MCK
StockMcKesson Corporation
One email when a drop — in price or in valuation — is historically rare for MCK. Otherwise we stay quiet.
Bigger than its usual dip. Not yet rare.
McKesson Corporation is 19.3% off its high — deeper than its 4% average pullback, but it has been through 203 drawdowns before. Not historically significant yet — we'll say so if that changes.
But down is not the same as cheap: McKesson Corporation's P/S Severity Score is 0.0 — its valuation sits in or above its typical range.
Significant
Current Drawdown
-19.3%
Days in Drawdown
130
Avg Max Drawdown
4.0%
Avg Length
54
Drawdown Severity Score™
4.3
MCK - Price & High Water Mark
MCK - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of July 12, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within MCK's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
McKesson Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 87% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
McKesson Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 81% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
McKesson Corporation (MCK) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
McKesson Corporation is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-07-14, the stock is trading at $803.37, which represents a 19.3% decline from its all-time high of $995.69. This drawdown has persisted for 130 days.
Based on its full tracked price history, McKesson Corporation typically experiences drawdowns averaging 4.0% in depth, with an average duration of 54 days. McKesson Corporation has gone through 203 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for McKesson Corporation was 82.8%, beginning in 1998. The longest drawdown duration on record was 4607 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for McKesson Corporation currently stands at 4.27. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score between 3.0 and 5.0 indicates an elevated drawdown that's larger than this asset's historical averages.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing McKesson Corporation's historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 203 tracked pullbacks (66 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | Ongoing | 130 days | -19.3% | $995.69 | $803.37 | n/a |
| 2026-02-10 | 2026-02-25 | 16 days | -4.8% | $962.32 | $916.00 | $963.24 |
| 2026-02-06 | 2026-02-09 | 4 days | -1.0% | $957.80 | $948.68 | $962.32 |
| 2025-11-26 | 2026-02-05 | 72 days | -10.6% | $889.28 | $795.01 | $957.80 |
| 2025-11-19 | 2025-11-21 | 3 days | -1.3% | $860.75 | $849.46 | $866.03 |
| 2025-11-11 | 2025-11-18 | 8 days | -2.0% | $859.37 | $842.09 | $860.75 |
| 2025-11-07 | 2025-11-10 | 4 days | -0.8% | $858.61 | $851.99 | $859.37 |
| 2025-10-31 | 2025-11-04 | 5 days | -1.7% | $825.53 | $811.34 | $841.67 |
| 2025-10-28 | 2025-10-30 | 3 days | -0.8% | $811.44 | $804.59 | $825.53 |
| 2025-10-23 | 2025-10-24 | 2 days | -0.3% | $795.62 | $792.97 | $801.67 |
| 2025-10-16 | 2025-10-22 | 7 days | -2.1% | $791.93 | $775.44 | $795.62 |
| 2025-10-01 | 2025-10-14 | 14 days | -4.5% | $772.54 | $738.06 | $781.90 |
| 2025-09-25 | 2025-09-29 | 5 days | -3.2% | $760.58 | $736.52 | $761.82 |
| 2025-07-08 | 2025-09-23 | 78 days | -10.4% | $734.45 | $658.22 | $741.31 |
| 2025-07-01 | 2025-07-07 | 7 days | -3.7% | $731.90 | $704.61 | $734.45 |
| 2025-06-13 | 2025-06-30 | 18 days | -1.7% | $729.93 | $717.55 | $731.90 |
| 2025-05-20 | 2025-06-12 | 24 days | -2.9% | $724.82 | $704.02 | $729.93 |
| 2025-05-08 | 2025-05-16 | 9 days | -5.5% | $720.80 | $680.79 | $722.60 |
| 2025-04-04 | 2025-05-07 | 34 days | -8.9% | $715.37 | $651.41 | $720.80 |
| 2025-03-21 | 2025-03-28 | 8 days | -0.8% | $664.91 | $659.42 | $666.60 |
| 2025-03-11 | 2025-03-18 | 8 days | -2.8% | $657.40 | $639.26 | $660.17 |
| 2025-03-04 | 2025-03-10 | 6 days | -0.8% | $643.13 | $638.23 | $657.40 |
| 2024-08-05 | 2025-02-28 | 208 days | -23.9% | $626.80 | $476.95 | $638.16 |
| 2024-06-25 | 2024-07-30 | 36 days | -5.4% | $604.36 | $571.96 | $606.25 |
| 2024-06-21 | 2024-06-24 | 4 days | -0.0% | $599.81 | $599.65 | $604.36 |
| 2024-06-12 | 2024-06-17 | 6 days | -1.1% | $587.93 | $581.47 | $594.05 |
