Cencora, Inc. (COR) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Healthcare · Medical Distribution
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $276.92: Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.6/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Cencora is one of the largest global pharmaceutical distribution companies with US Healthcare Solutions (specialty drug distribution, oncology services, animal health) and International Healthcare Solutions (European wholesale, World Courier logistics, Canada) segments. In... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $276.92: Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.6/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 63. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 57d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-09Recent Developments — Cencora, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC Buys Shares of 22,815 Cencora, Inc. $COR - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS Cencora (COR) Projected to Post Earnings on Wednesday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS Cencora (COR): 3 Reasons We Love This Stock - StockStory — StockStory positive
- NEWS Why Is Cencora Stock Trading Lower On Wednesday? - Benzinga — Benzinga negative
- NEWS Cencora Stock (COR) Opinions on Q2 Earnings Release - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative neutral
Generated 2026-06-09T22:16:35Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMCustomerWalgreens and Boots25%10-K Item 1A: 'Walgreens and Boots together accounted for approximately 25% of our revenue in fiscal 2025 and, as of September 30, 2025, accounted for approximately 38% of our accounts receivable, net.'
- MEDIUMCustomerEvernorth Health Services13%10-K Item 1A: 'Evernorth Health Services accounted for approximately 13% of our revenue in fiscal 2025.'
- HIGHCustomertop-10 customers66%10-K Item 1A: 'Our top ten customers, including governmental agencies, represented approximately 66% of revenue in fiscal 2025.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-03-17Item 5.02HIGHJames F. Cleary announced retirement as EVP and CFO effective June 30, 2026. No disagreement with company operations, policies, or practices cited. No successor named in this announcement.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $276.92: Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.6/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 63. Prior stop was $264.77. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $310.45 (+12.1% upside). Prior stop was $264.77. Stop-loss: $264.77.
Concentration risk — Customer: top-10 customers (66.0%); Quality below floor (2.9 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (3/5): Margin compression (op margin -30.1%), High leverage (D/E 1.5), Material insider selling (13 sells, 0.18% of cap).
Cencora, Inc. trades at a P/E of 21.0 (forward 13.9). TrendMatrix value score: 7.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
20 analysts cover COR with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $357.
What does Cencora, Inc. do?Cencora is one of the largest global pharmaceutical distribution companies with US Healthcare Solutions (specialty drug...
Cencora is one of the largest global pharmaceutical distribution companies with US Healthcare Solutions (specialty drug distribution, oncology services, animal health) and International Healthcare Solutions (European wholesale, World Courier logistics, Canada) segments. In fiscal 2025, Walgreens+Boots = ~25% of revenue, Evernorth Health Services = ~13%, and top-10 customers = ~66%.