Ratios in Focus: Analyzing Mckesson Corporation (MCK)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

Abby Carey

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In the latest session, Mckesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) closed at $817.05 down -0.75% from its previous closing price of $823.25. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.75 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.58 million shares were traded. MCK stock price reached its highest trading level at $826.66 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $814.99.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Mckesson Corporation’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 24.54 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 15.87. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.50 and its Current Ratio is at 0.88.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In the most recent recommendation for this company, Barclays on December 09, 2025, initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $960.

Robert W. Baird Upgraded its Neutral to Outperform on November 07, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $531 to $688.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 05 ’26 when Rodgers Thomas L sold 276 shares for $816.18 per share. The transaction valued at 225,266 led to the insider holds 2,268 shares of the business.

Rodgers Thomas L bought 276 shares of MCK for $225,266 on Jan 05 ’26. On Nov 07 ’25, another insider, Rutledge Napoleon B JR, who serves as the SVP, Controller & CAO of the company, sold 329 shares for $861.63 each. As a result, the insider received 283,476 and left with 328 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MCK now has a Market Capitalization of 101628264448 and an Enterprise Value of 107957747712. As of this moment, Mckesson’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 25.44, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 18.63. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.27. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.26. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.279 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.591.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for MCK is 0.41, which has changed by 0.3916123 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12692177 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MCK has reached a high of $895.58, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $570.51. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.82%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 9.05%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, MCK has traded an average of 698.76K shares per day and 594940 over the past ten days. A total of 124.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 123.39M. Insiders hold about 0.03% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 90.54% stake in the company. Shares short for MCK as of 1767139200 were 1988268 with a Short Ratio of 2.85, compared to 1764288000 on 2009117. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1988268 and a Short% of Float of 1.6099999999999999.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for MCK is 3.06, from 2.95 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0035833586. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.56. The current Payout Ratio is 10.69% for MCK, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-12-01 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-01. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-01-05 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

At present, 15.0 analysts are actively evaluating the performance of Mckesson Corporation (MCK) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $11.29, with high estimates of $11.57 and low estimates of $10.55.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $38.83 and $38.48 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $38.68. EPS for the following year is $43.81, with 16.0 analysts recommending between $44.23 and $42.8.

Revenue Estimates

A total of 13 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $105.91B this quarter.It ranges from a high estimate of $108.35B to a low estimate of $103.8B. The current estimate, Mckesson Corporation’s year-ago sales were $95.29BFor the next quarter, 13 analysts are estimating revenue of $101.38B. There is a high estimate of $104.55B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $99.44B.

A total of 14 analysts have provided revenue estimates for MCK’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $412.31B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $404.64B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $408.2B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $359.05BBased on 14 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $442.16B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $451.21B and the low estimate is $427.55B.

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