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MetricCAHCARDINAL HEALTH INCMCKMCKESSON CORPCORCencora, Inc.HSICHENRY SCHEIN INCMedian of the restexcluding CAH
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$255.64▼ 1.82 (0.71%)
$1015.50▼ 14.62 (1.42%)
$338.48▼ 1.95 (0.57%)
$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$59.46B$122.07B$65.64B$9.96B
Revenue$254.25B$403.43B$321.33B$13.18B
Profit$1.71B$4.76B$1.55B$398.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.14.2%12.4%9.3%4.0%9.3%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.3.8%3.6%3.6%31.1%3.6%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.1.0%1.5%0.8%5.0%1.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.0.7%1.2%0.5%3.0%1.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.1.8%1.4%1.0%4.3%1.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-59.5%-219.2%103.1%12.3%12.3%
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.179.6%289.8%37.6%7.9%37.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.34.69x25.63x42.24x25.02x25.63x
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.17.79x19.37x18.74x13.36x18.74x
Price to book-20.62x-56.20x43.53x3.07x3.07x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-20.87x-38.90x49.79x1.98x1.98x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/96/97/95/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressdistresssafe

How CAH compares with the others

  • CAH's operating margin of 1.0% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (1.5%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 14.2% against 9.3%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 34.7x against 25.6x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: -20.9x against 2.0x.

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