Cencora (COR) Competitors

Cencora (NYSE:COR) and Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, COR or ELV?

Elevance Health has higher revenue and earnings than Cencora. Elevance Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cencora, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cencora	$638.56M	87.51	$1.51B	$8.62	33.45
Elevance Health	$177.01B	0.35	$5.98B	$23.50	11.66

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of COR or ELV?

97.5% of Cencora shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of Elevance Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Cencora shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Elevance Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is COR or ELV more profitable?

Elevance Health has a net margin of 2.83% compared to Cencora's net margin of 0.55%. Cencora's return on equity of 344.71% beat Elevance Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cencora	0.55%	344.71%	4.26%
Elevance Health	2.83%	17.59%	6.36%

Does the media prefer COR or ELV?

In the previous week, Elevance Health had 5 more articles in the media than Cencora. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Elevance Health and 33 mentions for Cencora. Cencora's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Elevance Health's score of 1.44 indicating that Cencora is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cencora	29 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Elevance Health	36 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is COR or ELV a better dividend stock?

Cencora pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Elevance Health pays an annual dividend of $6.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Cencora pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Elevance Health pays out 29.1% 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. Cencora has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Elevance Health has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility and risk, COR or ELV?

Cencora has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elevance Health has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate COR or ELV?

Cencora presently has a consensus price target of $309.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.47%. Elevance Health has a consensus price target of $418.19, suggesting a potential upside of 52.57%. Given Elevance Health's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Elevance Health is more favorable than Cencora.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cencora	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Elevance Health	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Elevance Health beats Cencora on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.