ELAN vs ICCC vs COR Stock Comparison

Elanco Animal Health, Immucell and Cencora Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ICCC Immucell Corp /De/
$10.25 +5.1% 1M +65.1% 1Y
Market cap
$93.91M
P/E
119.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$30.68M
Div. yield
–
Animal Health Healthcare
4 wins
COR Cencora, Inc.
$340.57 +10.2% 1M -0.1% 1Y
Market cap
$68.67B
P/E
26.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$332.77B
Div. yield
0.01%
Drug Distribution Healthcare
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Cencora leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Cencora 6, Immucell 4, Elanco Animal Health 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionELANICCCCORLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $12.55B $93.91M $68.67B COR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -63.1x 119.3x 26.2x COR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.6x — 19.9x COR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.0% +8.5% +5.1% ELAN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.0% 2.6% 0.8% ICCC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.1% 9.2% 14.4% COR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x -0.1x 2.2x ICCC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +7.6% +65.1% -0.1% ICCC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.7%/yr +3.2%/yr +21.9%/yr COR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.4% 50.6% 32.7% COR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 80/100 54/100 ICCC

Percentile Scorecard

ELANICCCCOR

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

AxisELANICCCCOR
Valuation 94 #42 of 634 90 #67 of 634 64 #10 of 26
Growth 55 #274 of 607 84 #98 of 607 75 #7 of 25
Profitability 84 #91 of 557 88 #66 of 557 58 #11 of 25
Financial Health 32 #443 of 654 60 #265 of 654 24 #20 of 26
Shareholder Returns – 79 #87 of 401 50 #9 of 17
Overall 66 80 54
  • ELAN ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • ICCC ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • COR ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodELANICCCCORSPY
1 month +11.0%+5.1%+10.2% -2.0%
3 months -4.0%-7.4%+11.2% -2.2%
6 months +6.9%+15.3%+11.3% +4.2%
Year to date +8.6%+66.7%+0.8% +10.6%
1 year +7.6%+65.1%-0.1% +10.4%
3 years +155.8%+98.3%+74.5% +73.6%
3 years, per year +36.8%+25.6%+20.4% +20.2%
5 years -25.2%+17.0%+168.6% +61.6%
5 years, per year -5.7%+3.2%+21.9% +10.1%
10 years —+103.4%+370.9% +261.3%
10 years, per year —+7.4%+16.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureELANICCCCORSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.4%50.6%32.7% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.9%47.8%39.8% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.270.39-0.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.181.290.00 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -76.3%-67.0%-32.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.4%-12.5%-9.1% -3.2%
52-week high $26.84$11.72$374.75 $779.14
52-week low $19.80$4.56$252.74 $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.

MultipleELANICCCCOR
P/E now vs peer median -61.7xmedian 18.4x 118.0xmedian 18.4x 25.1xmedian 23.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 9.0x 3.0xmedian 9.0x 0.2xmedian 0.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.8xmedian 16.0x 14.6xmedian 16.0x 18.0xmedian 13.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 32.4xmedian 21.8x 22.1xmedian 21.8x 16.0xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.1x 3.0xmedian 2.1x 20.1xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 3.13median 0.37 4.17median 0.37 1.40median 1.61

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 monthsELANICCCCOR
Revenue $5.02B $30.68M $332.77B
Gross profit $2.78B $12.37M $13.22B
Operating income $637.00M $3.87M $3.04B
Net income -$199.00M $787.37K $2.65B
Free cash flow $379.00M $4.21M $4.06B
R&D $371.00M $1.89M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.39 $0.09 $13.53
Cash & equivalents $530.00M $8.86M $2.82B
Total debt $3.92B $8.30M $11.72B
Shares (diluted) 505.90M 9.19M 193.94M
Enterprise value $10.55B $70.55M $57.57B

