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.

Cardinal Health CAH Ratios & Valuation

Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Ratios Segments

Quarterly Annual TTM

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Simplified Detailed

	TTM Q3 '26	TTM Q2 '26	TTM Q1 '26	TTM Q4 '25	TTM Q3 '25
Profitability
Gross margin	14.8%+1.2pp	14.6%+1.1pp	14.3%+1.0pp	14%+0.7pp	13.6%+0.2pp
Operating margin	4%+0.8pp	4.1%+1.4pp	3.9%+1.5pp	3.7%+1.8pp	3.2%+1.5pp
Net margin	2.7%+0.4pp	2.8%+0.9pp	2.7%+1.1pp	2.6%+1.4pp	2.2%+1.3pp
EBITDA margin	5.4%+0.9pp	5.5%+1.5pp	5.3%+1.6pp	5.1%+1.9pp	4.5%+1.5pp
Free cash flow margin	6.7%+3.7pp	6.1%+3.2pp	3.7%-0.9pp	2.3%-3.1pp	3%-2.1pp
Returns
Return on assets	12.5%+1.6pp	12.8%+3.8pp	12.5%+4.6pp	12.2%+6.6pp	10.9%+6.4pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover	18.7×-1.0×	18.6×-1.4×	18.7×-1.3×	19.1×-0.5×	19.7×+0.5×
Inventory turnover	54×+1.6×	52.7×+0.5×	52.1×+0.4×	51.8×+1.0×	52.4×+3.3×
Liquidity
Current ratio	3.7×-0.2×	3.7×-0.2×	3.9×0.0×	3.8×-0.1×	3.9×-0.1×
Quick ratio	1.9×-0.2×	2×-0.1×	2.1×0.0×	2×0.0×	2.1×+0.1×
Cash ratio	0.4×-0.1×	0.4×-0.1×	0.4×0.0×	0.4×-0.1×	0.4×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-assets	0.7×+0.1×	0.7×+0.1×	0.7×+0.2×	0.6×+0.2×	0.6×+0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA	6.6×+2.5×	6.5×+2.6×	6.1×+3.6×	5.7×+3.4×	4.1×+1.4×
Interest coverage	34.4×-48.7×	42.6×-46.4×	52.7×-45.1×	69.3×-12.6×	83.1×+15.5×
Per Share
Book value per share	-$47.71+6.3%	-$47.94+7.8%	-$48.08+10.5%	-$49.41+9.1%	-$50.92+3.3%
Valuation
Market capitalization	$175.03B+55.5%	$158.59B+48.9%	$138.39B+34.7%	$127.84B+31.3%	$112.59B+15.4%
Enterprise value	$196.37B+58.8%	$179.3B+55.4%	$156.65B+45.2%	$143.99B+42.5%	$123.67B+21.5%
Price / earnings	109.8×+17.7×	99.2×-15.3×	91.7×-35.3×	89.2×-93.0×	92.2×-123×
Price / sales	0.7×+0.2×	0.7×+0.2×	0.6×+0.2×	0.6×+0.1×	0.5×0.0×
EV / EBITDA	60.6×+11.9×	56.2×+2.7×	52.5×-1.5×	50.8×-8.4×	48.7×-14.8×
EV / sales	0.8×+0.3×	0.8×+0.3×	0.7×+0.2×	0.6×+0.2×	0.6×+0.1×
Free cash flow yield	36.7%+11.9pp	35.3%+9.9pp	22.8%-17.5pp	15.4%-33.6pp	24.9%-19.8pp
Earnings yield	14.8%-2.8pp	16.3%+1.1pp	17.5%+4.0pp	18%+8.0pp	17.6%+9.5pp
Dividend yield	4.6%-2.6pp	5.1%-2.4pp	5.8%-2.0pp	6.3%-2.1pp	7.2%-1.3pp

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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.