COR vs IDXX vs PAHC Stock Comparison

Cencora, Idexx Laboratories and Phibro Animal Health 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

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Idexx Laboratories leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Idexx Laboratories 5, Phibro Animal Health 4, Cencora 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCORIDXXPAHCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $61.91B $44.40B $1.54B COR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.9x 39.0x 15.4x PAHC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.0x 36.0x 11.1x PAHC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% +12.8% +17.1% PAHC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.8% 25.0% 6.6% IDXX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.4% 45.6% 14.2% IDXX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 0.5x 2.1x IDXX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.74% — 1.27% PAHC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -3.3% -11.3% -9.1% COR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +21.6%/yr -3.3%/yr +11.5%/yr COR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.7% 32.0% 55.5% IDXX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 78/100 68/100 IDXX

Percentile Scorecard

CORIDXXPAHC

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

AxisCORIDXXPAHC
Valuation 63 #10 of 25 75 #155 of 625 92 #52 of 625
Growth 74 #7 of 24 76 #147 of 602 85 #90 of 602
Profitability 57 #11 of 24 97 #18 of 549 85 #81 of 549
Financial Health 24 #20 of 26 46 #351 of 654 26 #485 of 654
Shareholder Returns 47 #9 of 16 93 #26 of 367 54 #171 of 367
Overall 53 78 68
  • COR ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • IDXX ranked among 672 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • PAHC 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

PeriodCORIDXXPAHCSPY
1 month +6.8%+6.4%+6.1% +0.9%
3 months +1.8%-1.2%+2.5% +5.9%
6 months +4.2%+1.7%-27.8% +8.5%
Year to date -3.9%-16.8%+1.4% +13.3%
1 year -3.3%-11.3%-9.1% +12.4%
3 years +72.9%+43.8%+251.7% +88.1%
3 years, per year +20.0%+12.9%+52.1% +23.5%
5 years +165.9%-15.5%+72.7% +68.2%
5 years, per year +21.6%-3.3%+11.5% +11.0%
10 years +369.2%+435.8%+45.4% +263.4%
10 years, per year +16.7%+18.3%+3.8% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCORIDXXPAHCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.7%32.0%55.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.5%31.2%59.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.150.800.75 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.10-0.35-0.16 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.6%-51.3%-57.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.4%-26.6%-36.4% -0.9%
52-week high $374.75$766.68$59.58 $779.14
52-week low $252.74$504.70$28.52 $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.

MultipleCORIDXXPAHC
P/E now vs peer median 23.9xmedian 23.9x 39.0xmedian 17.4x 15.4xmedian 17.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.3x 9.8xmedian 9.1x 1.0xmedian 9.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 12.7x 28.0xmedian 17.1x 8.1xmedian 17.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 15.4x 35.4xmedian 19.0x 155.7xmedian 19.0x
P/B now vs peer median 19.1xmedian 2.5x 27.5xmedian 2.2x 4.0xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.34median 1.34 2.58median 0.34 0.35median 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 monthsCORIDXXPAHC
Revenue $332.77B $4.55B $1.52B
Gross profit $13.22B $2.84B $512.52M
Operating income $3.04B $1.46B $194.40M
Net income $2.65B $1.14B $99.72M
Free cash flow $4.06B $1.25B $9.87M
R&D – $261.47M –
EPS (diluted) $13.53 $14.37 $2.43
Cash & equivalents $2.82B $196.93M $61.42M
Total debt $11.72B $968.86M $2.49B
Shares (diluted) 193.94M 79.31M 40.96M
Enterprise value $51.00B $43.61B $1.22B

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
MetricCORIDXXPAHC
P/E 23.9x 39.0x 15.4x
P/FCF 15.2x 35.4x 155.7x
P/Operating cash flow 12.8x 32.4x 22.3x
P/S 0.2x 9.8x 1.0x
P/B 19.1x 27.5x 4.0x
P/Tangible book -23.0x 29.3x 4.3x
EV/EBITDA 17.2x 28.0x 8.1x
EV/EBIT 23.3x 31.0x 10.7x
EV/Revenue 0.2x 9.9x 1.4x
EV/FCF 17.4x 36.0x 209.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.7x 32.9x 30.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.34 2.58 0.35

