Cencoravs.CVS Health
COR vs CVS · both in Distribution & pharmacy infrastructure, part of the Medicine, pharma & life science value chain: Wholesalers, distribution and pharmacy chains that get medicines to patients.
CVS Health is about 1.8× larger than Cencora by market cap; year to date, CVS Health leads (+10.8% vs −6.3%).
Side by side
| COR | CVS | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $61.3B | $112B |
| Price | $321.35 | $87.80 |
| Today | +1.3% | −0.2% |
| Return YTD | −6.3% | +10.8% |
| Return 1Y | +3.6% | +14.0% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | +12.3% | −15.9% |
| P/E | 23.4 | 23.0 |
| P/S | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| P/B | 20.1 | 1.4 |
Data as of 2026-10-08 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
The two companies
CencoraCOR
Known as AmerisourceBergen until the rebrand, Cencora distributes medicines and specialty drugs to the healthcare sector and sells services to pharmacies.
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The retail pharmacies are the visible part. Behind them sit Aetna, the group's health insurance arm, and Caremark, its pharmacy benefit manager. The same company can dispense a prescription and insure the patient who receives it.
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