MCK vs Peers Stock Comparison

Mckesson Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MCK Mckesson Corp
$992.64 +14.5% 1M +23.8% 1Y
Market cap
$115.73B
P/E
25.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$410.98B
Div. yield
0.34%
Drug Distribution Healthcare

Percentile Scorecard

MCK

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

AxisMCK
Valuation 100 #1 of 9
Growth 75 #3 of 9
Profitability 75 #3 of 9
Financial Health 33 #7 of 10
Shareholder Returns –
Overall 71
  • MCK ranked among 10 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMCKSPY
1 month +14.5% -0.8%
3 months +16.7% +3.5%
6 months +19.8% +7.0%
Year to date +21.0% +12.2%
1 year +23.8% +13.0%
3 years +121.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year +30.4% +23.1%
5 years +388.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year +37.4% +11.0%
10 years +526.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year +20.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMCKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.78 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -27.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.6% -1.8%
52-week high $1,030.18 $779.14
52-week low $725.17 $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.

MultipleMCK
P/E now vs peer median 25.7xmedian 25.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.6xmedian 11.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 18.0xmedian 20.8x
P/B now vs peer median -27.3xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 2.15median 1.31

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 monthsMCK
Revenue $410.98B
Gross profit $14.96B
Operating income $6.50B
Net income $5.30B
Free cash flow $6.42B
EPS (diluted) $38.52
Cash & equivalents $5.16B
Total debt $9.73B
Shares (diluted) 119.20M
Enterprise value $102.19B

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
MetricMCK
P/E 25.7x
P/FCF 18.0x
P/Operating cash flow 16.9x
P/S 0.3x
P/B -27.3x
P/Tangible book -14.0x
EV/EBITDA 16.6x
EV/EBIT 18.5x
EV/Revenue 0.3x
EV/FCF 18.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.15

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMCK
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 46.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 13.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 58.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 10.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 52.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 4.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 6.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMCK
Gross margin 3.6%
EBITDA margin 1.8%
Operating margin 1.6%
Pretax margin 1.6%
Net margin 1.1%
FCF margin 1.6%
Operating cash flow margin 1.7%
Return on equity –
Return on assets 6.2%
Return on invested capital 107.9%
Return on capital employed 43.4%
Asset turnover 4.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMCK
Debt / assets 11.0%
Debt / equity -2.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x
Debt / FCF 1.5x
Liabilities / assets 104.8%
Equity / assets -4.8%
Interest coverage 23.6x
Current ratio 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.1x
Altman Z-score 5.90

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMCK
Dividend yield 0.3%
Net buyback yield 5.7%
Shareholder yield 6.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 7.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) 6.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) 11.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 10.0%

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.

ConsensusMCK
Forward P/E 21.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $47.14FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +20.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $444.51BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMCK
Held by institutions 89.1%
Institutions holding 2,007
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.7%
Institutions buying 879
Institutions selling 791
Buyers to sellers 1.11

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Mckesson (MCK) 0.34%.

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.