NYSE:CAH - Cardinal Health Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Cardinal Health declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.4811 per share on Monday, July 15th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 28th. This is a boost from Cardinal Health's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. View Cardinal Health's Dividend History.

Cardinal Health announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, November 8th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 6.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Cardinal Health Inc (NYSE:CAH) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 8th. The company reported $1.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.18. The business earned $37.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $36.70 billion. Cardinal Health had a net margin of 0.94% and a return on equity of 25.96%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.01 earnings per share. View Cardinal Health's Earnings History.

Cardinal Health is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Cardinal Health.

Cardinal Health updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.85 to $5.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.10.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Cardinal Health's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect Cardinal Health's share price to reach $54.1667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cardinal Health.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cardinal Health in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Cardinal Health.

News headlines about CAH stock have been trending negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cardinal Health earned a media sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Cardinal Health.

Cardinal Health saw a decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,299,400 shares, a decline of 13.8% from the June 15th total of 16,586,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,780,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.1 days. Approximately 4.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View Cardinal Health's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Cardinal Health include McKesson (MCK), AmerisourceBergen (ABC), Herbalife Nutrition (HLF), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), PetIQ (PETQ), Trxade Group (TRXD), biOasis Technologies (BIOAF) and Aceto (ACET).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cardinal Health investors own include AT&T (T), AbbVie (ABBV), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), CVS Health (CVS), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Becton Dickinson and (BDX), General Electric (GE), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Chevron (CVX) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Cardinal Health's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.01%), BlackRock Inc. (7.27%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.76%), Invesco Ltd. (2.73%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.41%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.34%). Company insiders that own Cardinal Health stock include Jon L Giacomin, Michael C Kaufmann, Patricia Morrison and Stuart G Laws. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cardinal Health.

CAH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, Van ECK Associates Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP and Renaissance Technologies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Cardinal Health company stock in the last year include Jon L Giacomin and Stuart G Laws. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cardinal Health.

CAH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Swedbank, Invesco Ltd., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Pzena Investment Management LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, AXA and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cardinal Health.

Shares of CAH can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CAH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.19.

Cardinal Health has a market capitalization of $12.87 billion and generates $145.53 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.36 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.28 on an earnings per share basis. Cardinal Health employs 32,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Cardinal Health.

The official website for Cardinal Health is http://www.cardinalhealth.com/.

Cardinal Health's mailing address is 7000 CARDINAL PLACE, DUBLIN OH, 43017. The company can be reached via phone at 614-757-5000 or via email at [email protected]