NYSE:MCKMcKesson Stock Price, Forecast & News

McKesson's stock was trading at $135.17 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MCK shares have decreased by 2.7% and is now trading at $131.56. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for McKesson in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for McKesson.

McKesson is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for McKesson.

McKesson Co. (NYSE:MCK) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company reported $3.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.25. The firm had revenue of $59.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 period last year, the firm earned $3.40 earnings per share. View McKesson's earnings history.

McKesson announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. View McKesson's dividend history.

McKesson issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 17th. The company provided EPS guidance of $14.67-14.87 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $14.74.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for McKesson's shares. Their forecasts range from $140.00 to $197.00. On average, they expect McKesson's share price to reach $162.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for McKesson.

Headlines about MCK stock have been trending very negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. McKesson earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutMcKesson.

McKesson saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 36,482,200 shares, an increase of 93.4% from the February 27th total of 18,860,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,930,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.3 days. Currently, 25.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View McKesson's Current Options Chain.

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

McKesson's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%), Fulton Bank N.A. (0.01%), CHICAGO TRUST Co NA (0.01%), IBM Retirement Fund (0.00%) and Bank of Stockton (0.00%). 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CHICAGO TRUST Co NA, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, and Bank of Stockton. 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 activity for McKesson.

MCK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fulton Bank N.A., and IBM Retirement Fund. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $131.56.

McKesson has a market capitalization of $23.28 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]