Business Segments · Total operating earnings
Cost of product sold — Total operating earnings
Cardinal Health Cost of product sold — Total operating earnings decreased by 32.4% to $25.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 35.9%, from $39.00M to $25.00M. Over 2 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Cost of product sold — Total operating earnings shows an upward trend with a 45.2% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Analysis
StatementSegment
CategoryProfitability
SignalHigher is better
VolatilityModerate
First reportedQ3 2021
Last reportedQ1 2026
Rolls up toOperating Income
How to read this metric
Higher operating earnings indicate strong segment performance and effective management of costs and revenue.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the operating profit generated by the cost of product sold segment after accounting for all assoc...
Peer comparison
Standard operating income metric for business segments across the industry.
Metric ID:
cah_segment_cost_of_product_sold_total_operating_earningsHistorical Data
16 periods
| Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$16.00M | -$16.00M | -$16.00M | -$16.00M | -$46.00M | $12.00M | $11.00M | $20.00M | $49.00M | $8.00M | $18.00M | $39.00M | $70.00M | $46.00M | $37.00M | $25.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -187.5% | +126.1% | -8.3% | +81.8% | +145.0% | -83.7% | +125.0% | +116.7% | +79.5% | -34.3% | -19.6% | -32.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -187.5% | — | — | +143.5% | — | -33.3% | +63.6% | +95.0% | +42.9% | +475.0% | +105.6% | -35.9% |
Range-$46.00M – $70.00M
CAGR+12.6%
Avg YoY Growth+74.3%
Median YoY Growth+63.6%
Current Streak3 quarters decline
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Cardinal Health's cost of product sold — total operating earnings?
- Cardinal Health (CAH) reported cost of product sold — total operating earnings of $25.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Cardinal Health's cost of product sold — total operating earnings changed year-over-year?
- Cardinal Health's cost of product sold — total operating earnings decreased by 35.9% year-over-year, from $39.00M to $25.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Cardinal Health's cost of product sold — total operating earnings?
- Over 2 years (2022 to 2025), Cardinal Health's cost of product sold — total operating earnings has grown at a 45.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$64.00M to $135.00M.
- What does cost of product sold — total operating earnings mean?
- The total operating profit earned by the cost of product sold segment.