AMRX vs COR vs MDLN Stock Comparison

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Cencora and Medline Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COR Cencora, Inc.
$330.91 +6.0% 1M +0.7% 1Y
Market cap
$63.77B
P/E
24.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$332.77B
Div. yield
0.01%
Drug Distribution Healthcare
5 wins
MDLN Medline Inc.
$34.09 -0.6% 1M
Market cap
$28.91B
P/E
34.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$28.57B
Div. yield
–
Medical Supplies Healthcare

Head to Head

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Amneal Pharmaceuticals leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Amneal Pharmaceuticals 6, Cencora 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMRXCORMDLNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.71B $63.77B $28.91B COR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 42.6x 24.3x 34.5x COR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.2x 19.4x 23.7x COR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.3% +5.1% — AMRX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.0% 0.8% 2.9% AMRX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 17.4% 14.4% 5.4% AMRX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 2.2x 3.2x COR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +95.6% +0.7% — AMRX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +29.2%/yr +21.8%/yr — AMRX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.0% 32.8% 44.6% COR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 52/100 67/100 AMRX

Percentile Scorecard

AMRXCORMDLN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMRXCORMDLN
Valuation 92 #53 of 624 63 #10 of 25 81 #44 of 228
Growth 74 #158 of 603 74 #7 of 24 –
Profitability 84 #90 of 555 57 #11 of 24 71 #61 of 210
Financial Health 11 #582 of 657 24 #20 of 26 41 #143 of 241
Shareholder Returns 88 #46 of 370 44 #10 of 17 73 #38 of 138
Overall 70 52 67
  • AMRX ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • COR ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • MDLN ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMRXCORMDLNSPY
1 month +5.4%+6.0%-0.6% -1.0%
3 months +13.7%+6.8%-12.0% +2.9%
6 months +62.8%+7.4%-23.8% +6.4%
Year to date +61.7%-2.0%-18.8% +11.4%
1 year +95.6%+0.7%— +13.1%
3 years +409.5%+75.1%— +79.4%
3 years, per year +72.1%+20.5%— +21.5%
5 years +259.4%+168.3%— +67.7%
5 years, per year +29.2%+21.8%— +10.9%
10 years —+313.5%— +255.2%
10 years, per year —+15.3%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureAMRXCORMDLNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.0%32.8%44.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.1%39.8%48.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.66-0.130.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.730.02— 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -78.2%-32.6%-36.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.6%-11.7%-31.8% -2.5%
52-week high $20.50$374.75$49.99 $779.14
52-week low $10.00$252.74$31.64 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMRXCORMDLN
P/E now vs peer median 41.3xmedian 17.2x 24.4xmedian 24.5x 34.9xmedian 30.7x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 8.8x 0.2xmedian 0.3x 1.6xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.6xmedian 16.0x 17.5xmedian 14.4x 17.7xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 78.3xmedian 17.8x 15.6xmedian 15.8x 28.2xmedian 23.7x
P/B now vs peer median 197.1xmedian 2.1x 19.5xmedian 2.5x 2.3xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.17median 0.32 1.36median 1.35 —median 0.96

