COR vs HSIC vs IDXX Stock Comparison

Cencora, Henry Schein and Idexx Laboratories Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COR Cencora, Inc.
$324.43 +6.8% 1M -3.3% 1Y
Market cap
$61.91B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$332.77B
Div. yield
0.74%
Drug Distribution Healthcare
3 wins
HSIC Henry Schein Inc
$84.96 -1.2% 1M +34.4% 1Y
Market cap
$9.51B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.60B
Div. yield
–
Drug Distribution Healthcare
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Idexx Laboratories leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Idexx Laboratories 5, Cencora 3, Henry Schein 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCORHSICIDXXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $61.91B $9.51B $44.40B COR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.9x 23.9x 39.0x COR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.0x 14.8x 36.0x HSIC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% +6.5% +12.8% IDXX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.8% 3.0% 25.0% IDXX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.4% 7.1% 45.6% IDXX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 3.3x 0.5x IDXX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.74% — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -3.3% +34.4% -11.3% HSIC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +21.6%/yr +2.2%/yr -3.3%/yr COR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.7% 25.6% 32.0% HSIC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 55/100 78/100 IDXX

Percentile Scorecard

CORHSICIDXX

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

AxisCORHSICIDXX
Valuation 63 #10 of 25 33 #17 of 25 75 #155 of 625
Growth 74 #7 of 24 39 #15 of 24 76 #147 of 602
Profitability 57 #11 of 24 83 #5 of 24 97 #18 of 549
Financial Health 24 #20 of 26 20 #21 of 26 46 #351 of 654
Shareholder Returns 47 #9 of 16 100 #1 of 16 93 #26 of 367
Overall 53 55 78
  • COR ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • HSIC ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • IDXX ranked among 672 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCORHSICIDXXSPY
1 month +6.8%-1.2%+6.4% +0.9%
3 months +1.8%-1.0%-1.2% +5.9%
6 months +4.2%+15.1%+1.7% +8.5%
Year to date -3.9%+12.4%-16.8% +13.3%
1 year -3.3%+34.4%-11.3% +12.4%
3 years +72.9%+27.9%+43.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year +20.0%+8.6%+12.9% +23.5%
5 years +165.9%+11.3%-15.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year +21.6%+2.2%-3.3% +11.0%
10 years +369.2%+45.1%+435.8% +263.4%
10 years, per year +16.7%+3.8%+18.3% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCORHSICIDXXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.7%25.6%32.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.5%24.1%31.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.150.460.80 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.101.34-0.35 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.6%-32.7%-51.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.4%-6.5%-26.6% -0.9%
52-week high $374.75$90.86$766.68 $779.14
52-week low $252.74$62.32$504.70 $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.

MultipleCORHSICIDXX
P/E now vs peer median 23.9xmedian 23.9x 23.9xmedian 23.9x 39.0xmedian 17.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.3x 0.7xmedian 0.3x 9.8xmedian 9.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 12.7x 12.7xmedian 12.7x 28.0xmedian 17.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 15.4x 16.7xmedian 15.4x 35.4xmedian 19.0x
P/B now vs peer median 19.1xmedian 2.5x 2.5xmedian 2.5x 27.5xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.34median 1.34 50.09median 1.34 2.58median 0.34

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 monthsCORHSICIDXX
Revenue $332.77B $13.60B $4.55B
Gross profit $13.22B $4.26B $2.84B
Operating income $3.04B $680.00M $1.46B
Net income $2.65B $426.00M $1.14B
Free cash flow $4.06B $569.00M $1.25B
R&D – – $261.47M
EPS (diluted) $13.53 $3.52 $14.37
Cash & equivalents $2.82B – $196.93M
Total debt $11.72B $3.46B $968.86M
Shares (diluted) 193.94M 114.39M 79.31M
Enterprise value $51.00B $10.26B $43.61B

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
MetricCORHSICIDXX
P/E 23.9x 23.9x 39.0x
P/FCF 15.2x 16.7x 35.4x
P/Operating cash flow 12.8x 13.6x 32.4x
P/S 0.2x 0.7x 9.8x
P/B 19.1x 2.5x 27.5x
P/Tangible book -23.0x 3.3x 29.3x
EV/EBITDA 17.2x 12.7x 28.0x
EV/EBIT 23.3x 18.8x 31.0x
EV/Revenue 0.2x 0.9x 9.9x
EV/FCF 17.4x 22.5x 36.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.7x 18.3x 32.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.34 50.09 2.58

