Investors Take a Shine to Dental Stocks, Doubting Amazon Threat
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Veteran investors are suddenly turning to dental stocks.
Two general investors who don’t specialize in health care have been taking advantage of an FTC investigation plaguing dental suppliers and the Amazon-inspired "panic" over the past year to establish positions in Henry Schein Inc., one of the top distributors of dental products in the U.S. While the stock recovered 14 percent this year, it’s still down almost 13 percent in the past 12 months and is hovering near the lowest level since late January.