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MetricHSICHENRY SCHEIN INCMCKMCKESSON CORPCORCencora, Inc.CAHCARDINAL HEALTH INCMedian of the restexcluding HSIC
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$86.00▲ 0.99 (1.16%)
$1015.50▼ 14.62 (1.42%)
$338.48▼ 1.95 (0.57%)
$255.64▼ 1.82 (0.71%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.0/106.0/106.0/106.0/106.0/10
Market value$9.96B$122.07B$65.64B$59.46B
Revenue$13.18B$403.43B$321.33B$254.25B
Profit$398.0M$4.76B$1.55B$1.71B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.4.0%12.4%9.3%14.2%12.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.31.1%3.6%3.6%3.8%3.6%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.5.0%1.5%0.8%1.0%1.0%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.3.0%1.2%0.5%0.7%0.7%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.4.3%1.4%1.0%1.8%1.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.12.3%-219.2%103.1%-59.5%-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.7.9%289.8%37.6%179.6%179.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.25.02x25.63x42.24x34.69x34.69x
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.13.36x19.37x18.74x17.79x18.74x
Price to book3.07x-56.20x43.53x-20.62x-20.62x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.98x-38.90x49.79x-20.87x-20.87x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/96/97/98/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safedistressdistressdistress

How HSIC compares with the others

  • HSIC's operating margin of 5.0% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (1.0%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 4.0% against 12.4%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 25.0x against 34.7x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 2.0x 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.