
Cardinal Health, Inc. operates as an integrated healthcare services and products company worldwide. The company's Pharmaceutical segment distributes branded and generic pharmaceutical, specialty pharmaceutical, over-the-counter healthcare, and consumer products to retailers, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. It offers distribution, inventory management, data reporting, new product launch support, and chargeback administration services to pharmaceutical manufacturers; pharmacy and medication therapy management, and patient outcomes services to hospitals, other healthcare providers, and payers; and consulting, patient support, and other services to pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare providers. This segment also operates nuclear pharmacies and manufacturing facilities that manufacture, prepare, and deliver radiopharmaceuticals, as well as operates direct-to-patient specialty pharmacies; offers logistics, marketing, and other services; and repackages generic pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter healthcare products. The company's Medical segment manufactures and sources medical, surgical, and laboratory products, including cardiovascular and endovascular products; wound care products; surgical drapes, gowns, and apparel; exam and surgical gloves; fluid suction and collection systems; and incontinence, enteral feeding, urology, operating room supply, electrode and needle, and syringe and sharps disposal product lines. It also distributes medical, surgical, and laboratory products to hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, and other healthcare providers, as well as to patients in the home; and assembles and sells sterile and non-sterile procedure kits. In addition, it offers supply chain services to healthcare providers; and post-acute care management, and transition services and software to hospitals, other healthcare providers, and payers. Cardinal Health, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Drugs, proprietaries, & sundries
Sub-IndustryHealth Care Distributors
SectorMedical
SymbolNYSE:CAH
CUSIP14149Y10
Phone614-757-5000
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.19%
Current Ratio1.09%
Quick Ratio0.57%
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio11.49
Forward P/E Ratio11.47
P/E Growth1.46
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$129.98 billion
Price / Sales0.15
Cash Flow$7.5145 per share
Price / Cash8.26
Book Value$21.62 per share
Price / Book2.87
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$5.40
Net Income$1.29 billion
Net Margins1.37%
Return on Equity24.81%
Return on Assets4.34%
Miscellaneous
Employees28,000
Outstanding Shares314,710,000