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Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) announces its next round of earnings this Thursday, August 4, 2011. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's fourth quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Ahead of the company's earnings announcement, analysts are expecting...

Auriga has published a report on McKesson (NYSE: MCK) reiterating the Buy rating and lowering the price target by one dollar. In the report, Auriga wrote, "We are reiterating our BUY rating on McKesson (MCK) following a strong start to FY12 in which results edged out expectations. Strength in...

Auriga has lowered the price target on McKesson (NYSE: MCK) from $96 to $95 and maintains its Buy rating.

Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...

Citi downgraded its rating on AmerisourceBergen (NYSE: ABC) from Buy to Hold. At the same time, the rating agency reduced its price target on the company's stock from $43 to $40. On Thursday, ABC closed the day at $38.72. ABC lost 0.52% of its value in today's pre-market trading to stand around $38...

Citigroup has downgraded AmerisourceBergen (NYSE: ABC) from Buy to Hold and has lowered the price target from $43 to $40.

Deutsche Bank has lowered the price target on McKesson (NYSE: MCK) from $103 to $102 and maintains its Buy rating.

Below are the top large-cap drugs wholesale stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. The earnings estimate for McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) for the next year ending March, 2013 is $6.93 per share. MCK's PEG ratio is 0.98. MedcoHealth Solutions Inc (...

Gabelli & Co. is out with a research report on Owens & Minor Inc (NYSE: OMI) and it had a Buy rating on shares. In a note Gabelli writes, "We are lowering our 2011 EPS estimate to $1.95 from $2.05. Overall, new business wins are slightly greater than expected, leading to 4-6% sales growth...

McKesson (NYSE: MCK) announces its next round of earnings this Thursday, July 28, 2011. Get the latest predictions in Benzinga's essential guide to the company's first quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Wall Street expects a EPS of $1.14 per share and revenues of $29.04 billion. Wall...

Cerner (NASDAQ: CERN) unveils its next round of earnings this Thursday, July 28, 2011. Here's Benzinga's essential guide to Cerner's second quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Analysts are predicting an EPS reading of 41 cents per share and revenues of $516.8 million. Whether the...

AmerisourceBergen (NYSE: ABC) announces its next round of earnings this Thursday, July 28, 2011. Here's Benzinga's essential guide to AmerisourceBergen's third quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Analysts are predicting an EPS reading of 59 cents per share and revenues of $20.17...

Here are today's Put/Call Ratio leaders… 1. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN) 5,759 puts, 52 calls 2. Cemex (NYSE: CX) 7,697 puts, 199 calls 3. Saks Inc. (NYSE: SKS) 5,156 puts, 291 calls 4. McKesson Corp. (NYSE: MCK) 4,386 puts, 254 calls 5. Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL) 4,890 puts, 359 calls

Shares of McKesson (NYSE: MCK) are lower on the session by 0.22%, trading at $82.13. Overall put volume is now running at 2.93x the daily average, with 5% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,382 contracts have traded on the session so far. McKesson Corporation provides medicines,...

Shares of AmerisourceBergen (NYSE: ABC) are lower on the session by 8.98%, trading at $38.00. Overall call volume is now running at 6.70x the daily average, with 1% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 4,218 contracts have traded on the session so far. AmerisourceBergen Corporation...