NYSE:MCK - McKesson Stock Price, Forecast & News

McKesson trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MCK."

McKesson announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.41 per share on Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. View McKesson's Dividend History.

McKesson Co. (NYSE:MCK) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company reported $3.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.56 by $0.25. The firm had revenue of $59.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $59.10 billion. McKesson had a negative net margin of 0.41% and a positive return on equity of 36.40%. McKesson's revenue was up 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.40 EPS. View McKesson's Earnings History.

McKesson is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for McKesson.

McKesson updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of $14.60-14.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $14.59.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for McKesson's shares. Their forecasts range from $140.00 to $197.00. On average, they anticipate McKesson's stock price to reach $162.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for McKesson.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for McKesson in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for McKesson.

Media coverage about MCK stock has trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. McKesson earned a news sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for McKesson.

McKesson saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,870,000 shares, an increase of 7.2% from the January 15th total of 3,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,330,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View McKesson's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to McKesson include AmerisourceBergen (ABC), Cardinal Health (CAH), Henry Schein (HSIC), Patterson Companies (PDCO) and Owens & Minor (OMI).

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McKesson's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.66%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.11%), FMR LLC (2.39%), Boston Partners (2.33%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (2.13%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.56%). Company insiders that own McKesson stock include Brian S Tyler, Brian Scott Tyler, Britt J Vitalone, Erin M Lampert, Lori A Schechter, M Christine Jacobs, N Anthony Coles and Sundeep G Reddy. View Institutional Ownership Trends for McKesson.

MCK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ruffer LLP, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Man Group plc, FMR LLC, PGGM Investments, Boston Partners, State Street Corp and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have sold McKesson company stock in the last year include Brian S Tyler, Brian Scott Tyler, Britt J Vitalone, Lori A Schechter, M Christine Jacobs and Sundeep G Reddy. View Insider Buying and Selling for McKesson.

MCK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Investec Asset Management LTD, Baupost Group LLC MA, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., Eaton Vance Management and BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.. View Insider Buying and Selling for McKesson.

Shares of MCK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MCK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $169.16.

McKesson has a market capitalization of $29.93 billion and generates $214.32 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $34 million in net income (profit) each year or $13.57 on an earnings per share basis. McKesson employs 80,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About McKesson.

The official website for McKesson is http://www.mckesson.com/.

McKesson's mailing address is 6555 STATE HWY 161, IRVING TX, 75039. The company can be reached via phone at 972-446-4800 or via email at [email protected]