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMRXCORMDLN
Revenue $3.12B $332.77B $28.57B
Gross profit $1.23B $13.22B $7.79B
Operating income $453.92M $3.04B $2.03B
Net income $215.32M $2.65B $1.03B
Free cash flow $83.11M $4.06B $1.59B
R&D $175.57M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.48 $13.53 $0.97
Cash & equivalents $127.64M $2.82B $2.33B
Total debt $2.67B $11.72B $54.20B
Shares (diluted) 328.10M 193.94M 861.00M
Enterprise value $5.90B $52.66B $21.86B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMRXCORMDLN
P/E 41.3x 24.4x 34.9x
P/FCF 78.3x 15.6x 28.2x
P/Operating cash flow 32.4x 13.1x 22.3x
P/S 2.1x 0.2x 1.6x
P/B 197.1x 19.5x 2.3x
P/Tangible book -11.7x -23.5x 8.1x
EV/EBITDA 13.6x 17.5x 17.7x
EV/EBIT 19.9x 23.7x 27.0x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 0.2x 1.9x
EV/FCF 108.9x 17.7x 34.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 45.1x 14.9x 27.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.17 1.36 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMRXCORMDLN
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.3% 5.1% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.5% 9.4% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.1% 20.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.9% 15.0% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 20.6% 11.1% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 32.5% 9.5% –
Net income growth (1Y) 426.4% 38.9% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) 139.1% 16.2% –
EPS growth (1Y) 4,481% 39.3% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 237.0% 17.9% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -42.8% 176.7% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.4% 14.1% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -69.3% 255.7% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -17.3% 13.3% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMRXCORMDLN
Gross margin 39.3% 4.0% 27.3%
EBITDA margin 21.3% 1.2% 10.8%
Operating margin 14.6% 0.9% 7.1%
Pretax margin 6.5% 1.1% 4.3%
Net margin 5.0% 0.8% 2.9%
FCF margin 2.7% 1.2% 5.6%
Operating cash flow margin 6.4% 1.4% 7.0%
Return on equity – 77.4% 5.4%
Return on assets 5.9% 3.2% 2.6%
Return on invested capital 17.4% 14.4% 5.4%
Return on capital employed 16.4% 12.9% 5.6%
Asset turnover 0.9x 4.0x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.9x 1.8x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 0.0% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMRXCORMDLN
Debt / assets 70.7% 14.0% 32.0%
Debt / equity 80.9x 3.6x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 2.2x 3.2x
Debt / FCF 32.1x 2.9x 7.9x
Liabilities / assets 99.1% 96.1% 51.5%
Equity / assets 0.9% 3.9% 48.5%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 2.2x 0.9x 4.3x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.5x 2.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.0x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 2.45 4.66 2.50

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMRXCORMDLN
Dividend yield – 0.7% –
Net buyback yield 0.0% 1.6% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 2.3% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 17.7% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 11.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 8.7% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 5.7% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMRXCORMDLN
Forward P/E 21.2xFY2026 19.4xFY2026 23.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.96FY2026 $17.08FY2026 $1.44FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.7%FY2026 +6.7%FY2026 +0.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +27.1% +11.8% +13.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.24BFY2026 $328.67BFY2026 $32.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.4%FY2026 +2.3%FY2026 +14.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +12.1% -0.5% +8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMRXCORMDLN
Held by institutions 51.1% 94.7% 57.1%
Institutions holding 310 1,342 407
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.3% +15.7% +17.9%
Institutions buying 182 542 322
Institutions selling 86 609 68
Buyers to sellers 2.12 0.89 4.74

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMRXCORMDLN
AMRX 1.00 0.05 0.25
COR 0.05 1.00 0.21
MDLN 0.25 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMRX, COR and MDLN?

Cencora (COR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) $6.71B, Cencora (COR) $63.77B, Medline (MDLN) $28.91B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMRX, COR and MDLN?

Cencora (COR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) 42.6x, Cencora (COR) 24.3x, Medline (MDLN) 34.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cencora (COR) is cheapest (Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) 21.2x, Cencora (COR) 19.4x, Medline (MDLN) 23.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) +9.3%, Cencora (COR) +5.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) has the highest net margin (Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) 5.0%, Cencora (COR) 0.8%, Medline (MDLN) 2.9%). On return on invested capital, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) leads (Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) 17.4%, Cencora (COR) 14.4%, Medline (MDLN) 5.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) returned the most: Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) +95.6%, Cencora (COR) +0.7%. Over five years, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) compounded fastest (Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) +29.2%/yr, Cencora (COR) +21.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) 0.00%, Cencora (COR) 0.01%, Medline (MDLN) 0.00%. Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) and Medline (MDLN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cencora (COR) has been the steadiest (Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) 35.0%, Cencora (COR) 32.8%, Medline (MDLN) 44.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMRX, COR and MDLN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.