Cardinal Health (CAH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Cardinal Health is a multinational healthcare services and products company headquartered in Dublin, Ohio. Tracing its roots to the early 1970s, the company has grown into a major provider of supply chain and distribution services for the healthcare sector. Cardinal Health operates across a range of service lines that support hospitals, health systems, pharmacies, physician offices and clinical laboratories.

The company's core activities include the wholesale distribution of branded and generic pharmaceuticals, the supply and distribution of medical-surgical products, and the provision of logistics and inventory management solutions. Cardinal Health also offers specialty services for pharmacies and health systems, including medication management, nuclear pharmacy services, clinical product offerings and solutions designed to improve operational efficiency. Its product portfolio spans consumables such as gloves and surgical supplies to capital equipment, diagnostic and laboratory products, and software-enabled supply chain services.

Cardinal Health serves customers across the United States and in international markets, delivering products and services through an extensive distribution network and logistics infrastructure. The company supports a broad set of healthcare stakeholders — from independent and chain pharmacies to large health systems and manufacturers — and emphasizes integrated supply chain solutions, regulatory compliance and operational support. Cardinal Health is managed by an executive leadership team and governed by a board of directors focused on delivering healthcare supply chain services and innovation for its clients.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $233.55 to $238.94
• 50-Day Range: $212.20 to $240.08
• 52-Week Range: $145.87 to $258.30
• Volume: 1.80 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.06 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $54.81 billion
• P/E Ratio: 32.60
• Dividend Yield: 0.87%
• Price Target: $265.93
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Cardinal Health Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cardinal Health scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 27th out of 911 stocks in the healthcare sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Cardinal Health has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 15 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Cardinal Health has a consensus price target of $265.93, representing about 12.8% upside from its current price of $235.68.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cardinal Health has been the subject of 13 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.12%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Cardinal Health are expected to grow by 10.12% in the coming year, from $12.55 to $13.82 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cardinal Health is 32.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.96.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cardinal Health is 32.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Healthcare sector average P/E ratio of about 270.85.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Cardinal Health has a PEG Ratio of 1.26. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.82% of the float of Cardinal Health has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cardinal Health has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.36, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cardinal Health has recently decreased by 2.40%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Cardinal Health has a dividend yield of 0.88%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Cardinal Health has been increasing its dividend for 29 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Cardinal Health is 28.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Cardinal Health will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.91% next year. This indicates that Cardinal Health will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.89

News Sentiment

Cardinal Health has a news sentiment score of 0.89. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 49 news articles for Cardinal Health this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

20 people have searched for CAH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 25% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

25 people have added Cardinal Health to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 317% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cardinal Health insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.12% of the stock of Cardinal Health is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

87.17% of the stock of Cardinal Health is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/15 Dividend: 7/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 7/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/11/2026
• Today: 8/18/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Healthcare Providers & Services
• Sub-Industry: Healthcare Distributors
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CAH
• CIK: 721371
• Web: www.cardinalhealth.com
• Phone: (614) 757-5000
• Fax: 614-757-6000
• Employees: 63,900
• Year Founded: 1971

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cardinal Health: $265.93
• High Price Target: $292.00
• Low Price Target: $208.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +12.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.23
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 32.60
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.78
• P/E Growth: 1.26
• Net Income: $1.71 billion
• Net Margins: 0.67%
• Pretax Margin: 0.86%
• Return on Equity: -98.53%
• Return on Assets: 4.69%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.88
• Quick Ratio: 0.49

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $254.25 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.22
• Cash Flow: $15.51 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.20
• Book Value: ($11.63) per share
• Price / Book: -20.26

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 232,580,000
• Free Float: 232,297,000
• Market Cap: $54.81 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.49