Of All Undervalued Names in the Healthcare Distribution Space, We Currently Prefer McKesson
Healthcare-related distributors have had a rough couple of months, with the stocks of medical, dental/veterinarian, and pharmaceutical wholesalers falling by material amounts. Of note, dental/veterinarian distributor Patterson and medical distributor Owens and Minor have both fallen into materially undervalued territory. However, we believe investors should look to drug distributor McKesson as the better opportunity given its wide economic moat, clearer near-term operational outlook, improving q...Patterson Companies is a distributor serving the U.S. and Canadian dental supply and the U.S., Canadian and U.K. animal health supply markets. The company operates through two business units, Patterson Dental and Patterson Animal Health. Patterson Dental provides consumable products, including infection control, restorative materials, hand instruments and sterilization products; technology dental equipment; technology solutions, including practice management software and e-commerce solutions; patient education systems; and office forms and stationery to dentists, dental laboratories, institutions, and other healthcare personnel. Patterson Animal Health is a distributor of animal health products.
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