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Cencora earnings quality score

How much of the reported profit is backed by cash, and how many markers of managed earnings the filings show

Score68 / 100 · grade B · rank 397 of 1027

Cencora (COR) scores 68 of 100 for earnings quality, grade B: rank 397 of 1027 companies and 33 of 126 in health. It loses the most points on accruals of -3.2% of assets, higher than 60% of companies (profit backed by cash), Dechow F-score 1.85 (substantial), Montier C-score 2 of 6 checks failed. It earns full or near-full marks for discretionary accruals of +0.6% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most, Beneish M-score -2.54: clean (below −2.22), profit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 0.70).

What earned and lost points

ComponentWhat the filings showPointsOf
Accrualsaccruals of -3.2% of assets, higher than 60% of companies (profit backed by cash)922
Beneish M-scoreBeneish M-score -2.54: clean (below −2.22)1717
Dechow F-scoreDechow F-score 1.85 (substantial)717
Montier C-scoreMontier C-score 2 of 6 checks failed1117
Discretionary accrualsdiscretionary accruals of +0.6% of assets (modified Jones), smaller than most1011
Piotroski F-scorePiotroski F-score 7 of 9911
Earnings smoothnessprofit about as variable as cash flow (smoothness 0.70)66
COR: share of the available points, by componentCOR: share of the available points, by componentAccruals40%Discretionary accruals89%Beneish M-score100%Dechow F-score41%Montier C-score66%Piotroski F-score77%Earnings smoothness100%

How the score is built

Eight published measures, each scored against the whole universe or on its own scale and weighted: accruals 20, discretionary accruals 10, Beneish M 15, Dechow F 15, Montier C 15, Piotroski F 10, the non-GAAP gap 10, smoothness 5. A measure that cannot be computed (Beneish for a bank, say) drops out and the rest is rescaled, so every company is scored on what applies to it.

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Computed from the companies’ own XBRL filings (latest fiscal year) by published formulas; a statistical screen, not an audit or an accusation. A low score means the reported profit shows more of the markers of managed or low-quality earnings than its peers. Not investment advice.