$30.41

1.81 (6.33%)

11/21/2008 4:05 PM

McKesson Corp (MCK)

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Providing supply, information and care management products and services designed to reduce costs and improve quality across the healthcare industry.

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Mid Cap (425), Healthcare Providers and Services (129), S&P 500 (469), Six Sigma® (33), Robots (4), Business Week 50 (49)
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McKesson Corp At A Glance

Current Price:	$30.41
Last Trade Time:	11/21/2008 4:05 PM
Open:	$29.09
Previous Close:	$28.60
Daily Range:	$28.29 - $30.43
52-Week Range:	$28.27 - $68.43
Volume:	5,643,116
Market Cap:	$7.82B
P/E Ratio:	7.53
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Other News Headlines for MCK

McKesson will settle price claims for $350 million
11/21/2008 9:54:00 AM - AP
McKesson shares fall on sales slowdown concerns
10/29/2008 8:38:00 PM - AP
Earnings roundup: Molex, Denny's
10/28/2008 6:47:00 PM - AP
Sector Preview: Drug distributors' earnings
10/28/2008 3:56:00 PM - AP

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Avatar colonelnelson (95.21) Submitted: 8/23/08 11:16 PM

A recommendation from Johanna Bennett of Barron's Weekly. MCK is a play on the growing demand for generic drugs.

MCK acts as a middleman for the drug industry, distributing Rx meds to hospitals and drug retailers. MCK is the largest generic-drug distributor in the U.S. As...More

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Recs 0 (MCK) TheMaster027 (72.17) Submitted: 11/14/08 11:25 AM : Start Price: $35.41 MCK Score: -0.14 Low Margin supply business not threatened by government run health care. Expanding IT business will improve margins. Could be one of the scare winners under Obama. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MCK) barbil (< 20) Submitted: 11/11/08 8:01 PM : Start Price: $35.22 MCK Score: 0.37 Obama's win will launch the health care IT Sector. Obama vowed to "invest $10 billion a year over the next five years" to benefit this sector. From an article by George Huang: http://www.growthstockwire.com/archive/2008/nov/2008_nov_07.asp Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MCK) guiron (90.48) Submitted: 11/10/08 1:46 AM : Start Price: $38.46 MCK Score: -0.62 Generics are bound to do well no matter what. Good P/E, fundamentals. Looks cheap. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MCK) andcheese (< 20) Submitted: 11/07/08 12:30 PM : Start Price: $37.74 MCK Score: -1.86 The RAND Corporation, a leading health care think tank, estimates the industry could save $162 billion per year through the simple IT upgrades. Switching records from a paper-based system to an electronic one and using bar coding and tracking software will save hospitals time and money, which will also lead to increased efficiency. And the only way to make these changes is to put more money into health care IT. Last year, health care IT spending by doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, insurers, and the U.S. government totaled about $20 billion. So Obama's $50 billion plan is a significant boost. Even accounting for a decrease in IT expenditures due to the recession, Obama's plan is enough to drive revenue and earnings to new heights for the sector. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MCK) tixlong (97.90) Submitted: 11/06/08 5:39 PM : Start Price: $38.17 MCK Score: -3.09 'cuz Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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