COR vs PAHC vs BTSG Stock Comparison

Cencora, Phibro Animal Health and BrightSpring Health Services Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COR Cencora, Inc.
$325.38 +6.0% 1M -3.2% 1Y
Market cap
$62.80B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$332.77B
Div. yield
0.01%
Drug Distribution Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Phibro Animal Health leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Phibro Animal Health 6, Cencora 4, BrightSpring Health Services 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCORPAHCBTSGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $62.80B $1.55B $12.14B COR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.9x 15.5x 33.2x PAHC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.1x 11.2x 33.7x PAHC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% +17.1% +26.4% BTSG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.8% 6.6% 2.5% PAHC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.4% 14.2% 8.6% COR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 2.1x 2.6x PAHC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% PAHC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -3.2% -8.0% +72.5% BTSG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +22.0%/yr +11.6%/yr — COR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.7% 55.5% 44.6% COR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 68/100 64/100 PAHC

Percentile Scorecard

CORPAHCBTSG

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

AxisCORPAHCBTSG
Valuation 58 #11 of 25 92 #54 of 625 66 #32 of 92
Growth 74 #7 of 24 85 #90 of 602 93 #7 of 87
Profitability 52 #12 of 24 86 #81 of 551 57 #38 of 86
Financial Health 24 #20 of 26 26 #485 of 656 41 #58 of 97
Shareholder Returns 43 #9 of 15 54 #170 of 365 62 #22 of 56
Overall 50 68 64
  • COR ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • PAHC ranked among 672 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • BTSG ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCORPAHCBTSGSPY
1 month +6.0%+11.4%+3.1% -0.2%
3 months +1.8%+5.5%-19.5% +3.9%
6 months +4.3%-29.3%+22.9% +8.2%
Year to date -3.7%+2.7%+55.8% +12.9%
1 year -3.2%-8.0%+72.5% +12.3%
3 years +73.4%+256.4%— +87.4%
3 years, per year +20.2%+52.8%— +23.3%
5 years +169.6%+73.0%— +67.9%
5 years, per year +22.0%+11.6%— +10.9%
10 years +309.3%+49.0%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +15.1%+4.1%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCORPAHCBTSGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.7%55.5%44.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.5%59.8%51.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.150.751.30 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.10-0.141.63 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.6%-57.9%-35.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -13.2%-35.6%-20.0% -1.2%
52-week high $374.75$59.58$72.91 $779.14
52-week low $252.74$28.52$31.36 $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.

MultipleCORPAHCBTSG
P/E now vs peer median 23.9xmedian 23.9x 15.6xmedian 17.2x 32.9xmedian 24.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.3x 1.0xmedian 9.0x 0.8xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.3xmedian 13.4x 8.2xmedian 16.3x 21.2xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.3xmedian 15.5x 157.7xmedian 18.7x 28.6xmedian 21.6x
P/B now vs peer median 19.2xmedian 2.5x 4.0xmedian 2.2x 5.6xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.34median 1.34 0.35median 0.33 —median 0.66

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 monthsCORPAHCBTSG
Revenue $332.77B $1.52B $14.37B
Gross profit $13.22B $512.52M $1.78B
Operating income $3.04B $194.40M $447.80M
Net income $2.65B $99.72M $365.85M
Free cash flow $4.06B $9.87M $402.35M
EPS (diluted) $13.53 $2.43 $1.66
Cash & equivalents $2.82B $61.42M $550.38M
Total debt $11.72B $2.49B $2.19B
Shares (diluted) 193.94M 40.96M 220.28M
Enterprise value $51.70B $1.23B $10.47B

