Gordon Reid McKesson Corp MCK-N BUY Feb 03, 2025

Drug distribution is a really low-margin business, which gives you less tolerance throughout your whole business. In US healthcare, they're always looking for ways to squeeze out value for consumers. Not a lot of avenues for growth.

It was getting pricey, so he took profits around $616. He's holding, because of a strong long-term outlook. Are fueled by the weight-loss drugs and other pharmaceuticals, of which they are the largest U.S. distributors.

Earnings today impressed the market. Trades around 16-17x forward PE, 11-12% EPS growth rate. PEG ratio is 1.4x, pretty good. Great, long-term secular growth name. Few competitors plus 33% market share means substantial pricing leverage.

US healthcare has been a minefield. Management lowered guidance, stock drew down sharply. But then it had a great quarter and shares rallied. #1 market share. Demographic and morbidity tailwinds. Still likes.

Growing at double-digits and trading around 19x PE. Much growth, a third, comes from the weight-loss drugs, mostly from LLY and Novo Nordisk. An aging population will need more medications.

15% EPS growth rate, but paying only 17x forward PE. So PEG ratio is 1.1x, fairly cheap. Long-term, aging demographic trends give long runway for growth. 200-day and 200-week MAs are pushing higher. Outpacing S&P 500 since early 2019.

It is a large distributer of drugs which is a volume based business and has low margins. It is not expensive.

One of the biggest distributors of branded or generic drugs, and offers surgical supplies. He expects this sector to boom if Trump messes with the pharma supply chain.

Is surprised the stock hasn't split. Is one of the strongest stocks out there and plays a valuable role in society, though Washington disagrees.