NYSE:MCKMcKesson Stock Price, Forecast & News

McKesson's stock was trading at $135.17 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MCK shares have increased by 5.8% and is now trading at $143.02. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for McKesson in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for McKesson.

McKesson is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for McKesson.

McKesson will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, August 3rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

McKesson Co. (NYSE:MCK) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 20th. The company reported $4.27 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.10 by $0.17. The business earned $58.54 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $55.60 billion. McKesson had a return on equity of 41.07% and a net margin of 0.39%. The firm's revenue was up 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.69 earnings per share. View McKesson's earnings history.

McKesson announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 29th. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 29th. View McKesson's dividend history.

McKesson issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $13.95-14.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $15.48. The company issued revenue guidance of +2-4% to $218.6-222.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $234.49 billion.

15 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for McKesson's shares. Their forecasts range from $146.00 to $197.00. On average, they expect McKesson's stock price to reach $172.71 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for McKesson.

News articles about MCK stock have been trending negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. McKesson earned a daily sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about McKesson.

McKesson saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,180,000 shares, a decrease of 18.7% from the June 15th total of 2,680,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,840,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.13%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Contravisory Investment Management Inc. (0.02%), Legacy Private Trust Co. (0.02%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%). Company insiders that own McKesson stock include Brian S Tyler, Brian Scott Tyler, Britt J Vitalone, 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Exane Derivatives, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Patton Fund Management Inc., Fulton Bank N. A., Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ, and Legacy Capital Partners Inc.. Company insiders that have sold McKesson company stock in the last year include Brian S 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Hexavest Inc., Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Pensionfund Sabic, Canandaigua National Corp, Cypress Capital Group, Legacy Private Trust Co., and Contravisory Investment Management Inc.. 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 $143.02.

McKesson has a market capitalization of $23.19 billion and generates $231.05 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $900 million in net income (profit) each year or $14.95 on an earnings per share basis. McKesson employs 80,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for McKesson is 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]