About the Medical Distribution Industry
The Medical Distribution industry includes 9 U.S.-listed companies in the Healthcare sector with a combined market capitalization of $257.68B. The largest are McKesson Corporation (MCK, $120.67B), Cencora, Inc. (COR, $65.65B) and Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH, $60.59B), together 96% of the industry's value.
4 of the 9 companies with reported earnings are profitable, and their median P/E ratio is 25.6. 3 of 9 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 0.71% among payers.
Over the past year the median stock is down 27.4%, and 4 of 9 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
- 4 of 9
- Median gross margin
- 5.7%
- Median net profit margin
- -1.0%
- Median return on equity
- -12.1%
Longest dividend growth streak: Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH), 40 consecutive years.








