With a price-to-earnings (or “P/E”) ratio of 24.5x McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) may be sending bearish signals at the moment, given that almost half of all companies in the United States have P/E ratios under 17x and even P/E’s lower than 10x are not unusual. However, the P/E might be high for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it’s justified.
McKesson has been struggling lately as its earnings have declined faster than most other companies. One possibility is that the P/E is high because investors think the company will turn things around completely and accelerate past most others in the market. If not, then existing shareholders may be very nervous about the viability of the share price.
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