Cardinal Health CAH Ratios & Valuation
| Q3 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 3.8%+0.1pp | 3.7%0.0pp | 3.7%0.0pp | 3.7%+0.1pp | 3.5%+0.1pp | |
| Operating margin | 0.9%-0.1pp | 1%0.0pp | 1%0.0pp | 1%0.0pp | 1%+0.2pp | |
| Net margin | 0.6%-0.1pp | 0.7%0.0pp | 0.7%0.0pp | 0.7%0.0pp | 0.7%+0.1pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on invested capital | 100.6%+11.2pp | 89.4%— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 4.7×0.0× | 4.7×-0.1× | 4.8×+0.2× | 4.5×-0.1× | 4.6×-0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×-0.1× | 1×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×-0.1× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.5×-0.3× | 1.8×+0.4× | 1.4×-0.5× | 1.9×+0.4× | 1.4×0.0× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | -$12.00+1.4% | -$12.17-1.0% | -$12.05-4.8% | -$11.49+6.1% | -$12.23+0.6% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $49.72B+1.8% | $48.83B+30.9% | $37.29B-4.9% | $39.19B+17.8% | $33.28B+16.3% | |
| Price / earnings | 32×+2.6× | 29.4×+6.0× | 23.4×-1.7× | 25.1×+3.7× | 21.4×-0.4× | |
| Price / sales | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.1×0.0× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 16.9×+0.8× | 16.1×+3.1× | 13×-1.7× | 14.6×+2.2× | 12.5×+0.1× | |
| Dividend yield | 1%0.0pp | 1%-0.3pp | 1.3%+0.1pp | 1.3%-0.2pp | 1.5%-0.2pp |
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- What are Cardinal Health's profit margins?
- Cardinal Health (CAH) runs a 3.8% gross margin and a 0.9% operating margin, with a 0.6% net margin.
- Where do Cardinal Health's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Cardinal Health's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
