Health Care Distributors

Leading distributor of dental, companion-pet veterinarian and rehabilitation medical supplies Patterson Companies Inc. (PDCO) reported second-quarter fiscal 2011 (ended October 30) earnings per share of 45 cents, matching the Zacks Consensus Estimate while exceeding the year-ago earnings of 41...

Patterson Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDCO) today reported consolidated sales of $857,414,000 for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 ended October 30, an increase of 5% from $814,951,000 in the year-earlier quarter. Net income of $53,357,000 or $0.45 per diluted share rose 8% from $49,343,000 or $0.41...

Leading distributor of dental, companion-pet veterinarian and rehabilitation medical supplies Patterson Companies Inc. (PDCO) reported second-quarter fiscal 2011 (ended October 30) earnings per share of 45 cents, matching the Zacks Consensus Estimate while exceeding the year-ago earnings of 41...

Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is up nearly 6% today after the company announced it would be buying a rival, Kinray Inc., in an all-cash deal worth $1.3 billion. Cardinal said the deal will add 12 cents to EPS during fiscal 2012.

Oppenheimer has updated its Generic Market Model to reflect October Rx data released by Wolters Kluwer. “Total generic Rx were up 6.0% y/y at 232.2M scripts,” Oppenheimer writes. “Rx growth in the broader prescription market was down 0.1% y/y. As expected, H1N1-induced ramp-up from last year made...

Animal Health International (NASDAQ: AHII) this morning reported 1QF11 GAAP EPS of ($0.02), and $0.02 on a cash basis, which was $0.05 below our expectations and consensus. Above anticipated revenue was more than offset by lower than expected gross margin, which resulted from the recognition of...

Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase, in addition to the previously announced program, of up to $100 million of shares of the Company's common stock. The Company currently has 92 million shares outstanding, and this...

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 15, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (LLL), FLIR Systems Inc. (FLIR), Herley Industries Inc. (HRLY), Raytheon Company (RTN) and MWI Veterinary Supply (MWIV). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research...

Animal Health International, Inc. (Nasdaq: AHII) released financial results on Monday morning. Animal Health International, Inc reported that its 1st quarter net loss narrowed to $0.5 million, or 2 cents per share, from a loss of $0.7 million or 3 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding special...

The announcement of MWI Veterinary Supply's (MWIV) fourth quarter and fiscal 2010 results on November 4, 2010, has triggered the positive revision of estimates among analysts for fiscal 2011 and 2012. Previous Quarter and Fiscal 2010 Highlights MWI Veterinary Supply reported an EPS of $0.71...

AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE: ABC) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Steven H. Collis, 49, President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately Collis previously was Executive Vice President AmerisourceBergen and President of AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation (...

The publishing industry has long been grappling with sinking advertising revenue, and the recent global economic meltdown has worsened the situation. This comes in the wake of a longer-term secular decline as more readers choose to get news free online, thereby making the print-advertising model...

The publishing industry has long been grappling with sinking advertising revenue, and the recent global economic meltdown has worsened the situation. This comes in the wake of a longer-term secular decline as more readers choose to get news free online, thereby making the print-advertising model...

The publishing industry has long been grappling with sinking advertising revenue, and the recent global economic meltdown has worsened the situation. This comes in the wake of a longer-term secular decline as more readers choose to get news free online, thereby making the print-advertising model...