COR vs ELAN vs NEOG Stock Comparison

Cencora, Elanco Animal Health and Neogen 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
7 wins
NEOG Neogen Corp
$12.19 -10.2% 1M +100.8% 1Y
Market cap
$2.66B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$883.99M
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Equipment Healthcare
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Cencora leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Cencora 7, Elanco Animal Health 2, Neogen 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCORELANNEOGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $63.77B $11.47B $2.66B COR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 24.3x -57.6x -47.4x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.4x 20.5x 39.3x COR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% +12.0% -0.3% ELAN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.8% -4.0% -6.3% COR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.4% 6.1% -0.2% COR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 2.5x 5.4x COR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +0.7% +3.4% +100.8% NEOG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +21.8%/yr -7.9%/yr -21.6%/yr COR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.8% 42.2% 55.6% COR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 52/100 67/100 57/100 ELAN

Percentile Scorecard

CORELANNEOG

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

AxisCORELANNEOG
Valuation 63 #10 of 25 94 #39 of 624 72 #65 of 228
Growth 74 #7 of 24 58 #252 of 603 48 #115 of 222
Profitability 57 #11 of 24 83 #93 of 555 61 #83 of 210
Financial Health 24 #20 of 26 32 #447 of 657 47 #129 of 241
Shareholder Returns 44 #10 of 17 – 58 #59 of 138
Overall 52 67 57
  • COR ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • ELAN ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • NEOG 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

PeriodCORELANNEOGSPY
1 month +6.0%-0.3%-10.2% -1.0%
3 months +6.8%-9.6%+29.7% +2.9%
6 months +7.4%-1.1%+27.8% +6.4%
Year to date -2.0%-0.5%+74.4% +11.4%
1 year +0.7%+3.4%+100.8% +13.1%
3 years +75.1%+147.9%-19.8% +79.4%
3 years, per year +20.5%+35.4%-7.1% +21.5%
5 years +168.3%-33.6%-70.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year +21.8%-7.9%-21.6% +10.9%
10 years +313.5%—-37.6% +255.2%
10 years, per year +15.3%—-4.6% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCORELANNEOGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.8%42.2%55.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.8%43.0%46.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.131.301.44 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.020.081.81 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.6%-76.3%-90.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.7%-16.1%-12.8% -2.5%
52-week high $374.75$26.84$13.98 $779.14
52-week low $252.74$19.80$5.41 $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.

MultipleCORELANNEOG
P/E now vs peer median 24.4xmedian 24.5x -56.5xmedian 17.2x -47.4xmedian 30.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.3x 2.2xmedian 8.8x 3.0xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.5xmedian 14.4x 11.0xmedian 16.0x 29.4xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.6xmedian 15.8x 29.7xmedian 17.8x 53.4xmedian 23.7x
P/B now vs peer median 19.5xmedian 2.5x 1.7xmedian 2.1x 1.3xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 1.36median 1.35 2.87median 0.32 1.69median 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 monthsCORELANNEOG
Revenue $332.77B $5.02B $883.99M
Gross profit $13.22B $2.78B $418.98M
Operating income $3.04B $637.00M -$7.38M
Net income $2.65B -$199.00M -$56.10M
Free cash flow $4.06B $379.00M $49.80M
R&D – $371.00M $19.76M
EPS (diluted) $13.53 $-0.39 $-0.26
Cash & equivalents $2.82B $530.00M $172.00M
Total debt $11.72B $3.92B $3.15B
Shares (diluted) 193.94M 505.90M 218.10M
Enterprise value $52.66B $9.46B $2.00B

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
MetricCORELANNEOG
P/E 24.4x -56.5x -47.4x
P/FCF 15.6x 29.7x 53.4x
P/Operating cash flow 13.1x 18.2x 31.2x
P/S 0.2x 2.2x 3.0x
P/B 19.5x 1.7x 1.3x
P/Tangible book -23.5x 3.3x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA 17.5x 11.0x 29.4x
EV/EBIT 23.7x 23.0x -442.4x
EV/Revenue 0.2x 2.9x 3.7x
EV/FCF 17.7x 38.6x 65.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.9x 23.7x 38.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.36 2.87 1.69

