SKYA vs MCK vs BAX Stock Comparison

SkyAI, Mckesson and Baxter International Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SKYA SkyAI, Inc.
$2.93 +60.1% 1M -40.9% 1Y
Market cap
$214.84M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$194.22K
Div. yield
–
Medical Supplies Healthcare
2 wins
MCK Mckesson Corp
$981.33 +13.5% 1M +21.5% 1Y
Market cap
$118.07B
P/E
25.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$410.98B
Div. yield
0.00%
Drug Distribution Healthcare
8 wins
BAX Baxter International Inc
$23.49 0.0% 1M +4.8% 1Y
Market cap
$11.81B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$11.61B
Div. yield
0.01%
Medical Supplies Healthcare
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Mckesson leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Mckesson 8, SkyAI 2, Baxter International 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSKYAMCKBAXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $214.84M $118.07B $11.81B MCK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.7x 25.7x -16.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 0.0x 20.8x 11.9x SKYA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +108.9% +8.8% +5.3% SKYA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -158,431.4% 1.1% -6.2% MCK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 107.9% -1.4% MCK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.6x 9.0x MCK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% BAX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -40.9% +21.5% +4.8% MCK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +36.4%/yr -21.5%/yr MCK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 105.8% 30.8% 45.1% MCK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 26/100 59/100 44/100 MCK

Percentile Scorecard

SKYAMCKBAX

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

AxisSKYAMCKBAX
Valuation 2 #222 of 227 54 #12 of 25 89 #25 of 227
Growth 7 #203 of 218 65 #9 of 24 14 #187 of 218
Profitability 1 #200 of 202 70 #8 of 24 66 #69 of 202
Financial Health 94 #14 of 233 48 #14 of 26 19 #189 of 233
Shareholder Returns – 60 #7 of 16 33 #87 of 130
Overall 26 59 44
  • SKYA ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • MCK ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • BAX ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSKYAMCKBAXSPY
1 month +60.1%+13.5%0.0% +0.7%
3 months +118.7%+13.3%-12.2% +3.7%
6 months +64.1%+20.4%+33.6% +7.1%
Year to date +44.3%+19.6%+22.9% +12.8%
1 year -40.9%+21.5%+4.8% +11.9%
3 years -99.9%+118.3%-26.7% +85.2%
3 years, per year -90.2%+29.8%-9.8% +22.8%
5 years —+372.1%-70.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year —+36.4%-21.5% +10.9%
10 years —+690.7%-50.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+23.0%-6.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureSKYAMCKBAXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 105.8%30.8%45.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 104.6%27.4%49.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.59-0.281.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.390.700.11 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-27.2%-82.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -40.9%-4.7%-17.1% -1.2%
52-week high $4.96$1,030.18$28.35 $779.14
52-week low $0.95$725.17$15.80 $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.

MultipleSKYAMCKBAX
P/E now vs peer median -0.7xmedian 28.7x 25.4xmedian 24.3x -16.8xmedian 28.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1,088xmedian 3.0x 0.3xmedian 0.3x 1.0xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.8x 16.4xmedian 12.9x 25.6xmedian 17.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 26.4x 17.8xmedian 16.4x 10.5xmedian 26.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.4x -27.0xmedian 2.5x 1.9xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 0.99 2.12median 1.36 0.53median 0.99

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 monthsSKYAMCKBAX
Revenue $194.22K $410.98B $11.61B
Gross profit $321.93K $14.96B $3.49B
Operating income -$289.52M $6.50B -$221.00M
Net income -$307.71M $5.30B -$723.00M
Free cash flow – $6.42B $1.16B
R&D $399.91K – $519.00M
EPS (diluted) $-4.27 $38.52 $-1.39
Cash & equivalents $12.07M $5.16B $1.98B
Total debt – $9.73B $8.60B
Shares (diluted) 72.09M 119.20M 520.00M
Enterprise value $173.54M $101.97B $3.69B

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
MetricSKYAMCKBAX
P/E -0.7x 25.4x -16.8x
P/FCF – 17.8x 10.5x
P/Operating cash flow – 16.7x 7.3x
P/S 1,088x 0.3x 1.0x
P/B 1.3x -27.0x 1.9x
P/Tangible book 16.3x -13.9x 4.7x
EV/EBITDA – 16.4x 25.6x
EV/EBIT -0.7x 18.3x -84.9x
EV/Revenue 1,025x 0.3x 1.6x
EV/FCF – 18.5x 16.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 17.4x 11.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 2.12 0.53

