COR Stock — Cencora Inc.

Cencora Inc. (COR)

COR is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.78%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.76%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 73/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 19232.9% over the past 31.5 years, 16691.4 points ahead of SPY at 2541.5%.

At the current 0.78% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $78 per year, or about $19.50 per quarter if the next payment matches the last regular one.

Cencora is a pharmaceutical distributor that sources and distributes generic and injectable pharmaceuticals, specialty products, vaccines, and related healthcare services to hospitals, pharmacies, clinics, and other healthcare providers across the United States and internationally. The company also serves veterinary and animal health markets and provides complementary services including pharmacy management, supply chain software, clinical trial support, and data analytics to pharmaceutical manufacturers. It pays a modest quarterly dividend with a low current distribution rate.

COR performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-09-22.

Total return is 19232.9% over the past 31.5 years, 16691.4 points ahead of SPY at 2541.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 9.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 32.4%.

COR key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

73 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.57%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

04/04/1995

Distribution rate

0.78%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.76%

5-year average yield

0.97

Last close

$314.43 (as of 2026-09-22)

Market cap

$60,001,785,491

Average volume

775589.0

Last dividend

$0.60

Last ex-dividend date

08/14/2026

Last payment date

08/31/2026

Beta

0.574

Payout ratio

0.1399

P/E ratio

23.36

Forward P/E

15.528

EPS

$13.46

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.78%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (0.76%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

COR risks and drawbacks

COR's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 32.4%.

Who may consider COR — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (COR pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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