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McKesson

MCK · Health Care

Last earnings Aug 5, 2026  ·  Next earnings Nov 4, 2026

Important announcements

Key results

Consolidated revenuequarter

$90.8 billion

Fourth Quarter Highlights Consolidated revenues of $90.8 billion increased 19%.

SEC original ↗McKesson — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99May 8, 2025

Consolidated revenuefull-year

$359.1 billion

Full Year Highlights Consolidated revenues of $359.1 billion increased 16%.

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Free cash flowfull-year

$5.2 billion

Cash flow from operations of $6.1 billion and Free Cash Flow of $5.2 billion.

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Revenuefull-year

19%

McKesson delivered strong fourth quarter performance reporting revenue growth of 19% and Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share growth of 64%.

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Capexquarter

$859 million

During the fiscal year, McKesson generated cash from operations of $6.1 billion, and invested $859 million in capital expenditures, resulting in Free Cash Flow of $5.2 billion.

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Free cash flowquarter

$5.2 billion

During the fiscal year, McKesson generated cash from operations of $6.1 billion, and invested $859 million in capital expenditures, resulting in Free Cash Flow of $5.2 billion.

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Revenuequarter

$83.2 billion

Pharmaceutical Segment Fourth Quarter Revenues were $83.2 billion, an increase of 21%, driven by increased prescription volumes from retail national customers and growth in the distribution of specialty products, including higher volumes in oncology.

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Full Year Revenues were $327.7 billion, an increase of 18%, driven by increased prescription volumes from retail national customers and growth in the distribution of specialty products, including higher volumes in oncology.

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Prescription Technology Solutions Segment Fourth Quarter Revenues were $1.3 billion, an increase of 13%, driven by increased prescription volumes in the third-party logistics and technology services businesses.

SEC original ↗McKesson — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99May 8, 2025

AI analysis

Q1 2025 · reported May 8, 2025

Based on: Earnings release + parent 8-K + 10-Q — transcript not held

Consolidated revenue · Q1 2025
$90.8B
Full year: $359.1 billion
EX-99 · May 8, 2025
Free cash flow · Q1 2025
$5.2B
Full year: $5.2 billion
EX-99 · May 8, 2025
Capex · Q1 2025
$859M
EX-99 · May 8, 2025
Revenue · Q1 2025
$83.2B
EX-99 · May 8, 2025

The quarter in charts

Capex & free cash flow

As stated

0246$859MCapex Q$5.2BFree cash flow Q$5.2BFree cash flow FY

EX-99 · May 8, 2025 Values as labeled in the release.

Headline figures

MetricQ1 2025Prior qtrYear ago
Consolidated revenue$90.8 billion——
Capex$859 million——
Free cash flow$5.2 billion——
Revenue$83.2 billion——

EX-99 · May 8, 2025

Guidance · company-stated

Direction: raised

No guidance located in the held release

Outlook statement

“1 McKESSON REPORTS FISCAL 2027 FIRST QUARTER RESULTS AND RAISES FULL YEAR ADJUSTED EPS GUIDANCE IRVING, Texas, August 5, 2026 - McKesson Corporation (NYSE MCK) today announced results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2026.”

Next earningsNov 4, 2026Verified from the company’s own announcement

Cash flow & capex

Free cash flowfull year$5.2B
Capex$859M
Free cash flow$5.2B

Capital allocation

Dividend$3.1B
Capex$859M
Free cash flow$5.2B

For the full year, McKesson returned $3.5 billion of cash to shareholders, which included $3.1 billion of common stock repurchases and $345 million of dividend payments.

General educational research only — not investment advice.Every figure is as stated in the held documents; values marked “computed from stated figures” are arithmetic on those stated figures. Guidance shown is the company’s own stated guidance. No price targets, no recommendations, no consensus estimates.

