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Cardinal Health CAH Ratios & Valuation

Q3 '26Q2 '26Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25
Profitability
Gross margin3.8%+0.1pp3.7%0.0pp3.7%0.0pp3.7%+0.1pp3.5%+0.1pp
Operating margin0.9%-0.1pp1%0.0pp1%0.0pp1%0.0pp1%+0.2pp
Net margin0.6%-0.1pp0.7%0.0pp0.7%0.0pp0.7%0.0pp0.7%+0.1pp
EBITDA margin1.3%-0.1pp1.4%0.0pp1.4%0.0pp1.4%0.0pp1.4%+0.2pp
Free cash flow margin1.7%-0.5pp2.2%+0.3pp1.9%+1.1pp0.8%-0.3pp1.1%+1.3pp
Returns
Return on assets2.9%-0.2pp3.2%-0.1pp3.2%+0.1pp3.2%-0.1pp3.3%+0.4pp
Return on invested capital100.6%+11.2pp89.4%
Efficiency
Asset turnover4.7×0.0×4.7×-0.1×4.8×+0.2×4.5×-0.1×4.6×-0.1×
Inventory turnover14.1×+1.4×12.7×-0.9×13.6×+0.1×13.5×+0.7×12.8×+0.7×
Liquidity
Current ratio0.9×0.0×0.9×-0.1×0.0×0.9×0.0×0.9×-0.1×
Quick ratio0.5×0.0×0.4×-0.1×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×
Cash ratio0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×0.1×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-assets0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA1.5×-0.3×1.8×+0.4×1.4×-0.5×1.9×+0.4×1.4×0.0×
Interest coverage6.7×-1.3×-1.0×-1.6×10.6×-4.4×15×-3.2×
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%
Enterprise value$54.7B-0.7%$55.08B+32.0%$41.73B-7.0%$44.87B+19.2%$37.63B+16.1%
Price / earnings32×+2.6×29.4×+6.0×23.4×-1.7×25.1×+3.7×21.4×-0.4×
Price / sales0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.1×0.0×
EV / EBITDA16.9×+0.8×16.1×+3.1×13×-1.7×14.6×+2.2×12.5×+0.1×
EV / sales0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×0.2×0.0×
Free cash flow yield8.8%-2.4pp11.3%-0.7pp11.9%+7.2pp4.7%-2.6pp7.4%+8.6pp
Earnings yield3.1%-0.3pp3.4%-0.9pp4.3%+0.3pp4%-0.7pp4.7%+0.1pp
Dividend yield1%0.0pp1%-0.3pp1.3%+0.1pp1.3%-0.2pp1.5%-0.2pp

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Questions, answered.

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.