median 19% — gross profit as a share of total assets, each member's median across its readable years; read on 4 of 5 members
Capital intensity
median 0.2% — capital expenditure as a share of revenue, each member's median across its readable years; read on 5 of 5 members
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Cardinal Health is a wholesale distributor of pharmaceuticals and medical products. It buys drugs and supplies from manufacturers in bulk and delivers them to the pharmacies, hospitals, and other providers that dispense them, taking a small cut on each item that passes through. It is a middleman of enormous volume: it earns pennies on the dollar but moves a great many dollars.
Cencora is a wholesale distributor of prescription drugs. It buys pharmaceuticals and related healthcare products from manufacturers and delivers them to the pharmacies, hospitals, and other providers that dispense them, taking a small cut on each dollar of product that moves through. Most customers buy on credit, so the business is part logistics network and part lender, financing the inventory that sits between maker and dispenser.
McKesson is a wholesale distributor that sits between drug makers and the places that dispense medicine. It buys branded and generic pharmaceuticals, plus medical-surgical supplies and laboratory equipment, in bulk and delivers them to retail, hospital, and alternate-site pharmacies and to non-acute care settings in the United States. It earns a thin spread on enormous volume, and sells the customers it supplies a layer of software, purchasing programs, and consulting on top of the goods.
Retained capitalPaid out $334M more than it earned over 2016–2025; annual owner earnings fell $141M.
Balance sheetNet cash, +$16M · dividend paid 10 of 10 yrs, cut at least once
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