
Cencora, Inc. (COR)
ValueMarkers Composite Index
48% below intrinsic value ($616)
Cencora, Inc. (COR) — VMCI valuation read
Cencora, Inc. (COR) carries a VMCI composite of 57/100, 7 points above the Healthcare sector median of 50. Among mid-cap names, that gap places COR in the top third on the five-pillar weighting (Value 35%, Quality 30%, Integrity 15%, Growth 12%, Risk 8%).
The COR insider tape has been silent for the past 30 days on Form 4. Where executives neither buy nor sell, the bull and bear cases lean harder on filings cadence and the next earnings line.
**Investor frame.** Value reads COR trades at 14.0x earnings, 22% below the Healthcare median of 18.0x, which compresses or extends through the 11.0x EV/EBITDA versus a Healthcare 12.0x. Quality: ROIC of 14.0% sits 4.0pp above the Healthcare median (10.0%). Risk: net debt to EBITDA of 2.9x is the rate-sensitivity line to watch, the line to track on Cencora, Inc.'s next 10-Q.
COR fell 2.5% over the trailing 7 days, with a -10.7% read on a 30-day basis.
Cencora, Inc. sources and distributes pharmaceutical products in the United States and internationally. The company's U.S. Healthcare Solutions segment distributes generic and injectable pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter healthcare products, home healthcare supplies and equipment, and related services to acute care hospitals and health systems, independent and chain retail pharmacies, mail order pharmacies, medical clinics, long-term care and alternate site pharmacies, and other customers; distributes plasma and other blood products, vaccines, and other specialty pharmaceutical products; provides pharmacy management, staffing, and other consulting services; supply management software to retail and institutional healthcare providers; packaging solutions to institutional and retail healthcare providers; clinical trial support, product post-approval, and commercialization support services; data analytics, outcomes research, and other services for biotechnology and pharmaceutical manufacturers; pharmaceuticals, vaccines, parasiticides, diagnostics, micro feed ingredients, and other products to the companion animal and production animal markets; sales force services to manufacturers; and offers other services to physicians who specialize in various disease states, such as oncology, as well as to other healthcare providers, including hospitals and dialysis clinics. Its International Healthcare Solutions segment provides international pharmaceutical wholesale and related service, and global commercialization services; distributes pharmaceuticals, other healthcare products, and related services to pharmacies, doctors, health centers, and hospitals; and offers specialty transportation and logistics services for the biopharmaceutical industry. The company was formerly known as AmerisourceBergen Corporation and changed its name to Cencora, Inc. in August 2023. Cencora, Inc. was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
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