Skip to content

Cardinal Health CAH Earnings yield

Earnings yield at other companies

Eli Lilly logo
Eli LillyLLY
3.1%+1.6pp
McKesson logo
McKessonMCK
4.5%+0.6pp
Cencora logo
CencoraCOR
3.3%-0.8pp
CVS Health logo
CVS HealthCVS
3.2%-3.0pp
Abbott logo
AbbottABT
3.5%-2.4pp
West Pharmaceutical Services logo
West Pharmaceutical ServicesWST
3%+0.1pp

Other financials

Income statement

See full
Revenue$60.9B+11.1%
Gross profit$2.5B+17.7%
Operating income$509.0M-30.3%
Net income$399.0M-21.2%
EPS (diluted)$1.69-19.5%

Balance sheet

See full
Cash & equivalents$3.9B+18.4%
Total debt$8.9B+16.1%
Total equity-$2.8B+3.9%
Total assets$56.7B+13.7%

Cash flow

See full
Operating cash flow$1.8B-37.6%
CapEx$146.0M+15.9%
Free cash flow$1.7B-40.0%

Valuation

See full
Market cap$51.94B+49.4%
Enterprise value$56.92B+45.4%
P/E33.4×+11.1×
P/S0.2×+0.1×

Profitability

See full
Gross margin3.8%+0.2pp
Operating margin0.9%-0.1pp
Net margin0.6%-0.1pp

Returns & leverage

See full
Return on equity37.4%
Debt / equity4.1×
Current ratio0.9×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Cardinal Health’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Cardinal Health’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Ask your AI about Cardinal Health's earnings yield.

Connect your AI assistant and compare it to peers, right in your chat.

Connect your AI
Harbor at dusk
Claude

Questions, answered.

What is Cardinal Health's earnings yield?
Cardinal Health (CAH) reported earnings yield of 3.1% in Q1 2026.
How has Cardinal Health's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
Cardinal Health's earnings yield decreased by 33.2% year-over-year, from 4.7% to 3.1%.
What is the long-term trend for Cardinal Health's earnings yield?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Cardinal Health's earnings yield has grown at a -18.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 27% to 18%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.