CAH
Cardinal Health Inc
228.30$
-0.8%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Oct 2, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| 18.5 | 17.0 | 19.3 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 58.9 | 22.5 | – | 4,803.9 | 10.4 | – | – | – | – | 14.2 | 11.4 | 15.5 | 27.4 | 12.6 | 26.1 | – | – | – | – | 42.1 | 92.1 | 156.1 | 38.9 | 49.6 | 28.2 | 21.1 | 21.9 | 21.3 | 25.8 | 23.5 | 29.2 | 32.0 | 32.9 | |
| 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 11.7 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 14.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| 9.3 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 19.8 | 13.8 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 6.4 | – | – | – | – | 8.8 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 15.2 | 7.7 | 20.4 | 82.0 | 208.1 | – | 34.4 | 16.1 | 17.8 | 18.5 | 13.5 | 17.5 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 12.9 | 17.0 | 18.1 | 17.4 | |
| 9.5 | 13.4 | 41.4 | 31.1 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 10.5 | 7.8 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 11.2 | 8.2 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 35.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 10.2 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 13.6 | 7.4 | 25.2 | – | 13.6 | 21.8 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 11.4 | 12.4 | |
| 10.6% | 7.5% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 9.0% | 8.5% | 13.2% | 15.8% | 9.5% | 12.8% | 16.9% | 16.9% | 9.7% | 11.2% | 13.1% | 10.3% | 18.2% | 19.0% | 8.9% | 12.1% | 7.9% | 7.8% | 2.9% | 19.0% | 18.7% | 13.9% | 23.3% | 9.8% | 13.2% | 13.8% | 7.4% | 13.5% | 4.0% | -1.7% | 7.3% | 4.6% | 11.9% | 11.3% | 8.8% | 8.0% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.2% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 3.8% | |
| 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.4% | -2.7% | -2.8% | -2.6% | -2.7% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.1% | -0.3% | -0.3% | -0.5% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% | |
| 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.9% | -2.8% | -2.8% | -2.7% | -2.4% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | -0.5% | -0.5% | -0.6% | -0.7% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | |
| 2.1% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 0.5% | -0.2% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 1.8% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20.8% | 21.4% | 20.3% | 18.9% | 16.4% | 24.0% | 22.5% | 4.2% | 12.4% | -0.6% | 0.0% | 21.5% | -461.3% | -421.6% | -345.6% | -206.6% | 68.4% | 70.1% | 64.3% | 34.1% | 81.5% | 55.6% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.2% | 2.6% | 4.2% | 4.1% | 0.6% | 1.8% | -0.1% | 0.0% | 3.3% | -10.6% | -10.3% | -10.1% | -9.1% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 1.4% | 2.6% | 1.3% | -2.3% | -2.1% | -2.5% | -2.9% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3.0% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3,531 | 3,581 | 4,093 | 3,516 | 8,822 | 8,510 | 7,403 | 7,322 | 6,956 | 6,867 | 5,642 | 5,500 | 6,779 | 6,275 | 4,933 | 3,979 | 3,994 | 2,996 | 3,232 | 2,829 | 3,191 | 2,482 | 3,256 | 598 | 1,775 | 1,608 | 744 | 625 | 824 | 132 | 2,136 | 76 | 2,297 | 3,796 | 4,353 | 4,817 | 4,439 | 6,250 | 4,979 | 4,231 | |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 1.8 | – | – | – | – | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 14.2 | 8.3 | – | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | |
| 18.9% | 18.1% | 19.4% | 17.0% | 15.9% | 17.7% | 18.4% | 15.2% | 14.8% | 14.9% | 15.3% | 15.4% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 4.4% | 3.4% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 3.2% | 2.3% | -1.7% | -1.6% | -4.1% | -5.0% | -5.1% | -6.8% | -8.0% | -7.4% | -7.1% | -7.1% | -7.6% | -6.4% | -5.9% | -5.2% | -5.2% | -5.0% | -5.0% | -5.0% | |
| 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.20 | 4.24 | 4.24 | 4.05 | 3.44 | 5.77 | 5.39 | 0.83 | 2.40 | -0.13 | 0.01 | 4.54 | -14.03 | -14.33 | -14.14 | -12.57 | 3.32 | 4.68 | 3.91 | 2.09 | 3.93 | 1.98 | -3.47 | -3.39 | -4.00 | -4.87 | 1.79 | 1.03 | 0.56 | 2.59 | 2.26 | 3.48 | 5.23 | 5.40 | 6.46 | 6.50 | 6.67 | 7.03 | 6.61 | 7.23 | |
| 389.84 | 398.86 | 403.75 | 408.73 | 410.62 | 419.66 | 426.75 | 441.32 | 455.49 | 473.12 | 480.03 | 485.11 | 498.86 | 509.04 | 522.40 | 520.14 | 527.80 | 530.35 | 532.55 | 554.49 | 579.13 | 609.56 | 643.08 | 659.51 | 684.98 | 739.51 | 770.01 | 807.13 | 840.24 | 878.18 | 899.64 | 925.18 | 915.49 | 914.06 | 921.69 | 927.41 | 980.38 | 1,031.59 | 1,061.65 | 1,072.78 | |
| 20.22 | 19.82 | 20.90 | 21.41 | 21.00 | 24.05 | 23.93 | 19.55 | 19.32 | 20.14 | 20.84 | 21.09 | 3.04 | 3.40 | 4.09 | 6.09 | 4.85 | 6.68 | 6.09 | 6.11 | 4.82 | 3.55 | -2.53 | -2.58 | -6.52 | -8.48 | -8.60 | -11.65 | -13.96 | -14.02 | -13.33 | -13.11 | -13.38 | -12.31 | -12.23 | -11.59 | -12.05 | -12.17 | -12.00 | -12.16 | |
| 8.21 | 5.38 | 1.97 | 2.51 | 6.00 | 5.20 | 8.25 | 7.69 | 5.15 | 5.71 | 8.16 | 7.98 | 4.60 | 5.68 | 6.30 | 5.39 | 8.54 | 10.18 | 5.42 | 6.92 | 3.89 | 4.00 | 1.62 | 9.95 | 12.46 | 10.70 | 17.62 | 9.28 | 11.43 | 13.87 | 8.24 | 13.32 | 4.38 | -2.02 | 10.12 | 7.71 | 18.63 | 23.23 | 18.61 | 19.09 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 2, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.