Cencora (COR) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Cencora (COR) posted Return on Sales [ROS] 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) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Return on Sales [ROS] at Cencora was 0.91%, up 0.05 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), it was 0.82%, up 0.08 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of +3.52 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Cencora's Return on Sales [ROS] was 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).
- Quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] has run from a low of 0.02% in fiscal Q4 2025 to a high of 1.46% in fiscal Q2 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has 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 strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2021, with a gain of 13.37 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2024, with a drop of 0.53 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 1.46% (Q2 2026), 0.88% (Q1 2026) and 0.02% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 330.47 Bn | 215.10 Bn | 36.67 Bn | 7.13% |
| 2 | Cvs Health | 108.89 Bn | 61.49 Bn | 47.23 Bn | 4.43% |
| 3 | Mckesson | 104.86 Bn | 91.32 Bn | 3.69 Bn | 1.25% |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 82.79 Bn | -58.96 Bn | 13.45 Bn | -69.51% |
| 5 | Cigna | 70.83 Bn | 40.37 Bn | 14.97 Bn | 3.73% |
| 6 | Cencora | 59.11 Bn | 48.20 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 1.32% |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 53.53 Bn | 37.53 Bn | 2.56 Bn | 1.14% |
| 8 | Humana | 45.57 Bn | -42.23 Bn | 5.50 Bn | 3.33% |
| 9 | Centene | 30.12 Bn | -60.16 Bn | 14.55 Bn | 2.24% |
| 10 | Henry Schein | 9.51 Bn | 10.25 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 4.95% |
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 Return on Sales [ROS] 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
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=COR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=COR&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();