,000 1,446,445,000 1,314,335,000 1,242,569,000 1,472,709,000 1,448,958,000 1,283,454,000 1,139,136,000 1,271,640,000 1,201,352,000 1,236,945,000 1,234,203,000 1,168,087,000 1,287,647,000 1,026,197,000 1,013,871,000 1,076,254,000 1,029,134,000 1,057,612,000 1,011,885,000 1,183,665,000 1,100,698,000 921,818,000 889,520,000 940,639,000 1,013,891,000 733,505,000 698,172,000 810,088,000 724,246,000 672,084,000 649,075,000 724,114,000 635,002,000 623,471,000 572,066,000 693,899,000 530,057,000 649,136,000 479,198,000 519,188,000 
        total liabilities
                                  3,075,732,000 2,845,021,000 2,671,938,000 2,630,248,000 2,757,835,000 2,760,060,000 2,640,295,000 2,578,352,000 2,339,096,000 2,092,103,000 2,081,044,000 2,162,649,000 2,282,958,000 2,162,763,000 1,986,098,000 1,863,119,000 1,904,471,000 1,840,674,000 1,884,775,000 1,920,734,000 1,830,374,000 1,937,289,000 1,809,568,000 1,784,526,000 1,495,907,000                         
        none outstanding
                                                                                   
        82,415,320 outstanding on december 26, 2015 and
                                                                                   
        84,008,537 outstanding on december 27, 2014
                                  824,000 834,000 837,000 839,000                                              
        total henry schein, inc. stockholders' equity
                                  2,884,256,000 2,939,352,000 2,863,393,000 2,733,340,000 2,813,594,000 2,818,354,000 2,850,743,000 2,816,311,000 2,785,197,000 2,708,842,000 2,615,379,000 2,578,229,000 2,613,585,000 2,571,701,000 2,488,648,000 2,526,049,000 2,432,222,000 2,539,154,000 2,573,356,000 2,446,830,000 2,411,625,000 2,366,648,000 2,266,814,000 2,191,406,000 2,161,479,000 2,012,474,000 2,096,444,000 1,951,566,000                      
        total stockholders' equity
                                  2,886,814,000 2,941,946,000 2,866,016,000 2,735,879,000 2,816,445,000 2,821,139,000 2,853,532,000 2,819,057,000 2,788,001,000 2,710,965,000 2,617,438,000 2,579,674,000 2,615,864,000 2,573,108,000 2,490,044,000 2,527,475,000 2,433,623,000 2,540,562,000 2,574,820,000 2,448,200,000 2,412,957,000 2,368,069,000 2,266,998,000 2,191,570,000 2,161,508,000 2,074,190,000 2,171,625,000 2,022,060,000 1,932,185,000 1,947,522,000 1,929,068,000                   
        total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and stockholders' equity
                                  6,504,740,000 6,371,558,000 6,105,626,000 5,939,264,000 6,138,807,000 6,130,631,000 5,991,754,000 5,880,110,000 5,624,636,000 5,278,089,000 5,164,506,000 5,205,686,000 5,333,997,000 5,111,532,000 4,835,256,000 4,759,633,000 4,740,144,000 4,798,296,000 4,883,759,000 4,794,994,000 4,547,471,000 4,604,459,000 4,417,665,000 4,262,631,000 3,835,985,000                         
        83,384,956 outstanding on september 26, 2015 and
                                                                                   
        83,654,154 outstanding on june 27, 2015 and
                                                                                   
        83,870,731 outstanding on march 28, 2015 and
                                                                                   
        84,008,537 outstanding on december 27, 2014 and
                                                                                   
        85,622,452 outstanding on december 28, 2013
                                      840,000 845,000 850,000 856,000                                          
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                      -95,132,000 -17,291,000 78,703,000 72,862,000 67,849,000 51,151,000 1,265,000 14,462,000 52,855,000 35,475,000 12,880,000 53,744,000 22,584,000 49,623,000 102,921,000 89,836,000 30,514,000 50,932,000 -3,849,000 29,307,000 64,194,000 71,863,000 45,578,000 -15,580,000 29,721,000 77,003,000 131,831,000 134,141,000 100,268,000 80,861,000 56,144,000 45,819,000 47,363,000 41,164,000 44,746,000 26,670,000 21,059,000 24,773,000 21,136,000 34,622,000 44,785,000 22,980,000 20,125,000 19,833,000 24,999,000 
        84,459,689 outstanding on september 27, 2014 and
                                                                                   
        85,022,123 outstanding on june 28, 2014 and
                                                                                   
        85,563,353 outstanding on march 29, 2014 and
                                                                                   
        85,622,452 outstanding on december 28, 2013 and
                                                                                   
        87,850,671 outstanding on december 29, 2012
                                          856,000 860,000 867,000 874,000                                      
        86,029,175 outstanding on september 28, 2013 and
                                                                                   
        86,726,281 outstanding on june 29, 2013 and
                                                                                   
        87,381,543 outstanding on march 30, 2013 and
                                                                                   
        87,850,671 outstanding on december 29, 2012 and
                                                                                   
        89,928,082 outstanding on december 31, 2011
                                              879,000 883,000 889,000 902,000                                  
        88,264,853 outstanding on september 29, 2012 and
                                                                                   
        88,904,637 outstanding on june 30, 2012 and
                                                                                   
        90,179,606 outstanding on march 31, 2012 and
                                                                                   
        89,928,082 outstanding on december 31, 2011 and
                                                                                   
        91,939,477 outstanding on december 25, 2010
                                                  899,000 909,000 924,000 923,000                              
        90,881,484 outstanding on september 24, 2011 and
                                                                                   
