Based on the aggregated intelligence of 135,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, McKesson
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at McKesson's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
McKesson facts
Headquarters (founded) |
San Francisco (1833) |
Market Cap |
$14.07 billion |
Industry |
Health-Care Distributors |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$106.59 billion |
Management |
CEO John Hammergren (since 2001) CFO Jeffrey Campbell (since 2004) |
Return on Equity (average, last three years) |
15.4% |
Competitors |
Cardinal Health
AmerisourceBergen |
CAPS Members Bullish on MCK Also Bullish on |
Johnson & Johnson
General Electric |
CAPS Members Bearish on MCK Also Bearish on |
Citigroup
Microsoft |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.
Over on CAPS, some 96% of the 462 members who have rated McKesson believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include BMunkers and adavisclan.
Just two days ago, BMunkers touched on some firsthand dealings with the drug dealer:
[McKesson] is doing a good job expanding their business services to clients across the country. I currently work at a payer system where we utilize many of their software products. If we see universal health care, [McKesson] will still be a major provider for the services that the payers, government or private, need.
In an earlier pitch, adavisclan expands on the supertrend moving in McKesson's direction:
The health care distribution sector is likely to continue growing with the aging population. Should national health care become a reality more people will have access to distributors such as McKesson. They continue to generate and grow their free cash flow (which I believe is the life blood of any company) allowing for internal capital funding in these tight times. They have a solid balance sheet which current prices seem to be undervaluing.
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