Cencora (COR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, ELV or COR?

Elevance Health has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cencora has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ELV or COR?

In the previous week, Cencora had 27 more articles in the media than Elevance Health. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Cencora and 33 mentions for Elevance Health. Elevance Health's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Cencora's score of 1.13 indicating that Elevance Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elevance Health	27 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cencora	33 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ELV or COR?

89.2% of Elevance Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Cencora shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Elevance Health shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Cencora shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ELV or COR more profitable?

Elevance Health has a net margin of 2.83% compared to Cencora's net margin of 0.60%. Cencora's return on equity of 267.36% beat Elevance Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elevance Health	2.83%	17.59%	6.36%
Cencora	0.60%	267.36%	4.31%

Is ELV or COR a better dividend stock?

Elevance Health pays an annual dividend of $6.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Cencora pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Elevance Health pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cencora pays out 22.6% 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. Elevance Health has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Cencora has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer ELV or COR?

Elevance Health currently has a consensus price target of $418.19, suggesting a potential upside of 42.08%. Cencora has a consensus price target of $309.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.54%. Given Elevance Health's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Elevance Health is more favorable than Cencora.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elevance Health	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Cencora	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ELV or COR?

Elevance Health has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cencora. Elevance Health 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
Elevance Health	$189.25B	0.35	$5.98B	$23.50	12.52
Cencora	$293.96B	0.19	$1.51B	$9.72	29.37

Summary

Elevance Health and Cencora tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.