Cencora Inc
Cencora Inc (COR) Covered Calls
Cencora Inc trades in the Medical Distribution industry with an IV Rank of 71.43%, high versus the past year. COR's highest covered call setup is the $400.00 strike expiring Nov 20, 2026, sorted by theoretical annualized return. It's 17.76% out of the money with 15 days to expiration, a 17.77% return until expiration, and a 432.47% theoretical annualized return. Across the setups shown, annualized returns run from 96.14% to 432.47% at strikes between $350.00 and $460.00, with 15 to 134 days to expiration, as of Nov 5, 2026.
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Running COR covered calls helps you generate income from Cencora Inc shares you already own, turning a long stock position into a yield producing asset. A covered call means holding the underlying stock and selling a call option against it, collecting premium in exchange for capping upside at the strike. Use our scanner to find the best COR covered calls in real time and filter for the strikes, expiries, and premiums that fit your strategy.
A covered call pairs limited risk with a clear income profile. If COR stays below the strike at expiration, you keep the premium and the shares. If it rises above, you deliver the stock at the strike and still pocket the premium. Selling COR covered calls works best when implied volatility is elevated, since richer premiums improve the risk reward. Key inputs include strike selection relative to delta, days to expiration, annualized return, and probability of assignment, all of which determine whether a given COR covered call is worth writing.
Cencora, Inc. sources and distributes pharmaceutical products in the United States and internationally. The company's U.S. Healthcare Solutions segment distributes generic and injectable pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter healthcare products, home healthcare supplies and equipment, and related services to acute care hospitals and health systems, independent and chain retail pharmacies, mail order pharmacies, medical clinics, long-term care and alternate site pharmacies, and other customers; distributes plasma and other blood products, vaccines, and other specialty pharmaceutical products; provides pharmacy management, staffing, and other consulting services; supply management software to retail and institutional healthcare providers; packaging solutions to institutional and retail healthcare providers; clinical trial support, product post-approval, and commercialization support services; data analytics, outcomes research, and other services for biotechnology and pharmaceutical manufacturers; pharmaceuticals, vaccines, parasiticides, diagnostics, micro feed ingredients, and other products to the companion animal and production animal markets; sales force services to manufacturers; and offers other services to physicians who specialize in various disease states, such as oncology, as well as to other healthcare providers, including hospitals and dialysis clinics.
| 2026-11-20 | 15 | 400.00 | 17.76 | 0.05 | 4.90 | 6037.00 | 17.77 | 432.47 | -0.01 | +0.12 | 34 | 4.85 |
| 2026-11-20 | 15 | 370.00 | 8.93 | 0.65 | 2.30 | 3097.00 | 9.12 | 221.86 | -0.19 | +0.13 | 292 | 1.65 |
| 2026-11-20 | 15 | 360.00 | 5.98 | 1.75 | 4.20 | 2207.00 | 6.50 | 158.10 | -0.52 | +0.22 | 197 | 2.45 |
| 2027-01-15 | 71 | 440.00 | 29.53 | 0.25 | 1.20 | 10057.00 | 29.61 | 152.21 | -0.07 | +0.04 | 230 | 0.95 |
| 2026-12-18 | 43 | 400.00 | 17.76 | 0.30 | 2.15 | 6062.00 | 17.85 | 151.49 | -0.09 | +0.08 | 4 | 1.85 |
| 2026-12-18 | 43 | 390.00 | 14.81 | 1.05 | 2.45 | 5137.00 | 15.12 | 128.37 | -0.31 | +0.11 | 378 | 1.40 |
| 2027-01-15 | 71 | 410.00 | 20.70 | 0.05 | 3.00 | 7037.00 | 20.72 | 106.50 | -0.01 | +0.08 | 34 | 2.95 |
| 2026-12-18 | 43 | 380.00 | 11.87 | 2.10 | 3.80 | 4242.00 | 12.49 | 106.00 | -0.62 | +0.16 | 448 | 1.70 |
| 2027-03-19 | 134 | 460.00 | 35.42 | 0.20 | 3.50 | 12052.00 | 35.48 | 96.64 | -0.06 | +0.07 | 29 | 3.30 |
| 2026-11-20 | 15 | 350.00 | 3.04 | 3.10 | 6.10 | 1342.00 | 3.95 | 96.14 | -0.91 | +0.34 | 256 | 3.00 |
As of Nov 5, 2026
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- IndustryMedical Distribution
- SectorHealthcare
- IV Rank71.43% High
- Market cap (M$)64,820
- 52 weeks high-10.03%
- 52 weeks low38.75%
- Analyst recommendationBuy
1.89 - Target price$382.00
11.45% above the current stock price - Dividend—
- Payout ratio13.37%
- Earnings date2027-02-03
- P/E18.96
- Future P/E15.63
- EPS (ttm)17.91
- EPS growth next 5 years11.03%
As of Nov 5, 2026