BUZZ-Cencora gains on 2027 profit forecast raise

** Shares of US drug distributor Cencora COR.N rise 2% to $347.49 premarket

** COR forecasts fiscal 2027 adj. profit in the range of $19.40 to $19.75 per share, the midpoint of which surpassed analysts' expectation of $19.70 apiece, according to LSEG-compiled data

** Co reports Q4 revenue of $88.35 bln, vs est. of $88.03 bln

** COR posts an adjusted profit of $4.66 per share in Q4, compared to est. of $4.58

** As of last close, COR stock was up ~1% YTD

(Reporting by Padmanabhan Ananthan)

((Padmanabhan.Ananthan@thomsonreuters.com))