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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 5.84%, EPS grew 68.3%, free cash flow grew 10.9% and total debt rose 4.21%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years.

254.06 0.35 +0.14%
Market cap
$58.8B
P/E
35.0×
Fwd P/E
23.3×
Dividend yield
0.81%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
5.09
Beneish M
−2.74
Dividend safety
86/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 61.62
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — 3 — — — — — 7 — —
Insider Ownership 2.12%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 58,750.00
Revenue 254,248.00
Net Income 1,705.00
Free Cash Flow 4,556.00
Net Debt 4,030.00
Current Ratio 0.88 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity (3.26) (negative: negative equity)
P/E ratio 34.99
Fwd P/E 23.30
P/S ratio 0.24
P/B ratio 0.00
Past 5Y EPS Growth 28.30% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 11.38%
Next Y EPS Growth 12.22%
Next Y revenue growth 4.53%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 11.45%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 79.37%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 98.23%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 97.01%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 69.17%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.28
Annual Dividend Rate 2.05
Annual Dividend Yield 0.81%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.05
0.51
0.51
0.52
0.52
2025 2.03
0.51
0.51
0.51
0.51
2024 1.51
0.50
0.51
0.51
2023 2.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2022 1.98
0.49
0.50
0.50
0.50
2021 1.96
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
2020 1.94
0.48
0.49
0.49
0.49
2019 1.92
0.48
0.48
0.48
0.48
2018 1.89
0.46
0.48
0.48
0.48
2017 1.84
0.45
0.46
0.46
0.46
2016 1.73
0.39
0.45
0.45
0.45
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 2026
Cash 4,076 5,133 3,874 4,856
Receivables 11,108 12,084 13,242 13,815
Inventory 16,119 14,957 16,831 17,297
Other 140 47 12 21
33,737 34,884 36,373 38,753
2023 2024 2025 2026
Payables 29,934 31,759 34,713 38,283
ST’ Debt 792 434 550 1,882
Other 42 — — —
33,740 35,640 38,897 43,904

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 7.66% 9.37% 7.44%
Cash Flow 5.70% 16.33% 22.08%
Earnings 1.85% 22.91% 73.18%
Book Value 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Revenue $m

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 64,009 65,627 60,940 63,672 254,248
’25 52,277 55,264 54,878 60,159 222,578
’24 54,650 57,442 54,868 59,867 226,827
’23 49,603 51,469 50,487 53,420 204,979
’22 43,968 45,457 44,836 47,065 181,326
’21 39,065 41,541 39,275 42,586 162,467
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 973 686 1,823 1,692 5,174
’25 (1,647) (396) 2,920 1,520 2,397
’24 528 1,179 (27) 2,082 3,762
’23 23 597 1,361 863 2,844
’22 (646) 1,195 (419) 3,045 3,175
’21 270 1,217 277 665 2,429
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 865 586 1,677 1,428 4,556
’25 (1,737) (495) 2,797 1,288 1,853
’24 437 1,066 (131) 1,891 3,263
’23 (45) 512 1,252 644 2,363
’22 (713) 1,121 (490) 2,901 2,819
’21 192 1,121 177 539 2,029
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Sep Dec Mar Jun Year
’26 — — — — —
’26 1.88 1.97 1.69 1.69 7.23
’25 1.70 1.65 2.10 1.00 6.45
’24 (0.04) 1.43 1.05 0.96 3.45
’23 0.40 (0.50) 1.34 (0.25) 1.00
’22 0.94 0.17 (5.05) 0.50 (3.35)
’21 (0.86) 2.13 0.40 0.40 2.08
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.6
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to June

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 54.66 42.17 41.03 39.05 45.85 48.42 68.53 93.17 117.53 180.45