        92,384,610 outstanding on june 25, 2011 and
                                                                                   
        92,261,494 outstanding on march 26, 2011 and
                                                                                   
        91,939,477 outstanding on december 25, 2010 and
                                                                                   
        90,630,889 outstanding on december 26, 2009
                                                      919,000 924,000 915,000 913,000                          
        92,366,321 outstanding on september 25, 2010 and
                                                                                   
        noncontrolling interest
                                                       1,421,000 184,000 164,000 29,000  75,181,000 70,494,000                      
        available-for-sale securities
                                                        14,989,000 26,980,000       11,925,000 35,925,000 997,000 27,750,000 88,000,000 47,499,000 47,999,000  101,107,000 80,175,000 80,195,000 8,425,000        
        91,514,440 outstanding on june 26, 2010 and
                                                                                   
        91,319,162 outstanding on march 27, 2010 and
                                                                                   
        90,630,889 outstanding on december 26, 2009 and
                                                                                   
        89,351,849 outstanding on december 27, 2008
                                                          906,000 904,000 902,000 902,000                      
        90,448,417 outstanding on september 26, 2009 and
                                                                                   
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                           3,703,339,000 3,645,490,000 3,432,544,000 3,599,634,000 3,506,574,000 3,469,515,000                   
        90,167,656 outstanding on june 27, 2009 and
                                                                                   
        90,150,568 outstanding on march 28, 2009 and
                                                                                   
        minority interest
                                                              67,780,000 50,710,000 46,816,000 40,052,000 35,923,000 29,646,000 24,687,000 21,926,000 21,746,000 16,497,000 17,253,000 14,258,000 12,353,000 11,856,000 14,367,000 13,037,000 12,438,000 11,367,000 13,263,000 11,999,000 11,532,000 
        89,351,849 outstanding on december 27, 2008 and
                                                                                   
        89,603,660 outstanding on december 29, 2007
                                                              894,000 899,000 898,000 902,000                  
        89,909,757 outstanding on september 27, 2008 and
                                                                                   
        89,762,723 outstanding on june 28, 2008 and
                                                                                   
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                   
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                   
        90,218,436 outstanding on march 29, 2008 and
                                                                                   
        total stockholders’ equity
                                                                 1,885,797,000 1,779,982,000 1,673,555,000 1,567,281,000 1,509,134,000 1,470,963,000 1,406,777,000 1,354,848,000 1,298,877,000 1,229,544,000 1,199,349,000 1,162,384,000 1,128,452,000 1,106,053,000 1,059,314,000 1,048,554,000 1,029,482,000 1,004,118,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                 3,388,469,000 3,313,984,000 3,283,493,000 2,896,652,000 2,815,392,000 2,881,146,000 2,717,620,000 2,650,053,000 2,566,944,000 2,583,120,000 2,481,622,000 2,439,888,000 2,340,142,000 2,433,670,000 2,212,271,000 2,200,273,000 1,832,588,000 1,819,370,000 
        henry schein, inc.
                                                                                   
        consolidated statements of income
                                                                                   
        net sales
                                                                 1,525,619,000                  
        cost of sales
                                                                 1,074,386,000                  
        gross profit
                                                                 451,233,000                  
        operating expenses:
                                                                                   
        selling, general and administrative
                                                                 366,006,000                  
        operating income
                                                                 85,227,000                  
        other income:
                                                                                   
        interest income
                                                                 3,983,000                  
        interest expense
                                                                 -6,902,000                  
        income from continuing operations before
                                                                                   
        taxes, minority interest and equity in
                                                                                   
        earnings of affiliates
                                                                 81,925,000                  
        income taxes
                                                                 -27,855,000                  
        minority interest in net income of subsidiaries
                                                                 -3,250,000                  
        equity in earnings of affiliates
                                                                 1,510,000                  
        income from continuing operations
                                                                 52,330,000                  
        discontinued operations:
                                                                                   
        income from operations of discontinued components
                                                                                   
        income tax expense
                                                                                   
        income from discontinued operations
                                                                                   
        net income
                                                                 52,330,000                  
        earnings from continuing operations per share:
                                                                                   
        basic
                                                                 590                  
        diluted
                                                                 570                  
        income from discontinued operations per share:
                                                                                   
        earnings per share:
                                                                                   
        weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                                   
        business acquisition
                                                                   61,615,000                
        deferred compensation
                                                                          -425,000 -364,000 -388,000 -413,000 -437,000 -461,000 -514,000 -60,000 -91,000 
        marketable securities
                                                                                  3,012,000 
        accruals:
                                                                                   
        payroll and related expenses
                                                                                  68,214,000 
        other expenses
                                                                                  117,530,000 
        treasury stock
                                                                                   
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2021-12-25 2021-09-25 2021-06-26 2020-09-26 2020-06-27 2020-03-28 2019-12-28 2019-09-28 2019-06-29 2019-03-30 2018-12-29 2018-09-29 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-30 2017-09-30 2017-07-01 2017-05-09 2017-04-01 2016-09-24 2016-06-25 2016-03-26 2015-09-26 2015-06-27 2015-03-28 2014-12-27 2014-09-27 2014-06-28 2014-03-29 2013-09-28 2013-06-29 2013-03-30 2012-12-29 2012-09-29 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-09-24 2011-06-25 2011-03-26 2010-12-25 2010-09-25 2010-06-26 2010-03-27 2009-12-26 2009-09-26 2009-06-27 2009-03-28 2008-09-27 2008-06-28 2008-03-29 2007-12-29 2007-09-29 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-30 2006-09-30 2006-07-01 2006-04-01 2005-12-31 2005-09-24 2005-06-25 2005-03-26 2004-12-25 2004-09-25 2004-06-26 2004-03-27 
                                                                          