Event summary

Earnings per diluted share of $10.01 increased $3.99

Based on: Earnings release + parent 8-K + 10-Q — transcript not held

Guidance & outlook

No guidance located in the held release

Capital allocation

For the full year, McKesson returned $3.5 billion of cash to shareholders, which included $3.1 billion of common stock repurchases and $345 million of dividend payments.

SEC original ↗McKesson — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99May 8, 2025

During the fiscal year, McKesson generated cash from operations of $6.1 billion, and invested $859 million in capital expenditures, resulting in Free Cash Flow of $5.2 billion.

SEC original ↗McKesson — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99May 8, 2025

While not all-inclusive, other adjustments may include other asset impairments gains or losses from debt extinguishment and other similar substantive and or infrequent items as deemed appropriate.

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We believe free cash flow is important to management and useful to investors as a supplemental measure as it indicates the cash flow available for working capital needs, re-investment opportunities, strategic acquisitions, share repurchases, dividend payments, or other strategic uses of cash.

SEC original ↗McKesson — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99May 8, 2025

The payment made upon closing was from cash on hand and the net proceeds from the May 30, 2025 public debt offering.

SEC original ↗McKesson — 10-Q Quarterly report10-QAug 5, 2026

Refer to Financial Note 8, Debt and Financing Activities, for additional information on the public debt offering.

SEC original ↗McKesson — 10-Q Quarterly report10-QAug 5, 2026

Strategy & priorities

This marks another year of strong financial results, above our long-term targets, underpinned by operational execution against our strategic priorities, and disciplined and focused capital deployment, said Brian Tyler, chief executive officer.

SEC original ↗McKesson — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99May 8, 2025

The strength of our core pharmaceutical distribution business, expansion of our Oncology platform, and continued growth of our differentiated biopharma solutions businesses led to strong results.

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As we look ahead to fiscal 2026, we are well positioned to build on our operating momentum, accelerate growth through our strategic priorities, and target investments to accelerate growth and modernize the portfolio.

SEC original ↗McKesson — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99May 8, 2025

1 See below under Fiscal 2026 Outlook for full explanation Strategic Portfolio Update for the Medical-Surgical Solutions Segment Today McKesson is announcing its intention to separate its Medical-Surgical Solutions segment into an independent company ( NewCo ).

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Disciplined portfolio management is a hallmark of our enterprise strategy.

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Risks & headwinds

In the past year, McKesson's biopharma services platform helped patients save more than $10 billion on brand and specialty medications, helped to prevent 12 million prescriptions from being abandoned due to affordability challenges, and helped patients access their medicine more than 100 million times.

SEC original ↗McKesson — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99May 8, 2025

McKesson cannot reasonably forecast LIFO inventory-related adjustments, certain litigation loss and gain contingencies, restructuring, impairment and related charges, and other adjustments, which are difficult to predict and estimate.

SEC original ↗McKesson — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99May 8, 2025

Any discussion of our intent to separate our Medical-Surgical Solutions segment into an independent company, other anticipated or completed transactions, including the anticipated closings thereof,or synergies expected therefrom, litigation outcomes, financial outlook, guidance, trends, strategy, plans, assumptions, expectations, commitments, and intentions may also include forward-looking statements.

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Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, anticipated, or implied.

SEC original ↗McKesson — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99May 8, 2025

Although it is not possible to predict or identify all such risks and uncertainties, we encourage investors to read the risk factors described in our publicly available filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and news releases.

SEC original ↗McKesson — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99May 8, 2025

(4) Claims and litigation charges, net for the year ended March 31, 2025 includes pre-tax charges of $114 million ($86 million after-tax) related to our estimated liability for opioid-related claims of a nationwide group of certain third-party payors.

SEC original ↗McKesson — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99May 8, 2025

Documents

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Competitors

Competitors & peers

Same GICS sector — classification peers, not declared competitors

Filings

67 documents

Earnings releases

18 documents

Presentations

1 document

Transcripts

0 documents

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