Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries · SIC 5122

MCKESSON CORP

MCK

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Latest revenue

$106.16B

as of 2025-12-31

Latest net income

$1.19B

as of 2025-12-31

Net margin

1.1%

as of 2025-12-31

Price · 5Y

+32.6% / yr 18.9 pts / yr vs S&P 500 308.7% total
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$766.08
0.05%
Market cap
$92.09B
Enterprise value
$98.11B
P/E (trailing)
19.3×
Forward P/E
P/B
Dividend yield
0.4%
52-wk high
$999.00
52-wk low
$637.00
Beta
Shares out
120.2M

5-year trend

dashed bar = fiscal Q4 derived from 10-K annual − Q1 − Q2 − Q3 (SEC requires only three 10-Qs per year).

What this company does

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McKesson distributes prescription drugs and medical supplies, moving pharmaceuticals from manufacturers to pharmacies, hospitals, and physician practices across North America and Europe. The company earns the vast majority of its $307 billion nine-month revenue from low-margin pharmaceutical distribution, supplemented by higher-margin oncology services, prescription technology, and medical-surgical products. McKesson just reorganized into four segments and is leaning harder into oncology, spending $3.4 billion on acquisitions this year while revenue grew 14% and operating income jumped 43%.

Generated from MCK's filing dated 2026-05-08

Key risks

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  • Outstanding opioid litigation liabilities of $5.1 billion long-term, with $669 million paid in nine months; settlements continue to drain cash flow.
  • Stockholders' deficit of $901 million with razor-thin 1.2% gross margin; minor cost-of-sales shocks could materially compress $4.1B operating income.
  • Customer concentration and acquisition risk: $3.4B in acquisitions added $2.7B intangibles/goodwill; cash fell to $2.96B from $5.69B in nine months.

Generated from MCK's filing dated 2026-05-08

Profitability

Gross margin

3.6%

2.8%

Operating margin

1.5%

25.0%

Net margin

1.2%

28.6%

Return on equity

-219.2%

38.0%

Return on assets

5.8%

31.9%

Leverage

Debt / equity

-38.90×

4.5%

Long-term debt / equity

-2.42×

12.5%

Debt / assets

102.6%

0.1%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q1 2026

2026-03-31

$96.30B+6.0%$1.68B+33.5%1.7%

Q4 2025

2025-12-31

$106.16B+11.4%$1.19B+34.9%1.1%

Q3 2025

2025-09-30

$103.15B+10.1%$1.11B+360.6%1.1%

Q2 2025

2025-06-30

$97.83B+23.4%$784.0M-14.3%0.8%

Q1 2025

2025-03-31

$90.82B+18.9%$1.26B+59.3%1.4%

Q4 2024

2024-12-31

$95.29B+17.8%$879.0M+49.2%0.9%

Q3 2024

2024-09-30

$93.65B+21.3%$241.0M-63.7%0.3%

Q2 2024

2024-06-30

$79.28B+6.4%$915.0M-4.5%1.2%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$0

Insider selling

$53.2M

Net activity

−$53.2M

Distinct insiders

7

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-03-02

Michele Lau

EVP and Chief Legal Officer

Sale2,725$990.00$2.7M
2026-02-19

Maria Martinez

Director

Sale349$939.87$328.0K
2026-02-17

Leann B Smith

EVP & Chief HR Officer

Sale190$945.00$179.6K
2026-02-11

Michele Lau

EVP and Chief Legal Officer

Sale303$933.39$282.8K
2026-02-06

Napoleon B Rutledge JR

SVP, Controller & CAO

Sale328$955.00$313.2K
2026-01-05

Thomas L Rodgers

EVP, Chief Strategy & BDO

Sale276$816.18$225.3K
2025-11-07

Napoleon B Rutledge JR

SVP, Controller & CAO

Sale329$861.63$283.5K
2025-08-22

Brian S. Tyler

Chief Executive Officer

Sale11,930$705.63$8.4M
2025-08-15

Brian S. Tyler

Chief Executive Officer

Sale11,930$677.76$8.1M
2025-08-08

Napoleon B Rutledge JR

SVP, Controller & CAO

Sale329$663.67$218.3K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns MCK

Institutional value

$27.58B

Total shares held

32.8M

Distinct holders

731

As of

2026-03-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC8.0M$6.89BNew
2VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC2.9M$2.49BNew
3Invesco Ltd.1.5M$1.29BNew
4Boston Partners1.2M$1.00BNew
5WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC932.1K$801.8MNew
6Legal & General Group Plc916.7K$793.3MNew
7Bank of New York Mellon Corp825.6K$714.5MNew
8TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC710.4K$614.8MNew
9VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO705.6K$610.6MNew
10Nuveen, LLC612.0K$529.6MNew
11UBS Group AG609.5K$527.4MNew
12WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN459.7K$397.8MNew
13DEUTSCHE BANK AG\459.1K$397.3MNew
14ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC424.8K$367.6MNew
15Voya Investment Management LLC420.2K$363.1MNew
16National Pension Service396.2K$342.9MNew
17Swiss National Bank362.3K$313.5MNew
18DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP356.4K$308.4MNew
19California Public Employees Retirement System324.0K$280.4MNew
20Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc.281.1K$243.3MNew

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

Top questions investors are asking

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  1. 1

    Gross margin compressed to 3.47% from 3.61% YoY despite revenue growing 14%—how much is GLP-1 mix dilution versus pricing pressure from larger PBM customers?

  2. 2

    You deployed $3.4B on acquisitions and intangibles jumped from $1.5B to $4.2B—quantify expected accretion and disclose the specific deals driving the $802M redeemable NCI.

  3. 3

    Long-term litigation liabilities still sit at $5.1B with $669M paid this year—what's your remaining opioid cash outflow schedule and any new exposure from pending state actions?

Refreshed when MCK files a new report · last from 2026-05-08