GRDN vs COR vs AMRX Stock Comparison

Guardian Pharmacy Services, Cencora and Amneal Pharmaceuticals Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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COR Cencora, Inc.
$325.38 +6.0% 1M -3.2% 1Y
Market cap
$62.65B
P/E
23.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$332.77B
Div. yield
0.01%
Drug Distribution Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Cencora leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Cencora 4, Amneal Pharmaceuticals 4, Guardian Pharmacy Services 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGRDNCORAMRXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.09M $62.65B $6.75B COR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 0.1x 23.9x 42.9x GRDN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.1x 19.1x 22.1x COR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.3% +5.1% +9.3% GRDN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.5% 0.8% 5.0% AMRX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 14.4% 17.4% AMRX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.2x 3.8x COR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +36.2% -3.2% +109.2% AMRX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +22.0%/yr +31.5%/yr AMRX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.5% 32.7% 35.0% COR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 94/100 50/100 70/100 GRDN

Percentile Scorecard

GRDNCORAMRX

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

AxisGRDNCORAMRX
Valuation 100 #1 of 25 58 #11 of 25 91 #55 of 625
Growth 87 #4 of 24 74 #7 of 24 74 #157 of 602
Profitability 100 #1 of 24 52 #12 of 24 84 #88 of 551
Financial Health 88 #4 of 26 24 #20 of 26 12 #580 of 656
Shareholder Returns – 43 #9 of 15 88 #46 of 365
Overall 94 50 70
  • GRDN ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • COR ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • AMRX 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

PeriodGRDNCORAMRXSPY
1 month -4.0%+6.0%+8.4% -0.2%
3 months -5.5%+1.8%+14.3% +3.9%
6 months +5.2%+4.3%+68.4% +8.2%
Year to date +31.5%-3.7%+70.2% +12.9%
1 year +36.2%-3.2%+109.2% +12.3%
3 years —+73.4%+468.7% +87.4%
3 years, per year —+20.2%+78.6% +23.3%
5 years —+169.6%+293.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+22.0%+31.5% +10.9%
10 years —+309.3%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+15.1%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGRDNCORAMRXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.5%32.7%35.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.6%39.5%31.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.57-0.150.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.89-0.103.12 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -27.2%-32.6%-78.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -14.9%-13.2%0.0% -1.2%
52-week high $46.49$374.75$21.44 $779.14
52-week low $27.03$252.74$10.00 $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.

MultipleGRDNCORAMRX
P/E now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 23.9x 23.9xmedian 23.9x 43.5xmedian 17.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 0.3x 0.2xmedian 0.3x 2.2xmedian 9.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -0.8xmedian 13.4x 17.3xmedian 13.4x 14.1xmedian 16.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 15.5x 15.3xmedian 15.5x 82.4xmedian 18.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 2.5x 19.2xmedian 2.5x 207.3xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.34 1.34median 1.34 0.18median 0.33

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 monthsGRDNCORAMRX
Revenue $1.46B $332.77B $3.12B
Gross profit $316.58M $13.22B $1.23B
Operating income $85.44M $3.04B $453.92M
Net income $65.91M $2.65B $215.32M
Free cash flow $75.29M $4.06B $83.11M
R&D – – $175.57M
EPS (diluted) $1,032.46 $13.53 $0.48
Cash & equivalents $89.81M $2.82B $127.64M
Total debt – $11.72B $2.67B
Shares (diluted) 63.84K 193.94M 328.10M
Enterprise value -$251.71M $51.55B $5.94B

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
MetricGRDNCORAMRX
P/E 0.1x 23.9x 43.5x
P/FCF 0.1x 15.3x 82.4x
P/Operating cash flow 0.1x 12.9x 34.1x
P/S 0.0x 0.2x 2.2x
P/B 0.0x 19.2x 207.3x
P/Tangible book 0.0x -23.1x -12.3x
EV/EBITDA -0.8x 17.3x 14.1x
EV/EBIT -1.0x 23.3x 20.7x
EV/Revenue -0.1x 0.2x 3.0x
EV/FCF -1.1x 17.5x 113.0x
EV/Operating cash flow -0.9x 14.7x 46.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.34 0.18

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGRDNCORAMRX
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.3% 5.1% 9.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 9.4% 10.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 21.5% 20.0% 14.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 15.0% 14.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 237.2% 11.1% 20.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 9.5% 32.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 172.0% 38.9% 426.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 16.2% 139.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 142,625% 39.3% 4,481%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 17.9% 237.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 71.4% 176.7% -42.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.1% 0.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 206.9% 255.7% -69.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 13.3% -17.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGRDNCORAMRX
Gross margin 21.6% 4.0% 39.3%
EBITDA margin 7.4% 1.2% 21.3%
Operating margin 5.8% 0.9% 14.6%
Pretax margin 6.5% 1.1% 6.5%
Net margin 4.5% 0.8% 5.0%
FCF margin 5.1% 1.2% 2.7%
Operating cash flow margin 6.8% 1.4% 6.4%
Return on equity 27.1% 77.4% –
Return on assets 15.3% 3.2% 5.9%
Return on invested capital – 14.4% 17.4%
Return on capital employed 30.4% 12.9% 16.4%
Asset turnover 3.4x 4.0x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.8x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.0% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGRDNCORAMRX
Debt / assets – 14.0% 70.7%
Debt / equity – 3.6x 80.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.2x 3.8x
Debt / FCF – 2.9x 32.1x
Liabilities / assets 41.9% 96.1% 99.1%
Equity / assets 58.1% 3.9% 0.9%
Interest coverage 135.4x – –
Current ratio 1.7x 0.9x 2.2x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.5x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 4.54 4.65 2.50

Shareholder Returns

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

ConsensusGRDNCORAMRX
Forward P/E 31.1xFY2026 19.1xFY2026 22.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.27FY2026 $17.08FY2026 $0.97FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +18.7%FY2026 +6.7%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +17.3% +11.8% +26.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.41BFY2026 $328.56BFY2026 $3.24BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.8%FY2026 +2.2%FY2026 +7.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.1% -0.3% +12.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGRDNCORAMRX
Held by institutions 46.1% 0.1% 51.0%
Institutions holding 189 3 310
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.8% – +1.3%
Institutions buying 109 2 182
Institutions selling 54 0 86
Buyers to sellers 2.02 – 2.12

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.

GRDNCORAMRX
GRDN 1.00 0.10 0.13
COR 0.10 1.00 0.04
AMRX 0.13 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GRDN, COR and AMRX?

Cencora (COR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN) $5.09M, Cencora (COR) $62.65B, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) $6.75B.

Which stock is cheaper, GRDN, COR and AMRX?

Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN) 0.1x, Cencora (COR) 23.9x, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) 42.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cencora (COR) is cheapest (Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN) 31.1x, Cencora (COR) 19.1x, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) 22.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN) +10.3%, Cencora (COR) +5.1%, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) +9.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) has the highest net margin (Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN) 4.5%, Cencora (COR) 0.8%, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) 5.0%). On return on invested capital, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) leads (Cencora (COR) 14.4%, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) 17.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) returned the most: Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN) +36.2%, Cencora (COR) -3.2%, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) +109.2%. Over five years, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) compounded fastest (Cencora (COR) +22.0%/yr, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) +31.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN) 0.00%, Cencora (COR) 0.01%, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) 0.00%. Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN) and Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cencora (COR) has been the steadiest (Guardian Pharmacy Services (GRDN) 40.5%, Cencora (COR) 32.7%, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX) 35.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GRDN, COR and AMRX?

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 4. 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.