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
MetricELANICCCCOR
P/E -61.7x 118.0x 25.1x
P/FCF 32.4x 22.1x 16.0x
P/Operating cash flow 19.9x 15.8x 13.5x
P/S 2.4x 3.0x 0.2x
P/B 1.9x 3.0x 20.1x
P/Tangible book 3.6x 3.0x -24.1x
EV/EBITDA 11.8x 14.6x 18.0x
EV/EBIT 24.6x 23.9x 24.3x
EV/Revenue 3.1x 3.0x 0.2x
EV/FCF 41.3x 22.0x 18.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.4x 15.7x 15.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.13 4.17 1.40

Growth

14 metrics
MetricELANICCCCOR
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.0% 8.5% 5.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.1% 25.1% 9.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.2% 16.8% 20.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.9% 43.5% 15.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 22.0% 123.0% 11.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 59.8% 38.6% 9.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -145.9% -55.3% 38.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -20.8% 28.7% 16.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -145.3% -56.1% 39.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -19.7% 28.3% 17.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 7.9% 132.6% 176.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 73.6% 43.9% 14.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 5.0% 138.9% 255.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 101.8% 34.6% 13.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricELANICCCCOR
Gross margin 55.4% 40.3% 4.0%
EBITDA margin 26.5% 20.7% 1.2%
Operating margin 12.7% 12.6% 0.9%
Pretax margin -3.3% 2.8% 1.1%
Net margin -4.0% 2.6% 0.8%
FCF margin 7.5% 13.7% 1.2%
Operating cash flow margin 12.3% 19.2% 1.4%
Return on equity -3.0% 2.6% 77.4%
Return on assets -1.5% 1.7% 3.2%
Return on invested capital 6.1% 9.2% 14.4%
Return on capital employed 5.5% 9.4% 12.9%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.7x 4.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.1x 7.5x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% 1.8% 0.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricELANICCCCOR
Debt / assets 28.9% 17.8% 14.0%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.3x 3.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x -0.1x 2.2x
Debt / FCF 10.3x 2.0x 2.9x
Liabilities / assets 51.4% 32.7% 96.1%
Equity / assets 48.6% 67.3% 3.9%
Interest coverage 2.6x 8.9x –
Current ratio 2.1x 4.8x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.9x 2.7x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.3x 2.0x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 1.54 4.68 4.67

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricELANICCCCOR
Dividend yield – – 0.7%
Net buyback yield – -0.2% 1.5%
Shareholder yield – -0.2% 2.2%
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.

ConsensusELANICCCCOR
Forward P/E 22.6xFY2026 – 19.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.09FY2026 – $17.08FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +16.0%FY2026 – +6.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +23.9% – +11.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.79BFY2026 – $328.56BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.6%FY2026 – +2.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.7% – -0.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersELANICCCCOR
Held by institutions 100.0% 15.0% 94.7%
Institutions holding 526 32 1,345
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.4% -2.6% +15.7%
Institutions buying 246 15 542
Institutions selling 211 7 612
Buyers to sellers 1.17 2.14 0.89

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.

ELANICCCCOR
ELAN 1.00 -0.02 -0.05
ICCC -0.02 1.00 0.01
COR -0.05 0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ELAN, ICCC and COR?

Cencora (COR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) $12.55B, Immucell (ICCC) $93.91M, Cencora (COR) $68.67B.

Which stock is cheaper, ELAN, ICCC and COR?

Cencora (COR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) -63.1x, Immucell (ICCC) 119.3x, Cencora (COR) 26.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cencora (COR) is cheapest (Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) 22.6x, Cencora (COR) 19.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) +12.0%, Immucell (ICCC) +8.5%, Cencora (COR) +5.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Immucell (ICCC) has the highest net margin (Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) -4.0%, Immucell (ICCC) 2.6%, Cencora (COR) 0.8%). On return on invested capital, Cencora (COR) leads (Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) 6.1%, Immucell (ICCC) 9.2%, Cencora (COR) 14.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Immucell (ICCC) returned the most: Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) +7.6%, Immucell (ICCC) +65.1%, Cencora (COR) -0.1%. Over five years, Cencora (COR) compounded fastest (Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) -5.7%/yr, Immucell (ICCC) +3.2%/yr, Cencora (COR) +21.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cencora (COR) has been the steadiest (Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) 42.4%, Immucell (ICCC) 50.6%, Cencora (COR) 32.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 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.