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
MetricCORPAHCBTSG
P/E 23.9x 15.6x 32.9x
P/FCF 15.3x 157.7x 28.6x
P/Operating cash flow 12.9x 22.6x 22.8x
P/S 0.2x 1.0x 0.8x
P/B 19.2x 4.0x 5.6x
P/Tangible book -23.1x 4.4x 7.5x
EV/EBITDA 17.3x 8.2x 21.2x
EV/EBIT 23.3x 10.8x 29.4x
EV/Revenue 0.2x 1.4x 0.9x
EV/FCF 17.5x 211.9x 32.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.7x 30.3x 26.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.34 0.35 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCORPAHCBTSG
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.1% 17.1% 26.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 15.8% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 20.0% 28.1% 29.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 15.0% 19.8% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.1% 76.0% 143.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.5% 39.3% –
Net income growth (1Y) 38.9% 106.6% 472.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.2% 45.2% –
EPS growth (1Y) 39.3% 105.2% 448.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.9% 44.6% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 176.7% -13.9% 88.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 73.0% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 255.7% -76.4% 110.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.3% 31.2% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCORPAHCBTSG
Gross margin 4.0% 33.8% 12.4%
EBITDA margin 1.2% 16.8% 4.3%
Operating margin 0.9% 12.8% 3.1%
Pretax margin 1.1% 9.0% 2.1%
Net margin 0.8% 6.6% 2.5%
FCF margin 1.2% 0.6% 2.8%
Operating cash flow margin 1.4% 4.5% 3.5%
Return on equity 77.4% 26.7% 18.2%
Return on assets 3.2% 6.8% 6.0%
Return on invested capital 14.4% 14.2% 8.6%
Return on capital employed 12.9% 16.8% 9.9%
Asset turnover 4.0x 1.0x 2.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 0.7x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCORPAHCBTSG
Debt / assets 14.0% 41.1% 36.6%
Debt / equity 3.6x 1.6x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 2.1x 2.6x
Debt / FCF 2.9x 62.5x 5.4x
Liabilities / assets 96.1% 74.3% 65.8%
Equity / assets 3.9% 25.7% 34.2%
Interest coverage – 4.2x 2.9x
Current ratio 0.9x 3.0x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.5x 1.1x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.3x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 4.65 3.10 4.60

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCORPAHCBTSG
Dividend yield 0.7% 1.3% –
Net buyback yield 1.6% – 0.6%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 1.3% 0.6%
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.

ConsensusCORPAHCBTSG
Forward P/E 19.1xFY2026 11.2xFY2027 33.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $17.08FY2026 $3.42FY2027 $1.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +6.7%FY2026 +6.2%FY2027 +73.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.8% +9.6% +42.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $328.56BFY2026 $1.53BFY2027 $16.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.2%FY2026 +0.6%FY2027 +24.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.3% -0.2% +1.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCORPAHCBTSG
Held by institutions 0.1% 51.5% 100.0%
Institutions holding 3 208 421
Change in shares held, QoQ – +3.1% -0.7%
Institutions buying 2 117 309
Institutions selling 0 73 83
Buyers to sellers – 1.60 3.72

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.

CORPAHCBTSG
COR 1.00 0.12 0.06
PAHC 0.12 1.00 0.14
BTSG 0.06 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COR, PAHC and BTSG?

Cencora (COR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cencora (COR) $62.80B, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) $1.55B, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) $12.14B.

Which stock is cheaper, COR, PAHC and BTSG?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cencora (COR) 23.9x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 15.5x, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) 33.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) is cheapest (Cencora (COR) 19.1x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 11.2x, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) 33.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cencora (COR) +5.1%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +17.1%, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) +26.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) has the highest net margin (Cencora (COR) 0.8%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 6.6%, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) 2.5%). On return on invested capital, Cencora (COR) leads (Cencora (COR) 14.4%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 14.2%, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) 8.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) returned the most: Cencora (COR) -3.2%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) -8.0%, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) +72.5%. Over five years, Cencora (COR) compounded fastest (Cencora (COR) +22.0%/yr, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +11.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) has the highest dividend yield: Cencora (COR) 0.01%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 0.01%, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) 0.00%. BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cencora (COR) has been the steadiest (Cencora (COR) 32.7%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 55.5%, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) 44.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 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.