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCORIDXXPAHC
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.1% 12.8% 17.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 9.0% 15.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 20.0% 14.4% 28.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.0% 10.5% 19.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.1% 16.2% 76.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.5% 11.7% 39.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 38.9% 15.6% 106.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.2% 12.9% 45.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 39.3% 18.1% 105.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.9% 15.1% 44.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 176.7% 51.4% -13.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 22.5% 73.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 255.7% 59.9% -76.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.3% 28.4% 31.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCORIDXXPAHC
Gross margin 4.0% 62.4% 33.8%
EBITDA margin 1.2% 35.4% 16.8%
Operating margin 0.9% 32.0% 12.8%
Pretax margin 1.1% 31.3% 9.0%
Net margin 0.8% 25.0% 6.6%
FCF margin 1.2% 27.5% 0.6%
Operating cash flow margin 1.4% 30.1% 4.5%
Return on equity 77.4% 71.9% 26.7%
Return on assets 3.2% 33.4% 6.8%
Return on invested capital 14.4% 45.6% 14.2%
Return on capital employed 12.9% 68.6% 16.8%
Asset turnover 4.0x 1.3x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 1.2x 0.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.0% 1.4% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCORIDXXPAHC
Debt / assets 14.0% 28.1% 41.1%
Debt / equity 3.6x 0.6x 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 0.5x 2.1x
Debt / FCF 2.9x 0.8x 62.5x
Liabilities / assets 96.1% 53.2% 74.3%
Equity / assets 3.9% 46.8% 25.7%
Interest coverage – 38.6x 4.2x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.2x 3.0x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 4.65 20.21 3.09

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCORIDXXPAHC
Dividend yield 0.7% – 1.3%
Net buyback yield 1.6% 2.4% –
Shareholder yield 2.3% 2.4% 1.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 17.7% – 19.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) 11.5% – 197.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) 8.7% – 0.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.7% – 0.0%

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.

ConsensusCORIDXXPAHC
Forward P/E 19.0xFY2026 36.0xFY2026 11.1xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $17.08FY2026 $15.63FY2026 $3.42FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +6.7%FY2026 +19.5%FY2026 +6.2%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +11.8% +12.9% +9.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $328.56BFY2026 $5.00BFY2026 $1.53BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +2.2%FY2026 +16.3%FY2026 +0.6%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after -0.3% +0.6% -0.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCORIDXXPAHC
Held by institutions 94.7% 93.6% 51.5%
Institutions holding 1,343 1,289 208
Change in shares held, QoQ +15.7% +4.1% +3.1%
Institutions buying 542 587 117
Institutions selling 610 496 73
Buyers to sellers 0.89 1.18 1.60

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.

CORIDXXPAHC
COR 1.00 0.12 0.12
IDXX 0.12 1.00 0.31
PAHC 0.12 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COR, IDXX and PAHC?

Cencora (COR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cencora (COR) $61.91B, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) $44.40B, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) $1.54B.

Which stock is cheaper, COR, IDXX and PAHC?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cencora (COR) 23.9x, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 39.0x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 15.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) is cheapest (Cencora (COR) 19.0x, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 36.0x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 11.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cencora (COR) +5.1%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +12.8%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +17.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) has the highest net margin (Cencora (COR) 0.8%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 25.0%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 6.6%). On return on invested capital, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) leads (Cencora (COR) 14.4%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 45.6%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 14.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cencora (COR) returned the most: Cencora (COR) -3.3%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) -11.3%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) -9.1%. Over five years, Cencora (COR) compounded fastest (Cencora (COR) +21.6%/yr, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) -3.3%/yr, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +11.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) has the highest dividend yield: Cencora (COR) 0.74%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 1.27%. Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) has been the steadiest (Cencora (COR) 32.7%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 32.0%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 55.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.