COR vs. MCK, CAH, HSIC, PDCO, OMI, HLF, NUS, PETQ, HWH, and BIMI
Should you be buying Cencora stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cencora include McKesson (MCK), Cardinal Health (CAH), Henry Schein (HSIC), Patterson Companies (PDCO), Owens & Minor (OMI), Herbalife (HLF), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), PetIQ (PETQ), HWH International (HWH), and BIMI (BIMI).
McKesson (NYSE:MCK) and Cencora (NYSE:COR) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
85.1% of McKesson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Cencora shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of McKesson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of Cencora shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
McKesson pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Cencora pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. McKesson pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cencora pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. McKesson has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Cencora has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
McKesson presently has a consensus price target of $571.47, indicating a potential upside of 0.33%. Cencora has a consensus price target of $233.90, indicating a potential upside of 3.24%. Given McKesson's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cencora is more favorable than McKesson.
McKesson has higher revenue and earnings than Cencora. Cencora is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McKesson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
McKesson has a net margin of 0.97% compared to McKesson's net margin of 0.67%. McKesson's return on equity of 268.67% beat Cencora's return on equity.
McKesson received 214 more outperform votes than Cencora when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.16% of users gave McKesson an outperform vote while only 65.12% of users gave Cencora an outperform vote.
McKesson has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cencora has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, McKesson had 26 more articles in the media than Cencora. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for McKesson and 11 mentions for Cencora. Cencora's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat McKesson's score of 0.25 indicating that McKesson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
McKesson beats Cencora on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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