The stock of Cencora Inc (COR) has seen a 1.33% increase in the past week, with a 8.87% gain in the past month, and a 13.79% flourish in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.23%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.14% for COR. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 4.36% for COR’s stock, with a 11.38% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Cencora Inc (NYSE: COR) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Cencora Inc (NYSE: COR) is above average at 37.58x, Company’s 36-month beta value is 0.59.Analysts have differing opinions on the stock, with 9 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 7 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for COR is 180.59M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.84% ratio of that floaft. The average trading volume of COR on March 19, 2025 was 1.46M shares.
COR) stock’s latest price update
Cencora Inc (NYSE: COR) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 1.22 compared to its previous closing price of 260.96. However, the company has seen a gain of 1.33% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-03-18 that Cencora (COR) possesses solid growth attributes, which could help it handily outperform the market.
Analysts’ Opinion of COR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for COR stocks, with Mizuho repeating the rating for COR by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for COR in the upcoming period, according to Mizuho is $280 based on the research report published on December 04, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
BofA Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see COR reach a price target of $245, previously predicting the price at $275. The rating they have provided for COR stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on September 18th, 2024.
Leerink Partners gave a rating of “Outperform” to COR, setting the target price at $261 in the report published on February 26th of the previous year.
COR Trading at 6.41% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought COR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was able to rebound, for now settling with 0.17% of gains for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.14%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.23%, as shares surge +9.40% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +17.53% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, COR rose by +1.33%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +20.58% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $253.11. In addition, Cencora Inc saw 17.56% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at COR starting from Mauch Robert P., who proposed sale 4,970 shares at the price of $260.93 back on Mar 18 ’25. After this action, Mauch Robert P. now owns shares of Cencora Inc, valued at $1,296,822 using the latest closing price.
Krikorian Lazarus, the SVP & Chief Accounting Officer of Cencora Inc, sale 2,000 shares at $260.06 during a trade that took place back on Mar 10 ’25, which means that Krikorian Lazarus is holding 20,154 shares at $520,120 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for COR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.01 for the present operating margin
- 0.03 for the gross margin
The net margin for Cencora Inc stands at 0.0. The total capital return value is set at 0.17. Equity return is now at value 245.32, with 2.09 for asset returns.
Based on Cencora Inc (COR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.97 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.01. The debt to equity ratio resting at 35.96. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 13.07.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 3.25 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 1.55. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.19. The receivables turnover for the company is 12.35for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 4.39. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.92.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, Cencora Inc (COR) has experienced a better performance in recent times. The stock has received mixed “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
