Cencora (COR) Competitors

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

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 0.7%. 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	0.26	$3.30B	$25.83	28.36
Cencora	$293.96B	0.20	$1.51B	$8.62	34.74

Do analysts recommend MCK or COR?

McKesson presently has a consensus target price of $696.42, suggesting a potential downside of 4.93%. Cencora has a consensus target price of $306.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.29%. Given Cencora's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Cencora	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, MCK or COR?

McKesson has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cencora has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MCK or COR?

In the previous week, McKesson had 7 more articles in the media than Cencora. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for McKesson and 34 mentions for Cencora. Cencora's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat McKesson's score of 1.32 indicating that Cencora is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
McKesson	33 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cencora	29 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MCK or COR more profitable?

McKesson has a net margin of 0.92% compared to Cencora's net margin of 0.55%. Cencora's return on equity of 344.71% beat McKesson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McKesson	0.92%	-201.12%	5.83%
Cencora	0.55%	344.71%	4.26%

Summary

McKesson beats Cencora on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.