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                          
          net income
        152,147,000 169,474,000 66,823,000 272,082,000 -13,267,000 133,565,000 336,445,000 148,853,000               141,396,000 129,608,000 111,580,000 143,955,000 124,236,000 127,117,000 110,128,000 116,372,000 121,435,000 98,686,000 121,715,000 105,310,000 107,302,000 89,061,000 100,808,000 105,056,000 82,971,000 97,226,000 94,490,000 93,163,000 67,252,000 92,684,000 100,745,000   68,425,000 65,477,000 52,330,000 78,269,000 59,573,000 33,837,000 43,494,000 62,997,000 39,285,000 45,218,000 16,259,000 51,700,000 26,427,000 39,974,000 33,225,000 29,550,000 31,504,000 38,736,000 28,393,000 
          income from discontinued operations
           274,000   -747,000 5,641,000                                                           
          income from continuing operations
        152,147,000 169,474,000 67,097,000 271,808,000 -13,852,000 133,847,000 337,192,000 143,212,000                                                           
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                          
          net cash from operating activities from continuing operations
        276,639,000 211,215,000 -26,688,000 248,414,000 -91,600,000 90,757,000 295,298,000 226,394,000                                                           
          net cash from operating activities from discontinued operations
           648,000 855,000 -282,000 -2,738,000 5,641,000                                                           
          net cash from operating activities
        276,639,000 211,215,000 -27,336,000 249,062,000 -90,745,000 90,475,000 292,560,000 232,035,000               107,428,000 207,756,000 -26,654,000 274,019,000 174,502,000 199,232,000 -55,249,000 152,796,000 274,798,000 -38,047,000 199,661,000 78,545,000 178,498,000 -48,605,000 81,349,000 137,713,000 47,579,000 212,049,000 47,837,000 107,313,000 21,675,000 178,513,000 138,802,000 106,703,000 -27,128,000 49,947,000 125,277,000 13,340,000 120,286,000 69,184,000 114,643,000 -33,902,000 170,691,000 64,009,000 38,617,000 -38,000,000 151,559,000 40,967,000 87,910,000 -15,295,000   81,045,000 -20,302,000 
          capital expenditures
                        
          free cash flows
        276,639,000 211,215,000 -27,336,000 249,062,000 -90,745,000 90,475,000 292,560,000 232,035,000               107,428,000 207,756,000 -26,654,000 274,019,000 174,502,000 199,232,000 -55,249,000 152,796,000 274,798,000 -38,047,000 199,661,000 78,545,000 178,498,000 -48,605,000 81,349,000 137,713,000 47,579,000 212,049,000 47,837,000 107,313,000 21,675,000 178,513,000 138,802,000 106,703,000 -27,128,000 49,947,000 125,277,000 13,340,000 120,286,000 69,184,000 114,643,000 -33,902,000 170,691,000 64,009,000 38,617,000 -38,000,000 151,559,000 40,967,000 87,910,000 -15,295,000   81,045,000 -20,302,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                          
          purchases of fixed assets
        -30,309,000 -16,894,000 5,987,000 -37,799,000 -7,580,000 -23,008,000 -27,263,000 -18,248,000               -18,734,000 -17,937,000 -15,493,000 -21,334,000 -22,806,000 -19,492,000 -18,484,000 -16,799,000 -10,072,000 -11,862,000 -18,303,000 -11,562,000 -9,149,000 -12,223,000 -11,783,000 -10,306,000 -10,458,000 -12,074,000 -9,384,000 -8,480,000 -9,062,000 -13,210,000 -10,014,000 -15,537,000 -12,866,000 -14,653,000 -9,723,000 -13,743,000 -23,798,000 -11,687,000 -12,403,000 -8,933,000 -17,073,000 -17,273,000 -21,486,000 -11,168,000 -14,625,000 -14,171,000 -13,895,000 -8,138,000 -13,150,000    
          payments related to equity investments and business
                                                                          
          proceeds from sale of equity investment
           12,000,000   296,751,000                                                           
          proceeds from (repayments to) loan to affiliate
           -1,451,000                                                               
          other
        -14,604,000 -7,073,000 2,864,000 -14,498,000 -5,812,000 -5,787,000 -1,927,000 -3,486,000               2,269,000 1,182,000 3,680,000 -18,901,000 6,751,000 13,480,000 1,973,000 8,789,000 2,076,000 3,291,000 3,705,000 6,629,000 958,000 2,901,000 786,000 407,000 1,835,000 -1,573,000 2,626,000 1,288,000 1,361,000 -162,000 1,044,000 -125,000 1,616,000 -815,000 -891,000 -426,000 -3,642,000 -2,300,000 151,000 -721,000 483,000 -2,137,000 701,000 -1,113,000 -1,299,000 1,058,000 -1,079,000 1,089,000 -2,514,000 3,945,000 -56,000 144,000 
          net cash from investing activities from continuing operations
        -198,216,000 -137,882,000 -247,163,000 -93,956,000 -16,036,000 -65,605,000 269,040,000 -55,806,000                                                           
          net cash from investing activities from discontinued operations
                                                                        
