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MetricCORCencora, Inc.MCKMCKESSON CORPCAHCARDINAL HEALTH INCHSICHENRY SCHEIN INCMedian of the restexcluding COR
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$338.48▼ 1.95 (0.57%)
$1015.50▼ 14.62 (1.42%)
$255.64▼ 1.82 (0.71%)
$86.00▲ 0.99 (1.16%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/106.0/106.0/107.0/106.0/10
Market value$65.64B$122.07B$59.46B$9.96B
Revenue$321.33B$403.43B$254.25B$13.18B
Profit$1.55B$4.76B$1.71B$398.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.9.3%12.4%14.2%4.0%12.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.3.6%3.6%3.8%31.1%3.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.0.8%1.5%1.0%5.0%1.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.0.5%1.2%0.7%3.0%1.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.1.0%1.4%1.8%4.3%1.8%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.103.1%-219.2%-59.5%12.3%-59.5%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.37.6%289.8%179.6%7.9%179.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.42.24x25.63x34.69x25.02x25.63x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.18.74x19.37x17.79x13.36x17.79x
Price to book43.53x-56.20x-20.62x3.07x-20.62x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.49.79x-38.90x-20.87x1.98x-20.87x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/96/98/95/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressdistresssafe

How COR compares with the others

  • COR's operating margin of 0.8% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (1.5%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 9.3% against 12.4%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 42.2x against 25.6x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 49.8x against -20.9x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.