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Cardinal Health CAH Return on assets

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

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

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 →

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Questions, answered.

What is Cardinal Health's return on assets?
Cardinal Health (CAH) reported return on assets of 2.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Cardinal Health's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Cardinal Health's return on assets decreased by 10.3% year-over-year, from 3.3% to 2.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Cardinal Health's return on assets?
Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Cardinal Health's return on assets has grown at a 30.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.4% to 3.2%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.