COR vs PAHC vs MDLN Stock Comparison

Cencora, Phibro Animal Health and Medline Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COR Cencora, Inc.
$330.24 +7.6% 1M -0.7% 1Y
Market cap
$62.79B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$332.77B
Div. yield
0.01%
Drug Distribution Healthcare
5 wins
MDLN Medline Inc.
$33.69 -2.9% 1M
Market cap
$27.76B
P/E
33.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$28.57B
Div. yield
–
Medical Supplies Healthcare

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Phibro Animal Health leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Phibro Animal Health 7, Cencora 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCORPAHCMDLNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $62.79B $1.56B $27.76B COR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.9x 15.6x 33.2x PAHC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.3x 11.4x 23.4x PAHC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.1% +17.1% — PAHC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 0.8% 6.6% 2.9% PAHC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.4% 14.2% 5.4% COR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 2.1x 3.2x PAHC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.01% 0.00% PAHC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -0.7% -7.8% — COR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +22.6%/yr +12.2%/yr — COR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.8% 55.6% 44.5% COR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 68/100 67/100 PAHC

Percentile Scorecard

CORPAHCMDLN

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

AxisCORPAHCMDLN
Valuation 54 #12 of 25 92 #53 of 626 82 #42 of 228
Growth 74 #7 of 24 85 #90 of 604 –
Profitability 57 #11 of 24 85 #83 of 555 72 #59 of 208
Financial Health 24 #20 of 26 26 #487 of 658 41 #142 of 239
Shareholder Returns 47 #9 of 16 54 #171 of 368 72 #39 of 137
Overall 51 68 67
  • COR ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • PAHC ranked among 673 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • 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

PeriodCORPAHCMDLNSPY
1 month +7.6%+13.3%-2.9% -0.8%
3 months +6.1%+10.8%-15.1% +3.5%
6 months +6.5%-30.5%-25.5% +7.0%
Year to date -2.2%+4.5%-19.8% +12.2%
1 year -0.7%-7.8%— +13.0%
3 years +76.0%+262.4%— +86.3%
3 years, per year +20.8%+53.6%— +23.1%
5 years +176.2%+77.9%— +68.6%
5 years, per year +22.6%+12.2%— +11.0%
10 years +316.1%+52.2%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +15.3%+4.3%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCORPAHCMDLNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.8%55.6%44.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.6%59.9%48.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.150.760.62 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.02-0.14— 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -32.6%-57.9%-36.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.9%-34.5%-32.6% -1.8%
52-week high $374.75$59.58$49.99 $779.14
52-week low $252.74$28.52$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.

MultipleCORPAHCMDLN
P/E now vs peer median 24.3xmedian 24.3x 15.9xmedian 17.1x 34.5xmedian 30.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 0.3x 1.0xmedian 8.8x 1.6xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.5xmedian 13.5x 8.3xmedian 17.1x 17.5xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.5xmedian 15.6x 160.4xmedian 18.0x 27.8xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 19.5xmedian 2.5x 4.1xmedian 2.1x 2.3xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 1.36median 1.33 0.36median 0.31 —median 0.87

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 monthsCORPAHCMDLN
Revenue $332.77B $1.52B $28.57B
Gross profit $13.22B $512.52M $7.79B
Operating income $3.04B $194.40M $2.03B
Net income $2.65B $99.72M $1.03B
Free cash flow $4.06B $9.87M $1.59B
EPS (diluted) $13.53 $2.43 $0.97
Cash & equivalents $2.82B $61.42M $2.33B
Total debt $11.72B $2.49B $12.58B
Shares (diluted) 193.94M 40.96M 861.00M
Enterprise value $51.69B $1.24B $20.71B

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
MetricCORPAHCMDLN
P/E 24.3x 15.9x 34.5x
P/FCF 15.5x 160.4x 27.8x
P/Operating cash flow 13.1x 23.0x 22.1x
P/S 0.2x 1.0x 1.6x
P/B 19.5x 4.1x 2.3x
P/Tangible book -23.4x 4.5x 8.0x
EV/EBITDA 17.5x 8.3x 17.5x
EV/EBIT 23.6x 10.9x 26.7x
EV/Revenue 0.2x 1.4x 1.9x
EV/FCF 17.7x 214.6x 34.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.9x 30.7x 27.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.36 0.36 –

Growth

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

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCORPAHCMDLN
Gross margin 4.0% 33.8% 27.3%
EBITDA margin 1.2% 16.8% 10.8%
Operating margin 0.9% 12.8% 7.1%
Pretax margin 1.1% 9.0% 4.3%
Net margin 0.8% 6.6% 2.9%
FCF margin 1.2% 0.6% 5.6%
Operating cash flow margin 1.4% 4.5% 7.0%
Return on equity 77.4% 26.7% 5.4%
Return on assets 3.2% 6.8% 2.6%
Return on invested capital 14.4% 14.2% 5.4%
Return on capital employed 12.9% 16.8% 5.6%
Asset turnover 4.0x 1.0x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 0.7x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCORPAHCMDLN
Debt / assets 14.0% 41.1% 32.0%
Debt / equity 3.6x 1.6x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 2.1x 3.2x
Debt / FCF 2.9x 62.5x 7.9x
Liabilities / assets 96.1% 74.3% 51.5%
Equity / assets 3.9% 25.7% 48.5%
Interest coverage – 4.2x –
Current ratio 0.9x 3.0x 4.3x
Quick ratio 0.5x 1.1x 2.3x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.3x 1.0x
Altman Z-score 4.66 3.11 2.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCORPAHCMDLN
Dividend yield 0.7% 1.2% –
Net buyback yield 1.6% – 0.0%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 1.2% 0.0%
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.

ConsensusCORPAHCMDLN
Forward P/E 19.3xFY2026 11.4xFY2027 23.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $17.08FY2026 $3.42FY2027 $1.44FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +6.7%FY2026 +6.2%FY2027 +0.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.8% +9.6% +13.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $328.56BFY2026 $1.53BFY2027 $32.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.2%FY2026 +0.6%FY2027 +14.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.3% -0.2% +8.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCORPAHCMDLN
Held by institutions 94.7% 99.1% 57.1%
Institutions holding 1,342 208 407
Change in shares held, QoQ +15.7% +3.1% +17.9%
Institutions buying 542 117 322
Institutions selling 609 73 68
Buyers to sellers 0.89 1.60 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.

CORPAHCMDLN
COR 1.00 0.12 0.21
PAHC 0.12 1.00 0.23
MDLN 0.21 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COR, PAHC and MDLN?

Cencora (COR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cencora (COR) $62.79B, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) $1.56B, Medline (MDLN) $27.76B.

Which stock is cheaper, COR, PAHC and MDLN?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cencora (COR) 23.9x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 15.6x, Medline (MDLN) 33.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) is cheapest (Cencora (COR) 19.3x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 11.4x, Medline (MDLN) 23.4x). 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%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +17.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) has the highest net margin (Cencora (COR) 0.8%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 6.6%, Medline (MDLN) 2.9%). On return on invested capital, Cencora (COR) leads (Cencora (COR) 14.4%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 14.2%, Medline (MDLN) 5.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cencora (COR) returned the most: Cencora (COR) -0.7%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) -7.8%. Over five years, Cencora (COR) compounded fastest (Cencora (COR) +22.6%/yr, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +12.2%/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%, Medline (MDLN) 0.00%. Medline (MDLN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cencora (COR) has been the steadiest (Cencora (COR) 32.8%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 55.6%, Medline (MDLN) 44.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COR, PAHC 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, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 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.