Cardinal Health, Inc.

CAH Healthcare Medical Distribution

Cardinal Health, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $254.2 billion, up 14.2% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+5.47%
EPS
+26.3%
Free cash flow
+10.9%
Total debt
−2.40%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

267.66 5.73 +2.19%
Market cap
$62.0B
P/E
34.5×
Fwd P/E
24.5×
Dividend yield
0.77%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
5.09
Beneish M
−2.74
Dividend safety
86/100

Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) Operating margin

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Cardinal Health, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 1.05%, up 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (1.03%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.68% (fiscal 2020) to 2.11% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 67% of that period. That is above the Medical Distribution industry median of 0.00% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 1.03% 0.01
FY2025 1.02% 0.47
FY2024 0.55% 0.18
FY2023 0.37% 0.70
FY2022 −0.33% (0.62)
FY2021 0.29% 2.97
FY2020 −2.68% (4.10)
FY2019 1.42% 1.33
FY2018 0.09% (1.54)
FY2017 1.63% (0.39)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 1.12% (0.02)
Jun 2026 1.14% 0.30
Mar 2026 0.84% (0.24)
Dec 2025 1.08% 0.04
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −2.68% High 2.11%
Ten-year median 0.79%
Current reading's percentile 77

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
HSIC Henry Schein, Inc. compare 5.16%
MCK McKesson Corporation compare 1.60%
COR Cencora, Inc. compare 1.16%
ACH Accendra Health, Inc. compare 1.11%
CAH Cardinal Health, Inc. 1.05%
AHG Akso Health Group Sponsored ADR compare 0.00%
YI 111, Inc. Sponsored ADR compare −0.20%
COSM Cosmos Health Inc. compare −24.9%
FOCL FocalTherics compare −34.9%
Medical Distribution industry median 0.00%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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