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCORHSICIDXX
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.1% 6.5% 12.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 2.6% 9.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 20.0% 6.4% 14.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.0% 3.4% 10.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.1% 6.6% 16.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.5% 1.1% 11.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 38.9% 6.0% 15.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.2% -4.5% 12.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 39.3% 11.1% 18.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.9% 0.5% 15.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 176.7% 36.7% 51.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 2.3% 22.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 255.7% 50.1% 59.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.3% 2.3% 28.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCORHSICIDXX
Gross margin 4.0% 31.3% 62.4%
EBITDA margin 1.2% 7.4% 35.4%
Operating margin 0.9% 5.0% 32.0%
Pretax margin 1.1% 4.1% 31.3%
Net margin 0.8% 3.0% 25.0%
FCF margin 1.2% 4.2% 27.5%
Operating cash flow margin 1.4% 5.1% 30.1%
Return on equity 77.4% 11.0% 71.9%
Return on assets 3.2% 3.8% 33.4%
Return on invested capital 14.4% 7.1% 45.6%
Return on capital employed 12.9% 8.7% 68.6%
Asset turnover 4.0x 1.2x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 1.6x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.0% 0.3% 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCORHSICIDXX
Debt / assets 14.0% 30.4% 28.1%
Debt / equity 3.6x 0.9x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 3.3x 0.5x
Debt / FCF 2.9x 6.1x 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 96.1% 66.5% 53.2%
Equity / assets 3.9% 33.5% 46.8%
Interest coverage – 4.3x 38.6x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.3x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.0x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 4.65 2.66 20.21

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCORHSICIDXX
Dividend yield 0.7% – –
Net buyback yield 1.6% 7.6% 2.4%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 7.6% 2.4%
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.

ConsensusCORHSICIDXX
Forward P/E 19.0xFY2026 14.8xFY2026 36.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $17.08FY2026 $5.75FY2026 $15.63FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +6.7%FY2026 +15.7%FY2026 +19.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.8% +8.2% +12.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $328.56BFY2026 $13.38BFY2026 $5.00BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.2%FY2026 +1.5%FY2026 +16.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.3% +4.8% +0.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCORHSICIDXX
Held by institutions 94.7% 100.0% 93.6%
Institutions holding 1,343 564 1,289
Change in shares held, QoQ +15.7% +2.1% +4.1%
Institutions buying 542 245 587
Institutions selling 610 216 496
Buyers to sellers 0.89 1.13 1.18

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.

CORHSICIDXX
COR 1.00 0.26 0.12
HSIC 0.26 1.00 0.37
IDXX 0.12 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COR, HSIC and IDXX?

Cencora (COR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cencora (COR) $61.91B, Henry Schein (HSIC) $9.51B, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) $44.40B.

Which stock is cheaper, COR, HSIC and IDXX?

Cencora (COR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cencora (COR) 23.9x, Henry Schein (HSIC) 23.9x, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 39.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Henry Schein (HSIC) is cheapest (Cencora (COR) 19.0x, Henry Schein (HSIC) 14.8x, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 36.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cencora (COR) +5.1%, Henry Schein (HSIC) +6.5%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +12.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) has the highest net margin (Cencora (COR) 0.8%, Henry Schein (HSIC) 3.0%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 25.0%). On return on invested capital, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) leads (Cencora (COR) 14.4%, Henry Schein (HSIC) 7.1%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 45.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Henry Schein (HSIC) returned the most: Cencora (COR) -3.3%, Henry Schein (HSIC) +34.4%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) -11.3%. Over five years, Cencora (COR) compounded fastest (Cencora (COR) +21.6%/yr, Henry Schein (HSIC) +2.2%/yr, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) -3.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Cencora (COR) 0.74%. Henry Schein (HSIC) and Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Henry Schein (HSIC) has been the steadiest (Cencora (COR) 32.7%, Henry Schein (HSIC) 25.6%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 32.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COR, HSIC and IDXX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) leads on 5. 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.