          net cash from investing activities
        -198,216,000 -137,882,000 -247,163,000 -93,956,000 -16,036,000 -65,605,000 269,040,000 -55,806,000               -105,564,000 -67,590,000 -30,315,000 -83,079,000 -166,230,000 -100,236,000 -167,094,000 -33,045,000 -16,424,000 -44,289,000 -32,304,000 -95,220,000 -109,976,000 -32,104,000 -3,382,000 -21,356,000 -140,664,000 -54,442,000 -91,564,000 -137,986,000 -144,412,000 28,417,000 -72,608,000 -25,377,000 -27,880,000 -2,999,000 -22,522,000 -60,084,000 -82,019,000 -40,646,000 -74,334,000 -45,048,000 -81,340,000 -5,968,000 -8,223,000 -84,830,000 -95,671,000 -4,038,000 -9,193,000 -53,964,000 5,564,000 18,866,000 -109,111,000 -87,871,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                          
          net change in bank borrowings
        -5,280,000 -7,747,000 -489,520,000 484,139,000 121,063,000 358,639,000                                                             
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
        105,000,000 -301,421,000 501,421,000 251,421,000 250,000,000                        195,000,000 155,781,000 328,000,000 50,000,000 5,082,000 50,000 100,000,000 101,000 3,000,000 10,000,000           55,000 428,000            
          principal payments for long-term debt
        -435,000 -1,509,000 490,131,000 -610,457,000 -601,102,000 -8,478,000 -250,692,000 -1,214,000               -1,342,000 -68,507,000 -736,000 -92,363,000 -35,178,000 -100,470,000 -396,000 -255,863,000 -305,095,000 -232,905,000 -2,505,000 -2,842,000 -24,725,000 -10,650,000 -740,000 -22,390,000 -1,526,000 -21,352,000 -241,501,000 -1,355,000 -1,843,000 -877,000 -150,840,000 -900,000 -1,712,000 -24,190,000 -4,976,000 -973,000 -5,374,000 -24,604,000 -17,468,000 -457,000 -3,860,000 -24,202,000 -3,830,000 -2,645,000 -3,005,000 -2,913,000       
          debt issuance costs
        -880,000 -1,814,000 3,484,000 -3,683,000 -3,597,000 -58,000                 -125,000    -8,000 -1,083,000 -236,000 -78,000 -1,191,000                                 
          debt extinguishment costs
           -401,000                                                               
          proceeds from issuance of stock upon exercise of stock options
                            767,000 3,281,000 7,577,000 7,376,000 2,838,000 4,827,000 16,450,000 3,184,000 7,653,000 11,799,000 28,712,000 3,058,000 10,676,000 30,039,000 2,312,000 9,124,000 18,814,000 13,087,000 4,314,000 5,756,000 15,280,000 2,181,000 5,761,000 3,551,000 377,000 12,346,000 5,523,000 7,172,000 2,740,000 9,099,000 12,929,000 10,691,000 2,722,000 7,300,000 8,492,000 17,108,000 4,222,000 6,225,000 8,109,000 10,944,000 2,172,000 1,375,000 5,195,000 12,683,000 
          payments for repurchases of common stock
          -127,422,000 -73,789,000 -73,789,000 -200,000,000 -98,218,000               -37,656,000 -37,500,000 -75,707,000 -73,707,000 -74,839,000 -76,137,000 -75,306,000 -74,967,000 -78,062,000 -73,449,000 -84,194,000 -58,798,000 -118,326,000 -38,565,000 -100,377,000 -5,000,000 -27,098,000 -52,916,000        -23,298,000   -30,689,000 -14,563,000 -2,261,000   -25,159,000 -6,108,000 -4,699,000 -16,310,000 -11,547,000 -24,702,000 -34,910,000 -11,054,000 
          payments for taxes related to shares withheld for employee taxes
        -99,000 -13,000 6,648,000 -14,007,000 -558,000 -13,155,000 -63,000 -224,000                                                           
          distribution received related to animal health spin-off
                                                                        
          proceeds related to animal health share sale
                                                                        
          proceeds from (distributions to) noncontrolling shareholders
           -3,995,000 198,000 -3,664,000                                                             
          acquisitions of noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries
        -9,948,000 -49,162,000 13,804,000 -14,934,000 -9,000 -14,925,000 -88,000               -313,000 -8,052,000 -205,000 -2,831,000 -18,759,000 -83,793,000 -132,000 -5,219,000 -535,000 -468,000 -13,647,000 -6,366,000 -11,833,000 -3,000,000 -366,000 3,034,000 -139,845,000 -10,000,000                        
          proceeds from (payments) to henry schein animal health business
                                                                          
          net cash from financing activities from continuing operations
        -78,484,000 -115,078,000 -403,828,000 264,433,000 -229,558,000 491,608,000 -539,490,000 -184,147,000                                                           
          net cash from financing activities from discontinued operations
           -648,000 -855,000 282,000 2,738,000 -5,641,000                                                           
          net cash from financing activities
        -78,484,000 -115,078,000 -403,180,000 263,785,000 -230,413,000 491,890,000 -536,752,000 -189,788,000               18,730,000 -152,511,000 35,774,000 -166,137,000 -9,842,000 -140,365,000 161,697,000 -136,569,000 -268,744,000 56,073,000 -141,306,000 14,592,000 -74,796,000 30,909,000 -120,798,000 -73,454,000 53,129,000 -207,016,000 -81,845,000 -35,000 5,640,000 -50,777,000 -143,756,000 3,292,000 -6,434,000 -28,913,000 -33,422,000 5,285,000 3,732,000 -16,625,000 -3,062,000 -15,165,000 -12,909,000 -15,888,000 -14,902,000 22,425,000 -24,397,000 -7,323,000 -866,000 -6,280,000 -11,411,000 -48,833,000 61,176,000 25,438,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations
        -1,107,000 -6,350,000 -3,676,000 8,507,000 15,936,000 -5,489,000                                                             
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations
                                                                          
          net change in cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations
        -1,168,000 -48,095,000 -681,355,000 427,398,000 -321,258,000 511,271,000 30,841,000 -9,668,000                                                           
          net change in cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations
                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
        315,088,000 106,097,000 106,097,000               89,474,000 188,616,000 122,080,000 147,284,000 150,348,000  471,154,000  369,570,000 247,590,000  248,647,000  -43,815,000 254,498,000  186,621,000  157,351,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
        -1,168,000 -48,095,000 -366,267,000 533,495,000 -321,258,000 617,368,000 30,841,000 -9,668,000               13,413,000 -12,134,000 59,202,000 12,932,000 -13,156,000 -39,417,000 129,115,000 -8,924,000 -11,723,000 90,562,000 32,744,000 1,440,000 -13,917,000 101,813,000 -54,917,000 45,077,000 116,712,000  -117,386,000 -34,272,000 355,388,000  -76,266,000 85,717,000 308,156,000 16,932,000 68,396,000 203,036,000  16,487,000 36,515,000 154,456,000  37,736,000 -21,556,000 159,890,000  32,969,000 72,367,000 114,741,000  -33,366,000 33,251,000 73,086,000 
          proceeds from sale of equity investments
                                                                          
