McKesson Corp. said Monday Chief Financial Officer James Beer is leaving the company, and will be joining enterprise collaboration company Atlassian Corp. in February 2018. The stock slipped 0.6% in premarket trade. The healthcare company said Beer has led financial functions at McKesson since 2013. McKesson will appoint Britt Vitalone CFO, effective Jan. 1. He is currently CFO of the company’s U.S. Pharmaceutical and McKession Specialty Health business. Separately, McKesson affirmed its fiscal 2018 adjusted earnings-per-share outlook of $11.80 to $12.50, which surrounds the FactSet consensus of $12.17. The stock has rallied 15.8% year to date through Friday, while the SPDR Health Care Select Sector ETF has climbed 21.4% and the S&P 500 has run up 19.5%.
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