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSKYAMCKBAX
Revenue growth (1Y) 108.9% 8.8% 5.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 23.8% 13.1% 0.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 11.2% -7.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 6.6% -7.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -5,525% 46.6% -136.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -212.8% 13.5% 4.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -42,440% 58.1% -112.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -238.0% 10.7% -31.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -487.2% 52.8% -109.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -84.2% 12.0% -31.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 4.7% 97.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 10.7% 0.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 6.8% 243.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 11.3% -5.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSKYAMCKBAX
Gross margin 165.8% 3.6% 30.1%
EBITDA margin – 1.8% 6.3%
Operating margin -149,065% 1.6% -1.9%
Pretax margin -151,352% 1.6% -1.6%
Net margin -158,431% 1.1% -6.2%
FCF margin – 1.6% 10.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 1.7% 14.3%
Return on equity -140.2% – -11.4%
Return on assets -137.6% 6.2% -3.7%
Return on invested capital – 107.9% -1.4%
Return on capital employed -136.7% 43.4% -1.4%
Asset turnover 0.0x 4.8x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x -2.3x
Stock comp / revenue 48,037% – 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSKYAMCKBAX
Debt / assets – 11.0% 44.3%
Debt / equity – -2.3x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.6x 9.0x
Debt / FCF – 1.5x 7.4x
Liabilities / assets 1.9% 104.8% 66.5%
Equity / assets 98.1% -4.8% 33.5%
Interest coverage – 23.6x –
Current ratio 5.3x 0.9x 1.8x
Quick ratio 4.4x 0.5x 1.0x
Cash ratio 4.2x 0.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 31.69 5.90 2.33

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSKYAMCKBAX
Dividend yield – 0.3% 0.2%
Net buyback yield – 5.8% -0.2%
Shareholder yield – 6.1% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 7.4% -14.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 6.1% 8.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 11.3% -75.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 10.0% -44.1%

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.

ConsensusSKYAMCKBAX
Forward P/E 0.0xFY2026 20.8xFY2026 11.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2,362.06FY2026 $47.15FY2026 $1.98FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +20.6%FY2026 -10.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +11.0% -3.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $70.01MFY2026 $444.47BFY2026 $11.05BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +34,200.1%FY2026 +10.2%FY2026 -1.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.5% +1.5% +11.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSKYAMCKBAX
Held by institutions – 89.1% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 2,011 691
Change in shares held, QoQ – -0.7% +5.2%
Institutions buying – 883 359
Institutions selling – 791 193
Buyers to sellers – 1.12 1.86

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.

SKYAMCKBAX
SKYA 1.00 -0.11 0.08
MCK -0.11 1.00 0.18
BAX 0.08 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SKYA, MCK and BAX?

Mckesson (MCK) is the largest by market capitalisation: SkyAI (SKYA) $214.84M, Mckesson (MCK) $118.07B, Baxter International (BAX) $11.81B.

Which company is growing faster?

SkyAI (SKYA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: SkyAI (SKYA) +108.9%, Mckesson (MCK) +8.8%, Baxter International (BAX) +5.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Mckesson (MCK) has the highest net margin (SkyAI (SKYA) -158,431.4%, Mckesson (MCK) 1.1%, Baxter International (BAX) -6.2%). On return on invested capital, Mckesson (MCK) leads (Mckesson (MCK) 107.9%, Baxter International (BAX) -1.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mckesson (MCK) returned the most: SkyAI (SKYA) -40.9%, Mckesson (MCK) +21.5%, Baxter International (BAX) +4.8%. Over five years, Mckesson (MCK) compounded fastest (Mckesson (MCK) +36.4%/yr, Baxter International (BAX) -21.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Baxter International (BAX) has the highest dividend yield: SkyAI (SKYA) 0.00%, Mckesson (MCK) 0.00%, Baxter International (BAX) 0.01%. SkyAI (SKYA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mckesson (MCK) has been the steadiest (SkyAI (SKYA) 105.8%, Mckesson (MCK) 30.8%, Baxter International (BAX) 45.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SKYA, MCK and BAX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Mckesson (MCK) leads on 8. 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.