          payments for loan to affiliate
         -3,959,000                                                                 
          payments for repurchases and retirement of common stock
                                                                          
          distributions to noncontrolling shareholders
         -4,833,000                     -7,635,000 -11,568,000 -3,113,000 -2,186,000 -5,111,000 -13,926,000 -3,763,000 -5,041,000 -10,216,000 -2,792,000 -9,703,000 -2,986,000 -6,514,000 -2,081,000 -1,461,000 -5,355,000 -1,062,000 -2,792,000 -2,003,000                          
          proceeds from henry schein animal health business
                                                                          
          proceeds from (payments to) henry schein animal health business
           139,000                                                               
          loss from discontinued operations
             -282,000                                                             
          repayments from loan to affiliate
             1,137,000                                                             
          payments to henry schein animal health business
             -2,962,000 -2,738,000 46,400,000                                                           
          repayments from (borrowings for) loan to affiliate
                                                                          
          payments for equity investments and business
                                                                          
          proceeds for loan to affiliate
               580,000                                                           
          proceeds from (repayments of) bank borrowings
               -134,834,000                -30,103,000 -19,886,000 -5,643,000 105,045,000   90,000 -34,467,000 22,827,000 -130,246,000   -50,016,000 -9,272,000 -47,989,000 55,660,000 -159,695,000           5,766,000    -113,000            
          proceeds from issuance of debt
                             10,000,000 125,000,000  124,400,000 190,387,000                                      
          proceeds from (distributions to) noncontrolling stockholders
               4,031,000                                                           
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents-continuing operations
               3,891,000                                                           
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents-discontinued operations
                                                                         
          net income .......................................................................................................................................................................................
                 114,644,000 139,010,000   148,631,000                                                     
          income from discontinued operations............................................................................................................................................
                 -8,996,000                                                         
          income from continuing operations.......................................................................................................................................................
                 123,640,000                                                         
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from
                                                                          
          net cash from operating activities from continuing operations..............................................................................................
                 133,334,000                                                         
          net cash from operating activities from discontinued operations..............................................................................................................
                 -167,073,000                                                         
          net cash from operating activities ......................................................................................................................................................
                 -33,739,000    -70,944,000    -52,591,000 -52,591,000   -101,512,000                                             
          purchases of fixed assets ....................................................................................................................................................................
                 -15,918,000 -28,811,000 -23,106,000 -20,469,000 -18,251,000 -26,186,000 -18,350,000 -19,654,000 -17,311,000 -17,311,000 -18,345,000 -13,575,000 -12,605,000                                             
          proceeds from sale of equity investment.................................................................................................................................................
                 10,500,000                                                         
          proceeds for loan to affiliate................................................................................................................................................
                 15,940,000                                                         
          other ...............................................................................................................................................................................................
                 -3,076,000 21,159,000                                                        
          net cash from investing activities from continuing operations..................................................................................................................
                 -596,527,000                                                         
          net cash from investing activities from discontinued operations...............................................................................................................
                 -2,064,000                                                         
          net cash from investing activities .......................................................................................................................................................
                 -598,591,000 -46,597,000 -71,717,000      -34,680,000 -34,680,000 -59,448,000 -49,390,000 -70,996,000                                             
          proceeds from (repayments of) bank borrowings .....................................................................................................................................
                 -652,117,000            95,111,000                                             
          proceeds from issuance of debt ............................................................................................................................................................
                 741,000    100,000,000        210,000,000                                             
          principal payments for long-term debt ...................................................................................................................................................
                 -7,376,000 -421,000 -640,000      -56,367,000 -56,367,000 -1,372,000 -367,000 -7,554,000                                             
          debt issuance costs.............................................................................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          proceeds from issuance of stock upon exercise of stock options .................................................................................................................
                 34,000 54,000 3,022,000 325,000 240,000 749,000 3,952,000 3,952,000 695,000 2,661,000 6,398,000                                             
          payments for repurchases of common stock ..........................................................................................................................................
                 -150,000,000 -85,894,000 -60,751,000      -50,006,000 -50,006,000 -192,992,000 -57,012,000 -99,997,000                                             
          payments for taxes related to shares withheld for employee taxes...............................................................................................................
                 -9,671,000 -120,000 -238,000      -40,605,000 -40,605,000                                                
          distribution received related to animal health spin-off.............................................................................................................................
                 1,120,000,000                                                         
          proceeds related to animal health share sale..........................................................................................................................................
                 361,090,000                                                         
          proceeds from (distributions to) noncontrolling stockholders ......................................................................................................................
                 52,205,000                                                         
          acquisitions of noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries ..............................................................................................................................
                 -6,057,000 -3,614,000 -12,173,000      -4,089,000 -4,089,000 -15,633,000 -2,921,000 -32,711,000                                             
          payments to henry schein animal health business..................................................................................................................................
                 -224,773,000                                                         
          net cash from financing activities from continuing operations...........................................................................................................
                 484,076,000                                                         
          net cash from financing activities from discontinued operations........................................................................................................
                 148,053,000                                                         
          net cash from financing activities................................................................................................................................................
                 632,129,000                                                         
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash & cash equivalents-continuing operations.......................................................................................
                 10,347,000                                                         
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash & cash equivalents-discontinued operations....................................................................................
                 -2,240,000                                                         
          net change in cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations...........................................................................................................
                 31,230,000                                                         
          net change in cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations........................................................................................................
                 -23,324,000                                                         
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period .......................................................................................................................................
                 56,885,000 174,658,000 62,381,000 62,381,000 72,086,000                                             
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period ...............................................................................................................................................
                 88,115,000 -39,531,000 8,419,000 12,086,000 99,235,000 94,779,000 5,225,000 11,766,000 62,888,000 62,888,000 12,632,000 -8,054,000 71,614,000                                             
          net cash from operating activities ...............................................................................................................................................
                  293,952,000 173,868,000   238,014,000 131,362,000    178,081,000                                               
          proceeds from sale of equity investment ................................................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          repayments from (borrowings for) loan to affiliate .................................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          proceeds from bank borrowings ...........................................................................................................................................................
                  -193,357,000 -34,119,000      234,037,000 234,037,000                                                
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt ..............................................................................................................................................
                  15,000,000        16,000,000                                               
          debt issuance costs ............................................................................................................................................................................
                  -106,000 -218,000        -175,000 -58,000                                             
          excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation ..........................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          distributions to noncontrolling stockholders ............................................................................................................................................
                  -1,748,000                                                        
          net cash from financing activities ......................................................................................................................................................
                           -105,766,000                                               
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents ..................................................................................................................
                  -1,626,000 2,516,000      4,120,000 4,120,000 -235,000 1,420,000 2,943,000                                             
          net change in cash and cash equivalents ................................................................................................................................................
                  -39,531,000 8,419,000 12,086,000 -75,423,000 94,779,000 5,225,000 11,766,000 507,000 507,000 12,632,000 -8,054,000 -472,000                                             
          net cash from financing activities ...................................................................................................................................
                   -96,248,000    594,000                                                   
          net income ......................................................................................................................................................................................
                         150,253,000 150,253,000 145,291,000 133,098,000 124,533,000                                             
          other ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
                    -18,161,000 -8,212,000 544,000 -1,822,000 677,000 -5,549,000 -5,549,000 -7,001,000 4,064,000 -5,829,000                                             
          distributions to noncontrolling stockholders ...........................................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
                                                                          
