Cardinal Health - CAH Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cardinal Health in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" CAH shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CAH, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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10 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Cardinal Health's stock. Their CAH share price forecasts range from $59.00 to $78.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $70.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price.
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Cardinal Health's stock was trading at $51.49 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, CAH shares have increased by 27.7% and is now trading at $65.77.
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Cardinal Health saw a decline in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,290,000 shares, a decline of 26.1% from the August 15th total of 8,510,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,590,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 2.3% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 8th 2022.
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Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE:CAH) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 11th. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.17 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $47.10 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $44.82 billion. Cardinal Health had a negative net margin of 0.51% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 568.57%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 10.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.77 earnings per share.
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Cardinal Health declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 10th. Stockholders of record on Monday, October 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.4957 per share on Saturday, October 15th. This represents a $1.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.01%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 30th.
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Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.00%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 36 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 29.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CAH will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cardinal Health updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, September, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.05-$5.40 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.32. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

357 employees have rated Cardinal Health Chief Executive Officer Mike Kaufmann on Glassdoor.com. Mike Kaufmann has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees.

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Cardinal Health trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CAH."

Cardinal Health's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (7.48%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.35%), FMR LLC (2.19%), Amundi (1.85%), Northern Trust Corp (1.29%) and Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.06%).
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Shares of CAH stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CAH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $65.77.

Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) has a market capitalization of $17.92 billion and generates $181.36 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-933,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $6.66 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 46,500 workers across the globe.

Cardinal Health's mailing address is 7000 CARDINAL PLACE, DUBLIN OH, 43017. The official website for the company is www.cardinalhealth.com. The company can be reached via phone at (614) 757-5000, via email at investor.relations@cardinalhealth.com, or via fax at 614-757-6000.