Business Segments · Total Costs & Expenses
Cost of product sold — Total Costs & Expenses
Cardinal Health Cost of product sold — Total Costs & Expenses decreased by 3.1% to $3.12B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 0.1%, from $3.12B to $3.12B. Over 2 years (FY 2023 to FY 2025), Cost of product sold — Total Costs & Expenses shows relatively stable performance with a 0.5% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
StatementSegment
CategoryEfficiency
SignalLower is better
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ3 2022
Last reportedQ1 2026
Rolls up toTotal Operating Expenses
How to read this metric
Monitoring this helps assess the total cost structure and its impact on segment profitability.
Detailed definition
This metric aggregates all costs and expenses associated with the cost of product sold segment, including direct product...
Peer comparison
Standard total operating cost metric for business segments.
Metric ID:
cah_segment_cost_of_product_sold_costs_and_expensesHistorical Data
15 periods
| Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $3.09B | $3.09B | $3.09B | $3.09B | $3.07B | $3.07B | $3.07B | $3.07B | $3.12B | $3.14B | $3.12B | $3.13B | $3.14B | $3.22B | $3.12B |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -0.6% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +1.4% | +0.7% | -0.5% | +0.3% | +0.3% | +2.7% | -3.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -0.6% | -0.6% | -0.6% | -0.6% | +1.4% | +2.1% | +1.6% | +1.8% | +0.7% | +2.7% | +0.1% |
Range$3.07B – $3.22B
CAGR+0.3%
Avg YoY Growth+0.7%
Median YoY Growth+0.7%
Similar Metrics at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Cardinal Health's cost of product sold — total costs & expenses?
- Cardinal Health (CAH) reported cost of product sold — total costs & expenses of $3.12B in Q1 2026.
- How has Cardinal Health's cost of product sold — total costs & expenses changed year-over-year?
- Cardinal Health's cost of product sold — total costs & expenses increased by 0.1% year-over-year, from $3.12B to $3.12B.
- What is the long-term trend for Cardinal Health's cost of product sold — total costs & expenses?
- Over 2 years (2023 to 2025), Cardinal Health's cost of product sold — total costs & expenses has grown at a 0.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $12.37B to $12.50B.
- What does cost of product sold — total costs & expenses mean?
- The total sum of all costs and expenses for the cost of product sold segment.