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in
                                                                          
          net cash from investing activities ......................................................................................................................................................
                     -35,166,000                                                     
          proceeds from bank borrowings ............................................................................................................................................................
                     212,055,000                                                     
          debt issuance costs ...........................................................................................................................................................................
                     -30,000                                                     
          principal payments for long-term debt ....................................................................................................................................................
                     -10,032,000                                                     
          payments for repurchases of common stock ............................................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          payments for taxes related to shares withheld for employee taxes.................................................................................................................
                     -15,012,000                                                     
          distributions to noncontrolling stockholders ..........................................................................................................................................
                     -811,000                                                     
          acquisitions of noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries ............................................................................................................................
                     -261,433,000                                                     
          net cash from financing activities ................................................................................................................................................
                     27,759,000                                                     
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents ....................................................................................................................
                     2,928,000                                                     
          proceeds from sale of equity investment .................................................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities ...................................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt ...............................................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation ...........................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation..........................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          distributions to noncontrolling shareholders ...........................................................................................................................................
                         -3,264,000 -3,264,000 -6,206,000 -18,064,000 -2,096,000                                             
          proceeds from (repayments of) bank borrowings ......................................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          distributions to noncontrolling shareholders ..........................................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          net cash from financing activities ...............................................................................................................................................
                         83,658,000 83,658,000   169,093,000                                             
          proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities ..................................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation .........................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          repayments of bank borrowings ..........................................................................................................................................................
                                                                          
          operating activities:
                                                                          
