What is Cardinal Health's goodwill?

Cardinal Health (CAH) reported goodwill of $11.42B in Q1 2026.

How has Cardinal Health's goodwill changed year-over-year?

Cardinal Health's goodwill increased by 28.2% year-over-year, from $8.91B to $11.42B.

What is the long-term trend for Cardinal Health's goodwill?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cardinal Health's goodwill has grown at a 4.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $7.99B to $9.69B.

What does goodwill mean?

The excess of acquisition cost over the fair value of net identifiable assets acquired — representing brand value, customer relationships, and synergies from past M&A.

Cardinal Health CAH Goodwill

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Segments

By segment

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Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions$9.67B+25.0%

Other Segments$1.75B+49.3%

Cost of product sold$0—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$60.9B+11.0%

Gross profit$2.5B+17.7%

Operating income$509.0M-30.3%

Net income$399.0M-21.1%

EPS (diluted)$1.69-19.5%

Balance sheet

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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

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Operating cash flow$1.8B-37.6%

CapEx$146.0M+15.9%

Free cash flow$1.7B-40.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$54.98B+41.0%

Enterprise value$59.96B+38.3%

P/E35.4×+10.3×

P/S0.2×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin3.8%+0.2pp

Operating margin0.9%-0.1pp

Net margin0.6%-0.1pp

FCF margin1.7%+0.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity37.4%—

Debt / equity4.1×—

Current ratio0.9×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Cardinal Health in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:Goodwill.

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

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Questions, answered.

What is Cardinal Health's goodwill?: Cardinal Health (CAH) reported goodwill of $11.42B in Q1 2026.
How has Cardinal Health's goodwill changed year-over-year?: Cardinal Health's goodwill increased by 28.2% year-over-year, from $8.91B to $11.42B.
What is the long-term trend for Cardinal Health's goodwill?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cardinal Health's goodwill has grown at a 4.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $7.99B to $9.69B.
What does goodwill mean?: The excess of acquisition cost over the fair value of net identifiable assets acquired — representing brand value, customer relationships, and synergies from past M&A.