Cencora (COR) Competitors

McKesson (NYSE:MCK) and Cencora (NYSE:COR) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MCK or COR?

McKesson has higher revenue and earnings than Cencora. McKesson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cencora, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
McKesson	$359.05B	0.25	$3.00B	$25.83	27.84
Cencora	$638.56M	88.86	$1.51B	$8.62	33.96

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MCK or COR?

McKesson received 228 more outperform votes than Cencora when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.26% of users gave McKesson an outperform vote while only 65.27% of users gave Cencora an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
McKesson	Outperform Votes 978 74.26%	Underperform Votes 339 25.74%
Cencora	Outperform Votes 750 65.27%	Underperform Votes 399 34.73%

Which has more risk and volatility, MCK or COR?

McKesson has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cencora has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MCK or COR a better dividend stock?

McKesson pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Cencora pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. McKesson pays out 11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cencora pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. McKesson has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Cencora has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in MCK or COR?

85.1% of McKesson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Cencora shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of McKesson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Cencora shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to MCK or COR?

In the previous week, McKesson had 6 more articles in the media than Cencora. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for McKesson and 33 mentions for Cencora. McKesson's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Cencora's score of 1.50 indicating that McKesson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
McKesson	36 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Cencora	26 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend MCK or COR?

McKesson presently has a consensus target price of $686.69, suggesting a potential downside of 4.50%. Cencora has a consensus target price of $301.18, suggesting a potential upside of 2.87%. Given Cencora's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cencora is more favorable than McKesson.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
McKesson	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87
Cencora	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is MCK or COR more profitable?

McKesson has a net margin of 0.82% compared to Cencora's net margin of 0.46%. Cencora's return on equity of 328.62% beat McKesson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McKesson	0.82%	-181.26%	5.34%
Cencora	0.46%	328.62%	4.23%

Summary

McKesson beats Cencora on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.