          depreciation and amortization
                              42,716,000 39,026,000 37,149,000 39,570,000 39,179,000 37,353,000 36,136,000 31,845,000 31,843,000 32,393,000 33,333,000 30,600,000 30,969,000 30,420,000 28,571,000 29,121,000 28,348,000 25,704,000 25,166,000 25,772,000 24,572,000 20,563,000 20,196,000 20,813,000 19,921,000 19,475,000 20,270,000 19,438,000 20,915,000 17,794,000 17,670,000 17,557,000 18,039,000 16,733,000 15,806,000 14,352,000 17,798,000 14,199,000 15,111,000 13,237,000 18,095,000 13,247,000 10,342,000 9,642,000 
          stock-based compensation expense
                              13,079,000 13,502,000 8,499,000 12,624,000 13,747,000 10,542,000 8,963,000 7,963,000 11,422,000 5,310,000 5,446,000 11,818,000 11,295,000 8,754,000 8,085,000 9,615,000 8,345,000 10,165,000 6,746,000 6,857,000 6,142,000 7,580,000 6,041,000 6,236,000 6,067,000 6,844,000 6,956,000 9,260,000 5,833,000 5,995,000 6,608,000 4,117,000 5,531,000 4,559,000 5,517,000 3,857,000         
          benefit from losses on trade and other accounts receivable
                                1,251,000                 1,328,000 994,000  1,042,000 526,000 1,186,000                    
          benefit from deferred income taxes
                                17,226,000  -8,849,000   -28,349,000    -763,000 467,000 -8,182,000 -2,563,000   -3,983,000 3,763,000 -6,103,000 272,000 3,419,000 -23,712,000 -436,000 -5,485,000 1,600,000 448,000 -3,339,000 9,326,000 1,958,000             2,831,000 565,000 
          equity in earnings of affiliates
                              -5,191,000 -3,572,000 -2,028,000 -3,449,000 -4,762,000 -2,817,000 -706,000 -3,642,000 -1,766,000 -801,000 840,000 -3,434,000 -3,073,000 -1,391,000                               
          distributions from equity affiliates
                              5,203,000 3,778,000 2,335,000 5,423,000 4,964,000 3,368,000 1,972,000 2,836,000 3,569,000 2,881,000 5,202,000 3,290,000 2,683,000 3,324,000                               
          changes in unrecognized tax benefits
                              4,244,000 3,029,000 1,268,000                                          
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                                                                          
          accounts receivable
                              -56,438,000 -45,591,000 -9,861,000 26,897,000 -22,139,000 -56,597,000 -29,602,000 -48,296,000 -19,763,000 -25,392,000 32,036,000 -46,632,000 -1,896,000 -57,433,000 -40,883,000 -20,892,000 10,990,000 28,590,000 -70,865,000 -26,460,000 -7,394,000 33,233,000 -27,231,000 -28,954,000 43,397,000 -59,999,000 -23,256,000 16,504,000 60,557,000 -65,765,000 -12,809,000 -3,947,000 -287,000 -6,395,000 -7,622,000 4,599,000 27,643,000 -36,579,000 -19,500,000 14,434,000 -2,023,000 -18,119,000 -8,118,000 -6,815,000 
          inventories
                              -105,244,000 8,882,000 -11,906,000 -74,346,000 -46,103,000 6,991,000 41,559,000 -5,160,000 28,026,000 54,011,000 -108,558,000 -73,687,000 1,192,000 -12,532,000 -18,559,000 10,846,000 -6,944,000 -27,106,000 -26,465,000 17,782,000 14,482,000 -9,008,000 -23,482,000 34,287,000 -21,039,000 -63,118,000 16,023,000 -21,087,000 15,995,000 -47,387,000 11,510,000 3,936,000 -5,991,000 -4,212,000 -19,274,000 -12,481,000 -27,641,000 12,862,000 12,653,000 8,610,000 -18,338,000 10,874,000 1,959,000 -23,109,000 
          other current assets
                              -37,136,000 -22,690,000 -3,659,000 1,521,000 -18,677,000 195,000 -23,446,000 24,047,000 -26,927,000 14,003,000 -35,602,000 -18,710,000 -20,482,000 12,404,000 -7,437,000 -9,969,000 -1,131,000 10,886,000 -19,115,000 -26,141,000 7,730,000 1,181,000 -3,276,000 -10,199,000 12,669,000 -14,449,000 8,452,000 2,503,000 -48,353,000 -14,310,000 -7,413,000 11,882,000 11,048,000 -770,000 5,003,000 3,143,000 -11,505,000 7,637,000 1,225,000 32,790,000 -18,522,000 -5,135,000 -8,600,000 18,338,000 
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
                              106,895,000 84,454,000 -182,188,000 108,659,000 85,881,000 68,243,000 -219,293,000 32,533,000 114,390,000 -235,843,000 121,925,000 63,423,000 47,590,000 -117,075,000 10,388,000 20,161,000 -70,138,000 72,623,000 28,012,000 20,035,000 -93,753,000 26,979,000 84,207,000 3,839,000 -144,859,000 82,539,000 24,108,000 -64,720,000 -23,158,000 103,334,000 39,884,000 -106,488,000 70,994,000 19,381,000 -9,731,000 -92,527,000 90,463,000 -3,187,000 35,521,000 -121,356,000 115,635,000 -41,906,000 42,253,000 -48,109,000 
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                              -80,762,000 -47,679,000 -13,637,000 -60,173,000 -141,253,000 -78,178,000 -144,679,000 -806,000 -1,349,000 -32,359,000 -13,977,000 -85,913,000 -101,368,000 -18,980,000 -10,022,000 -133,614,000 -46,270,000 -101,730,000 -142,629,000 -108,946,000 41,263,000 -71,422,000 -12,746,000 -13,743,000 -2,349,000 -15,057,000 -8,524,000                 
          proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities
                                       3,200,000 2,000,000 2,875,000 1,150,000 300,000 50,000 2,100,000 50,000 4,550,000 100,000 1,300,000 1,225,000 4,690,000 1,300,000 2,740,000 725,000 847,000 27,750,000 87,315,000 30,000,000 18,000,000 8,000,000 117,806,000 108,066,000 60,895,000         
          proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities
                                 1,250,000              14,988,000              2,000,000           
          proceeds from bank borrowings
                                    114,768,000                                      
          excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation
                              88,000 2,844,000 511,000 796,000 1,229,000 3,350,000 1,168,000 1,964,000 3,364,000 7,176,000 592,000 1,503,000 8,548,000 573,000 1,055,000 5,797,000 3,706,000 1,235,000 1,829,000 4,522,000 1,859,000 2,138,000 503,000 180,000 5,962,000 1,244,000 3,429,000 1,071,000 3,575,000 2,169,000 5,853,000    6,925,000         
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                              -7,181,000 211,000 -9,077,000 -11,871,000 -11,586,000 1,952,000 1,145,000 7,894,000 -1,353,000 -5,255,000 6,693,000 3,523,000 -7,643,000 4,329,000 -12,086,000 2,174,000 6,320,000 -3,973,000 8,186,000 -3,564,000 1,331,000 -2,606,000 1,296,000 1,099,000 28,000 -1,103,000 -937,000 -3,095,000 -1,867,000 4,574,000 -732,000 -76,000 -3,865,000 -4,417,000 6,767,000 5,797,000 2,930,000 3,363,000 -5,484,000 3,659,000 -13,923,000 -235,000 141,000 -1,530,000 
          net change in cash and cash equivalents
                              13,413,000 -12,134,000 -30,272,000 12,932,000 -13,156,000 -39,417,000 -59,501,000 -16,818,000 -10,370,000 -26,263,000 26,051,000 -2,083,000 -6,274,000 -49,800,000 -42,831,000 42,903,000 -39,956,000 -49,409,000 -125,572,000 -30,708,000 -117,097,000 156,153,000 -77,562,000 84,618,000 -61,442,000 18,035,000 69,333,000 -41,459,000 41,999,000 11,913,000 37,247,000 -94,115,000 76,442,000 42,153,000 15,492,000 -100,405,000 31,491,000 29,606,000 77,851,000 -75,539,000 127,573,000 -33,131,000 33,110,000 -82,735,000 
          provision for losses on trade and other accounts receivable
                                 1,930,000   1,323,000   840,000 1,069,000   1,144,000  994,000 1,728,000 2,635,000         1,467,000 1,137,000    231,000 529,000        2,031,000    
          provision for deferred income taxes
                                    15,744,000   6,371,000       -6,772,000                            
          accelerated amortization of deferred financing costs
                                     6,203,000                                   
          loss on sale of equity investment
                                                                          
          payments related to sale of equity investment
                                                                          
          amortization of bond discount
                                               872,000 1,587,000 1,548,000 1,517,000 1,509,000 1,500,000 1,464,000                    
          stock issued to 401(k) plan
                                                                    
          purchases of available-for-sale securities
                                               -26,984,000     -35,925,000 -27,065,000 -70,501,000 -17,500,000 -57,999,000 -16,697,000 -86,465,000 -60,875,000 -103,520,000        
          undistributed earnings of affiliates
                                            -4,559,000 -4,133,000 -1,653,000 -3,118,000 -3,721,000 -1,795,000 -1,531,000  -1,200,000 -1,212,000 -1,365,000   -1,510,000    -23,000 -254,000 -246,000 -227,000 -108,000 -313,000 -79,000 -248,000 -187,000 -368,000 -746,000 -300,000 -285,000 
          distributions from equity investments
                                                                          