| 2024-05-20 | 2024-05-31 | 12 days | -2.7% | $560.70 | $545.54 | $565.74 |
| 2024-05-13 | 2024-05-17 | 5 days | -1.5% | $556.12 | $547.83 | $560.70 |
| 2024-05-08 | 2024-05-09 | 2 days | -0.4% | $542.06 | $539.93 | $551.36 |
| 2024-04-29 | 2024-05-07 | 9 days | -2.7% | $539.62 | $525.28 | $542.06 |
| 2024-04-04 | 2024-04-26 | 23 days | -3.9% | $536.44 | $515.30 | $539.62 |
| 2024-03-28 | 2024-04-03 | 7 days | -1.1% | $535.61 | $529.66 | $536.44 |
| 2024-03-20 | 2024-03-26 | 7 days | -0.7% | $530.72 | $527.16 | $532.46 |
| 2024-03-05 | 2024-03-19 | 14 days | -2.6% | $530.57 | $516.69 | $530.72 |
| 2024-02-29 | 2024-03-01 | 2 days | -0.3% | $519.52 | $517.88 | $522.32 |
| 2024-02-27 | 2024-02-28 | 2 days | -0.0% | $515.08 | $514.86 | $519.52 |
| 2024-02-08 | 2024-02-26 | 19 days | -4.4% | $512.87 | $490.31 | $515.08 |
| 2024-02-06 | 2024-02-07 | 2 days | -0.2% | $503.91 | $502.84 | $512.87 |
| 2024-01-19 | 2024-01-31 | 13 days | -1.7% | $489.08 | $480.75 | $495.92 |
| 2024-01-12 | 2024-01-18 | 7 days | -0.7% | $484.96 | $481.47 | $489.08 |
| 2024-01-04 | 2024-01-09 | 6 days | -1.2% | $476.53 | $470.78 | $477.24 |
| 2023-12-01 | 2024-01-02 | 33 days | -6.6% | $466.82 | $435.98 | $469.66 |
| 2023-11-14 | 2023-11-30 | 17 days | -5.2% | $466.27 | $442.23 | $466.82 |
| 2023-10-16 | 2023-11-10 | 26 days | -3.2% | $458.26 | $443.44 | $464.93 |
| 2023-09-26 | 2023-10-09 | 14 days | -2.6% | $442.27 | $430.81 | $447.58 |
| 2023-09-21 | 2023-09-25 | 5 days | -0.4% | $435.77 | $434.17 | $442.27 |
| 2023-08-14 | 2023-09-20 | 38 days | -7.3% | $435.33 | $403.35 | $435.77 |
| 2023-08-04 | 2023-08-11 | 8 days | -3.1% | $430.44 | $417.24 | $435.33 |
| 2023-07-03 | 2023-08-03 | 32 days | -5.8% | $422.72 | $398.08 | $430.44 |
| 2023-06-23 | 2023-06-29 | 7 days | -0.7% | $412.73 | $409.64 | $416.36 |
| 2023-05-18 | 2023-06-16 | 30 days | -4.2% | $396.09 | $379.61 | $401.84 |
| 2022-11-04 | 2023-05-17 | 195 days | -15.4% | $391.60 | $331.28 | $396.09 |
| 2022-08-17 | 2022-10-24 | 69 days | -9.0% | $367.67 | $334.76 | $373.41 |
| 2022-05-27 | 2022-07-25 | 60 days | -10.5% | $330.41 | $295.61 | $330.66 |
| 2015-05-19 | 2021-12-09 | 2397 days | -54.1% | $223.90 | $102.82 | $226.23 |
| 2014-03-21 | 2014-05-29 | 70 days | -11.2% | $170.15 | $151.18 | $173.11 |
| 2012-07-19 | 2012-12-11 | 146 days | -11.4% | $87.60 | $77.64 | $88.68 |
| 2011-05-19 | 2012-03-09 | 296 days | -19.8% | $77.77 | $62.39 | $78.12 |
| 1998-10-07 | 2011-05-18 | 4607 days | -82.8% | $77.04 | $13.23 | $77.77 |
| 1998-07-08 | 1998-09-21 | 76 days | -16.8% | $72.76 | $60.57 | $73.23 |
| 1998-04-08 | 1998-04-20 | 13 days | -8.3% | $51.10 | $46.84 | $51.20 |
| 1997-12-04 | 1998-02-19 | 78 days | -15.2% | $45.67 | $38.74 | $45.87 |
| 1997-10-16 | 1997-11-06 | 22 days | -8.5% | $44.43 | $40.67 | $44.60 |
| 1997-02-26 | 1997-04-24 | 57 days | -9.4% | $27.28 | $24.72 | $27.88 |
| 1996-03-12 | 1996-11-11 | 245 days | -25.7% | $21.89 | $16.27 | $22.14 |
| 1995-11-16 | 1996-02-08 | 85 days | -10.5% | $20.46 | $18.31 | $20.46 |
| 1995-06-20 | 1995-10-06 | 109 days | -9.5% | $18.35 | $16.61 | $18.41 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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McKesson Corporation (MCK) is trading at $803.37 as of Jul 14, 2026. It is 19.3% below its high of $995.69. The drawdown has lasted 130 days. Severity score: 4.3 (Significant).
MCK Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$803.37
High-water mark
$995.69
Current drawdown
-19.3%
Days in drawdown
130
This MCK page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior McKesson Corporation drawdowns.
What History Says About MCK
McKesson Corporation has dropped 15%+ from its high 8 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 1013 days with an average max drop of -31.7%.
The current drawdown of -19.3% has lasted 130 days, which is within the typical range for comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1998 to May 2011 | -82.8% | 4607 days |
| May 2015 to Dec 2021 | -54.1% | 2397 days |
| Mar 1996 to Nov 1996 | -25.7% | 245 days |
| Aug 2024 to Feb 2025 | -23.9% | 208 days |
| May 2011 to Mar 2012 | -19.8% | 296 days |
| Jul 1998 to Sep 1998 | -16.8% | 76 days |
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