Company Analysis

Cencora, Inc. (COR)

NYSE: COR · Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries · Conshohocken, PA · filing with the SEC since 2001
Grade5.8
◀ Past 6.5● Present 6.2▶ Future 4.8

The grade of Cencora, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.8/10
◀ Past6.525% of the headline
● Present6.245% of the headline
▶ Future4.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.5/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2024-07-31.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cencora, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a material cybersecurity incident (8-K item 1.05, 2 times, the latest 2024-07-31) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+9.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cencora, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $147 billion in fiscal 2016 to $321 billion in fiscal 2025, up 9.1% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span9.1%top 44% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 19% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 31% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.6% a year. 39% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 67th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-09-30, Cencora, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 39% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales (8 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10, buying about $2 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 25% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.2/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 103%: 103¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 98%: owes 98¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Cencora, Inc. earned about 103 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 15 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 98 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 45% of its family
  • return on equitytop 8% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 45% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 32% of 10 in its family; net margin 0.5%.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cencora, Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $321 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 15% by size; a net margin of 0.5% ranks in the top 45%; revenue growth of 10.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 35% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$321.3Btop 15% of its family
  • net margin0.5%top 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth10.4%top 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 42% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cencora, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Mauch, Robert P. (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-11-13, 2 years (top 50% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.1 years (bottom 36%); 15 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (bottom 39%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge15 in three years among 19 peoplebottom 39% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.1 yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.0 yearstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 38% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cencora, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $4.4 billion against debt of $7.5 billion leaves -4.2% of its assets as net cash, top 45% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 1% of revenue (bottom 45%); a gross margin of 3.6% (bottom 15%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-4.2%top 45% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue1.0%bottom 45% of its family
  • gross margin3.6%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 31% of 8 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cencora, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 10.4% a year over the last three filed years against 9.1% over all 10, speeding up (top 19% of its family); the newest year grew 9.3% (bottom 44%); capital spending grew 10.4% a year (top 19%) (its annual reports). Cencora, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: US Healthcare Solutions at $285 billion, International Healthcare Solutions at $28 billion. 2 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 91% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.3 points a yeartop 19% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth9.3%bottom 44% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending10.4%top 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 36% of 7 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cencora, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $321 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1.5% below the $326 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 36% of its family); net income of $1.6 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.7 billion (bottom 36%); a net margin of 0.5% against 0.6% before (bottom 36%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.5%bottom 36% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-6%bottom 36% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.1 pointsbottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton COR · research, not advice