Cencora (COR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Cencora (COR) reported Operating Margin of 1.32% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 0.25 percentage points from 1.08% a year earlier but down 0.14 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Cencora (COR) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Cencora's Operating Margin came in at 0.91%, up 0.05 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), it came in at 0.82%, up 0.08 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has a five-year change of +3.52 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, Operating Margin came in at 0.74% in FY2024 (-0.15 pp), 0.89% in FY2023 (-0.10 pp), 0.99% in FY2022 (-0.11 pp) and 1.10% in FY2021 (+3.80 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Operating Margin spans a low of 0.02% in fiscal Q4 2025 and a high of 1.46% in fiscal Q2 2026.
- Year over year, Operating Margin has now increased in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.02 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2021 (a gain of 13.37 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 0.53 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 1.46% (Q2 2026), 0.88% (Q1 2026) and 0.02% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 339.33 Bn | 223.96 Bn | 36.67 Bn | 7.13% |
| 2 | Cvs Health | 111.30 Bn | 63.91 Bn | 47.23 Bn | 4.43% |
| 3 | Mckesson | 100.82 Bn | 87.28 Bn | 3.69 Bn | 1.25% |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 85.16 Bn | -56.58 Bn | 13.45 Bn | -69.51% |
| 5 | Cigna | 72.72 Bn | 42.26 Bn | 14.97 Bn | 3.73% |
| 6 | Cencora | 58.70 Bn | 47.79 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 1.32% |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 52.08 Bn | 36.08 Bn | 2.56 Bn | 1.14% |
| 8 | Humana | 46.46 Bn | -41.34 Bn | 5.50 Bn | 3.33% |
| 9 | Centene | 30.74 Bn | -59.55 Bn | 14.55 Bn | 2.24% |
| 10 | Molina Healthcare | 9.85 Bn | -25.02 Bn | 1.43 Bn | 1.33% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.32% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.46% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.88% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.02% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.08% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.37% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.87% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.16% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.91% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.81% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.14% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.69% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.00% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.88% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.01% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.74% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.81% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.35% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.08% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.95% |
Cencora Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=COR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "COR", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=COR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();