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 84.88 75.75 56.88 60.69 62.96 81.57 108.85 126.23 214.93 258.30
People
People Employees 28,000 32,300 31,000 30,000 47,300 46,500 48,000 48,900 57,700 63,900
Revenue/emp, $m 4.64 4.24 4.69 5.10 3.43 3.90 4.27 4.64 3.86 3.98
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 129,976 136,809 145,534 152,922 162,467 181,326 204,979 226,827 222,578 254,248
Gross margin, % 5.03 5.25 4.70 4.49 4.17 3.58 3.35 3.27 3.67 3.84
EBT 1,924 (228) 1,751 (3,772) 323 (784) 663 1,201 2,101 2,174
EBT margin, % 1.48 (0.17) 1.20 (2.47) 0.20 (0.43) 0.32 0.53 0.94 0.86
Net income 1,294 259 1,365 (3,693) 612 (937) 331 853 1,569 1,705
Depreciation 717 1,032 1,000 913 783 692 692 710 790 956
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 410.02 437.09 485.11 521.92 556.39 649.91 785.36 925.82 923.56 1,077.32
Earnings 4.06 0.82 4.55 (12.61) 2.09 (3.35) 1.00 3.48 6.48 7.27
Cash flow 3.74 8.84 9.07 6.69 8.32 11.38 10.90 15.36 9.95 21.92
Capex (1.22) (1.23) (1.09) (1.27) (1.37) (1.28) (1.84) (2.04) (2.26) (2.62)
Free cash flow 2.51 7.62 7.98 5.42 6.95 10.10 9.05 13.32 7.69 19.31
Book value 21.54 19.36 21.10 6.12 6.14 (2.53) (11.33) (13.11) (10.93) (11.54)
Shares, m 317 313 300 293 292 279 261 245 241 236
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 19.15 64.67 10.50 0.00 27.32 0.00 93.63 28.62 25.93 32.72
P/S 0.19 0.11 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.08 0.12 0.11 0.18 0.22
P/B 3.62 2.54 2.25 8.53 9.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
EV/Sales 0.22 0.17 0.14 0.13 0.12 0.08 0.12 0.11 0.20 0.24
EV/FCF 35.40 9.49 8.26 12.16 9.61 5.39 10.71 7.33 24.36 13.19
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,184 2,768 2,722 1,960 2,429 3,175 2,844 3,762 2,397 5,174
Capex (387) (384) (328) (373) (400) (356) (481) (499) (544) (618)
Free cash flow 797 2,384 2,394 1,587 2,029 2,819 2,363 3,263 1,853 4,556
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 7,124 1,660 1,638 2,325 3,424 2,385 (3) (756) (2,524) (5,151)
Total debt 10,395 9,013 8,031 6,775 6,236 5,315 4,701 5,092 8,527 8,886
Net debt 3,516 7,250 5,500 4,004 2,829 598 625 (41) 4,653 4,030
Shareholders’ equity 6,828 6,059 6,330 1,792 1,794 (706) (2,957) (3,212) (2,634) (2,724)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.47 0.64 3.37 (9.04) 1.43 (2.12) 0.76 1.93 3.18 3.10
ROIC 12.81 0.59 10.88 (44.19) 6.38 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.42 125.05
ROE 19.23 3.97 22.00 (91.01) 34.08 (172.43) (18.02) (27.62) (53.40) (63.98)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jun 2026 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Cardinal Health, Inc. vs peers in Medical Distribution (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
MCK McKesson Corporation $116.4B 26.8× 18.3× +7.72% (above 0%: growing) −17.68% (below 0%: shrinking) +66.40% (above 0%: growing) 3.50% 1.25% Compare
COR Cencora, Inc. $65.2B 25.2× 14.5× +5.07% (above 0%: growing) +11.27% (above 0%: growing) +3,385.25% (above 0%: growing) 4.26% 1.32% Compare
CAH Cardinal Health, Inc. $58.8B 35.0× 23.3× +5.84% (above 0%: growing) +68.32% (above 0%: growing) +10.87% (above 0%: growing) 4.02% 1.14%
HSIC Henry Schein, Inc. $9.7B 25.0× 18.5× +6.73% (above 0%: growing) +16.90% (above 0%: growing) +140.91% (above 0%: growing) 31.84% 4.95% Compare
AHG Akso Health Group Sponsored ADR $1.2B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +263.89% (above 0%: growing) n/m −12,975.04% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
FOCL FocalTherics $154.8M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +38.85% (above 0%: growing) n/m +21.49% (above 0%: growing) 55.59% (60.83%) Compare
COSM Cosmos Health Inc. $33.9M — (loss-making) 25.1× +28.76% (above 0%: growing) n/m +9.39% (above 0%: growing) 7.96% (15.41%) Compare
ACH Accendra Health, Inc. $20.1M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −10.07% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −1,624.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 42.95% (5.73%) Compare
HKPD Cellyan Biotechnology Co., Ltd $17.1M — — — — −90.45% (below 0%: shrinking) — — Compare
Median of peers $652.4M 25.2× 18.4× +7.72% +11.27% +15.44% 7.96% 0.00%

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Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) key facts

  • Strength: Cardinal Health, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $254.2 billion, up 14.2% from fiscal 2025.
  • Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) is a Medical Distribution company in the Healthcare sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CAH traded at $254.06, a market capitalization of $58.8 billion.
  • Cardinal Health, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $2.05 per share, a yield of 0.81%, with a payout ratio of 28.4%.
  • Return on equity was −64.0% and debt-to-equity -3.26.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 5.09 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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