About the Medical Distribution Industry
The Medical Distribution industry includes 11 U.S.-listed companies in the Healthcare sector with a combined market capitalization of $241.76B. The largest are McKesson Corporation (MCK, $111.91B), Cencora, Inc. (COR, $62.81B) and Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH, $56.30B), together 96% of the industry's value.
Among the 5 profitable companies, the median P/E ratio is 24.1. 3 of 11 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 0.75% among payers.
Over the past year the median stock is down 32.9%, and 4 of 11 are higher than a year ago. Median revenue growth is 6.5% year over year.
Best 1-year performers
Weakest 1-year performers
Highest dividend yields
Profitability
- Profitable companies
- 5 of 11
- Median gross margin
- 9.2%
- Median net profit margin
- -1.0%
- Median return on equity
- 0.3%
Longest dividend growth streak: Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH), 40 consecutive years.










