QUOTE AND NEWS
PR Newswire  Jan 20  Comment 
MONTREAL, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Effective January 20, Patterson Dental serves as an authorized U.S. supplier and the only national distributor of the ProDrive System - the world's first handpiece upgrade - from ProDrive Systems Ltd. Patterson
Stock Blog Hub  Jan 7  Comment 
We recently initiated coverage on Patterson Companies Inc. (PDCO) with a Neutral recommendation. We rate the stock as Neutral with a target price of $30 based on a P/E of roughly 15.5x our fiscal 2011 EPS estimate of $1.94. Patterson reported...
newratings.com  Jan 4  Comment 
NEW YORK, January 4 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Robert W Baird upgrade Patterson Companies (ticker: PDCO) from "neutral" to "outperform." The target price has been raised from $28 to $35. [more]
Market Intelligence Center  Jan 4  Comment 
Patterson (NASDAQ: PDCO) hit a new 52-Week high of $29.46 so far today. Currently the stock is up $0.95 (3.4%) to $28.93 on 608,246 shares traded. Today's high is up $12.85 from a 52-Week Low of $16.08. Patterson stock has been showing support...
Business Wire  Dec 9  Comment 
Patterson Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDCO) today announced the election of Brian S. Tyler, Ph.D. to its board of directors. Mr. Tyler currently is president of McKesson Medical Surgical Group, a $2.7 billion division of McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK), that
Stock Blog Hub  Nov 19  Comment 
Patterson Companies, Inc. (PDCO) reported fiscal second-quarter earnings per share of 41 cents, meeting the Zacks Consensus Estimate. However, earnings were better than the year-ago figure of 40 cents. Sales Total sales in the reported...
MarketWatch  Nov 19  Comment 
Patterson Companies Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter net income climbed to $49.3 million, or 41 cents a share, from $46.9 million, or 40 cents a share in the year-ago period. Sales at the St. Paul, Minn. distributor serving the dental,...
StreetInsider.com  Nov 19  Comment 
Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Earnings/Patterson+Dental+%28PDCO%29+Posts+Q2+EPS+of+%240.41%2C+In-Line+with+Estimates/5125264.html for the full story.
Business Wire  Nov 19  Comment 
Patterson Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDCO) today reported consolidated sales of $814,951,000 for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 ended October 24, an increase of 7% from $759,461,000 in the year-earlier quarter. Acquisitions transacted over the past
Market Intelligence Center  Nov 18  Comment 
Patterson (NasdaqNM: PDCO) opened at $25.75. So far today, the stock has hit a low of $25.67 and a high of $26.19. PDCO is now trading at $26.13, up $0.34 (1.32%). The stock hit its 52-Week high of $28.34 in September and set its 52-Week low of...



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Patterson (NASDAQ: PDCO) is one of the largest distributors of dental, veterinary, and rehabilitative supplies.

Business Overview

  • Dental Supply: this is PDCO's largest business segment. It supplies dentists and dental laboratories with consumable products (i.e. x-ray film and sterilization products), dental equipment (i.e. x-ray machines and dental chairs), and dental practice management and clinical software which is used to keep track of patients and their records. [1]
  • Veterinary Supply: operates under the name Webster Veterinary, and distributes veterinary supplies such as vaccines, anesthetics, antibiotics, and syringes to veterinary clinics in the eastern United States. It currently ranks as the second largest distributor of companion-animal (dogs, cats and other common household pet) veterinary supplies nationally. [2]
  • Rehabilitation Supply: a leading distributor of rehabilitation medical supplies such as walkers, canes, and braces. [3]
HSIC 2006 Annual Report
HSIC 2006 Annual Report[4]

Net sales for the year ended April 28, 2007 totaled $2,798.4 million, an increase of 7.0% from $2,615.1 million in fiscal 2006. This growth was led by a 15.4% increase in the veterinary unit, 10.7% growth in the rehabilitation unit, and 5.0% growth in the dental unit. Operating income increased by $13M to $336M.

PDCO 2006 Annual Report
PDCO 2006 Annual Report[5]

Trends and Forces

Market Share

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References

  1. PDCO 2006 10k, Pg. 4
  2. PDCO 2006 10k, Pg. 12
  3. PDCO 2006 10k, Pg. 16
  4. PDCO 2006 10k, Pg. 59
  5. PDCO 2006 10k, Pg. 31
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