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How McKesson Corporation stacks up
MCK · against 28 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
87/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #9 of 29 · scores higher than 71% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score7 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including MCK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 87?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are stronger than most Healthcare peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 64% of peers. Operating margin: 1.6% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 74% of peers. Return on assets: 5.2% vs peer median 1.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 100% of peers. Return on invested capital: 1578.8% vs peer median 4.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MCK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MCK | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 28 reported | 1578.8% | 8.8% | 100% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 29 reported | 1.6% | 19.8% | 14% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 29 reported | 5.2% | 6.2% | 46% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 26 reported | Not reported | 12.6% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 29 reported | 3.6% | 60.0% | 4% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MCK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11.26T JPY (≈$76.6B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 1 | 177.5B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 534.1B HKD (≈$68.4B) | 96 | 75 | |
| 3 | 134.5B USD | 96 | 70 | |
| 5 | 155.7B USD | 94 | 64 | |
| 6 | 97.5B USD | 89 | 67 | |
| 7 | 126.1B USD | 88 | 62 | |
| 7 | 100.2B USD | 88 | 57 | |
| 9 | 116.5B USD | 87 | 57 | |
| 10 | 58.6B USD | 85 | 52 | |
| 10 | 100.2B USD | 85 | 68 | |
| 12 | 119.1B USD | 82 | 57 | |
| 13 | 63.0B USD | 79 | 65 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score