Investing.com – Henry Schein (NASDAQ:) Tuesday’s first quarter report showed revenue exceeding expectations and surpassing analysts’ predictions.

Henry Schein declared earnings per share (EPS) of $1.24 based on $3.18B in revenue. Investing.com polled analysts and predicted EPS at $1.18 for revenue of $3.1B.

Henry Schein shares have risen 3% since the start of the year but are still 13.20% below its 52-week high of $92.68 on April 14. They are outperforming the S&P 500 which is down 12.82% from the start of the year.

Henry Schein joins other top Healthcare sector earnings for this month

Henry Schein’s earnings report comes after UnitedHealth reported an earnings beat on April 14th, reporting EPS at $5.49 per share on revenue $80.15B. This compares to the forecasts of EPS at $5.36 for revenue $78.73B.

J&J had beat expectations on April 19 with first quarter EPS of $2.67 on revenue of $23.43B, compared to forecast for EPS of $2.59 on revenue of $23.62B.

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