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
                                                                          
          by operating activities:
                                                                          
          gain on sale of discontinued operation, net of tax
                                                                         
          impairment from write-down of long-lived assets of
                                                                          
          discontinued operation
                                                                          
          cash received from business divestiture
                                                                        
          net proceeds from foreign exchange forward contract
                                                                          
          settlements
                                                                          
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
                                                                          
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
                                                                          
          payments for equity investment and business
                                                                          
          net proceeds from foreign exchange forward contract settlements
                                                                          
          repayments of bank borrowings
                                                 263,000 -931,000  -436,000 -204,000 -3,189,000 722,000 -2,589,000 -3,919,000                 
          undistributed losses of affiliates
                                                                          
          net proceeds from (payments for) foreign exchange
                                                                          
          forward contract settlements
                                                                          
          cash received from business divestitures
                                                          10,766,000                
          net proceeds from (payments for) foreign exchange forward contract settlements
                                                     -8,000 283,000        -5,633,000 -2,090,000   7,188,000 8,115,000       
          net income attributable to henry schein, inc.
                                                      54,851,000                    
          adjustments to reconcile net income attributable to henry schein, inc. to net cash
                                                                          
          provided by operating activities:
                                                                          
          net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
                                                      4,449,000                    
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
                                                                          
          loss on sales of discontinued operation, net of tax
                                                                          
          impairment from write-down of long-lived assets of discontinued operations
                                                                          
          undistributed (earnings) losses of affiliates
                                                                          
          minority interest in net income of subsidiaries
                                                       5,278,000 7,131,000 3,250,000 6,438,000 4,247,000 3,842,000 2,915,000 3,643,000 1,181,000 1,706,000 1,560,000 2,215,000 1,249,000 2,476,000 51,000 -221,000 -72,000 1,254,000 525,000 
          net payments for foreign exchange forward contract settlements
                                                        -3,048,000 -2,004,000  -5,367,000 -7,692,000 -3,921,000    -1,161,000    -4,478,000     
          from operating activities:
                                                                          
          payments for equity investment and business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                          -81,884,000 -82,475,000 -14,391,000 -27,432,000             
          proceeds from settlement of note receivable
                                                                  2,616,000        
          payments for debt issuance costs
                                                                     -627,000    
          loss on sale of discontinued operation, net of tax
                                                              19,363,000         
          impairment from write down of long-lived assets of discontinued operations
                                                                         
          undistributed earnings (losses) of affiliates
                                                                          
          deferred income taxes
                                                             -6,855,000 3,959,000 -8,599,000 959,000 4,978,000 1,609,000 -3,456,000 1,619,000 3,020,000 10,095,000    
          net proceeds from (repayments of) bank borrowings
                                                             -255,000             
          impairment of long-lived asset
                                                                          
          payments for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                              -13,748,000 -80,945,000 -32,475,000 -72,712,000 -9,665,000 -3,796,000 -15,706,000 -39,046,000 19,654,000 -16,222,000 -131,406,000 -4,401,000 
          payments related to pending business acquisitions
                                                                      -3,950,000 42,952,000 29,590,000 -86,031,000 
          repayments of debt assumed in business acquisitions
                                                                          
          impairment from write-down of long-lived asset
                                                                          
          proceeds from excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation
                                                               3,362,000           
          provision for (recovery of) losses on trade and other accounts receivable
                                                                561,000 118,000   158,000 -208,000     
          net payments on bank borrowings
                                                                          
          payments for establishing a new credit facility
                                                                          
          net proceeds from bank borrowings
                                                                 1,223,000    183,000     
          impairment from write-down of long-lived assets
                                                                         
          net payments for bank borrowings
                                                                  -637,000        
          proceeds from sales of marketable securities
                                                                      14,472,000 
          net proceeds from (payments for) bank borrowings
                                                                          
          payments for establishing new credit facility
                                                                          
          net proceeds from short-term bank borrowings
                                                                          
          principal payments on long-term debt
                                                                     -696,000 -295,000 -1,354,000 -1,448,000 -262,000 
          cash flows from operating activities of continuing operations:
                                                                          
          net income from continuing operations
                                                                      29,550,000    
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities of continuing operations:
                                                                          
          net cash from operating activities of continuing operations
                                                                      133,420,000    
          purchases of marketable securities
                                                                          
          proceeds from maturities of marketable securities
                                                                          
          other, including discontinued operation
                                                                      3,010,000    
          net (payments on) proceeds from bank borrowings
                                                                          
          repayment of debt assumed in business acquisitions
                                                                         
          net proceeds from (payments on) bank borrowings
                                                                         24,417,000 
          benefit from losses and allowances on trade receivables
                                                                        744,000 409,000 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions:
                                                                          
          purchases of capital expenditures
                                                                        -8,135,000 -5,654,000 
          net proceeds from (payments on) short-term bank borrowings
                                                                          
          provision for losses and allowances on trade receivables
                                                                          
          stock issued to esop trust
                                                                          
          accounts payable and accruals
                                                                          
          net (payments on) borrowing from banks