McKesson Corporation operates in the Drugs, proprietaries, and sundries sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares McKesson with three other drug stores in North America: Cardinal Health, Inc. (2021 sales of $162.47 billion of which 90% was Pharmaceutical), Petmed Express, Inc. ($309.22 million of which 84% was Internet Sales), and Rite Aid Corporation ($24.04 billion of which 68% was Retail pharmacy).

Sales Analysis. During the second calendar quarter of 2021, sales at McKesson totalled $62.67 billion. This is an increase of 12.6% from the $55.68 billion in sales at the company during the second quarter of 2020. This was the largest same quarter increase in sales since the first calendar quarter of 2015. During the first two calendar quarters of 2021, sales totalled $121.82 billion, which is 6.7% higher than through the first two quarters of 2020. There appears to be at least some degree of seasonality in the sales at McKesson: during 7 of the previous 8 calendar years, sales were highest during the fourth quarter. The exception to this was during 2015, when the third quarter was the best quarter, accounting for 26% of sales (during that same year, the fourth quarter accounted for 26% of sales). McKesson reported sales of $238.23 billion for the fiscal year ending March of 2021. This represents an increase of 3.1% versus 2020, when the company's sales were $231.05 billion. Sales at McKesson have increased during each of the previous five years (and since 2016, sales have increased a total of 25%).