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCORELANNEOG
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.1% 12.0% -0.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 5.1% -1.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 20.0% 13.2% 1.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.0% 3.9% -3.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.1% 2,648% 99.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.5% 32.5% -29.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 38.9% -145.9% 94.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.2% -20.8% -28.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 39.3% -145.3% 94.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.9% -19.7% -28.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 176.7% 7.9% -1.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 73.6% 2.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 255.7% 5.0% 1,631%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.3% 101.8% 126.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCORELANNEOG
Gross margin 4.0% 55.4% 47.4%
EBITDA margin 1.2% 26.5% 12.5%
Operating margin 0.9% 12.7% -0.8%
Pretax margin 1.1% -3.3% -7.7%
Net margin 0.8% -4.0% -6.3%
FCF margin 1.2% 7.5% 5.6%
Operating cash flow margin 1.4% 12.3% 9.6%
Return on equity 77.4% -3.0% -2.7%
Return on assets 3.2% -1.5% -1.7%
Return on invested capital 14.4% 6.1% -0.2%
Return on capital employed 12.9% 5.5% -0.2%
Asset turnover 4.0x 0.4x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x -3.1x -1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.0% 1.5% 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCORELANNEOG
Debt / assets 14.0% 28.9% 23.4%
Debt / equity 3.6x 0.6x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 2.5x 5.4x
Debt / FCF 2.9x 10.3x 15.5x
Liabilities / assets 96.1% 51.4% 36.8%
Equity / assets 3.9% 48.6% 63.2%
Interest coverage – 2.6x –
Current ratio 0.9x 2.1x 3.9x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.9x 2.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.3x 1.2x
Altman Z-score 4.66 1.45 1.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCORELANNEOG
Dividend yield 0.7% – –
Net buyback yield 1.6% – -0.1%
Shareholder yield 2.3% – -0.1%
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.

ConsensusCORELANNEOG
Forward P/E 19.4xFY2026 20.5xFY2026 39.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $17.08FY2026 $1.10FY2026 $0.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +6.7%FY2026 +17.0%FY2026 -3.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.8% +23.6% +25.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $328.67BFY2026 $4.78BFY2026 $845.87MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.3%FY2026 +1.4%FY2026 -2.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.5% +19.9% +1.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCORELANNEOG
Held by institutions 94.7% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,342 523 315
Change in shares held, QoQ +15.7% +4.4% +1.6%
Institutions buying 542 246 151
Institutions selling 609 209 106
Buyers to sellers 0.89 1.18 1.42

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.

CORELANNEOG
COR 1.00 -0.07 -0.06
ELAN -0.07 1.00 0.26
NEOG -0.06 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COR, ELAN and NEOG?

Cencora (COR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cencora (COR) $63.77B, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) $11.47B, Neogen (NEOG) $2.66B.

Which company is growing faster?

Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cencora (COR) +5.1%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) +12.0%, Neogen (NEOG) -0.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cencora (COR) has the highest net margin (Cencora (COR) 0.8%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) -4.0%, Neogen (NEOG) -6.3%). On return on invested capital, Cencora (COR) leads (Cencora (COR) 14.4%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) 6.1%, Neogen (NEOG) -0.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Neogen (NEOG) returned the most: Cencora (COR) +0.7%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) +3.4%, Neogen (NEOG) +100.8%. Over five years, Cencora (COR) compounded fastest (Cencora (COR) +21.8%/yr, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) -7.9%/yr, Neogen (NEOG) -21.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cencora (COR) 0.01%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) 0.00%, Neogen (NEOG) 0.00%. Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) and Neogen (NEOG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cencora (COR) has been the steadiest (Cencora (COR) 32.8%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) 42.2%, Neogen (NEOG) 55.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COR, ELAN and NEOG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cencora (COR) leads on 7. 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.