NYSE:CAHCardinal Health Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cardinal Health's stock was trading at $48.65 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CAH shares have increased by 8.1% and is now trading at $52.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cardinal Health in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Cardinal Health.

Cardinal Health is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 13th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Cardinal Health.

Cardinal Health Inc (NYSE:CAH) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 11th. The company reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.43 by $0.19. The company earned $39.16 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $37.04 billion. Cardinal Health had a positive return on equity of 69.23% and a negative net margin of 2.71%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.59 EPS. View Cardinal Health's earnings history.

Cardinal Health announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 11th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.486 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $1.94 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 30th. This is an increase from Cardinal Health's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. View Cardinal Health's dividend history.

Cardinal Health announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, November 8th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 6.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Cardinal Health updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 11th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.20-5.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.00.

11 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Cardinal Health's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Cardinal Health's share price to reach $57.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Cardinal Health.

Headlines about CAH stock have trended very positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cardinal Health earned a news impact score of 3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines 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 company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutCardinal Health.

Cardinal Health saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,940,000 shares, a drop of 10.5% from the April 30th total of 4,400,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,140,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's stock are sold short. View Cardinal Health's Current Options Chain.

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

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

Cardinal Health's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.89%), State Street Corp (6.85%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.36%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.72%), American International Group Inc. (1.66%) and Invesco Ltd. (1.59%). Company insiders that own Cardinal Health stock include Jon L Giacomin 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 Invesco Ltd., Franklin Resources Inc., State Street Corp, APG Asset Management N.V., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Pzena Investment Management LLC, American International Group Inc., and First Trust Advisors LP. View insider buying and selling activity for Cardinal Health.

CAH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential PLC, AJO LP, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., BlackRock Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CAH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.60.

Cardinal Health has a market capitalization of $15.36 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 31,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Cardinal Health is 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]