Cencoravs.McKesson
COR vs MCK · both in Distribution & pharmacy infrastructure, part of the Medicine, pharma & life science value chain: Wholesalers, distribution and pharmacy chains that get medicines to patients.
McKesson is about 1.7× larger than Cencora by market cap; year to date, McKesson leads (+6.5% vs −4.1%).
Side by side
| COR | MCK | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $59.2B | $101B |
| Price | $328.06 | $905.09 |
| Today | +1.3% | +3.6% |
| Return YTD | −4.1% | +6.5% |
| Return 1Y | +10.7% | +26.7% |
| P/E | 22.5 | 21.9 |
| P/S | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| P/B | 19.4 | 17.1 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
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.
Full COR profile →McKessonMCK
Medicines reach the counter through wholesalers, and McKesson is one of them: its customers run from pharmacies to hospitals and clinics across the US. Alongside distribution it sells services to pharmacy operators and runs an oncology network.
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