Cardinal Health Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cardinal Health in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Cardinal Health stock. 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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Cardinal Health saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 10,420,000 shares, an increase of 115.7% from the August 15th total of 4,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,420,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Currently, 3.6% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Cardinal Health is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE:CAH) issued its earnings results on Thursday, August, 5th. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $42.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $40.25 billion. Cardinal Health had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 93.70% and a net margin of 0.38%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 16.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.04 earnings per share.
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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 5.9% and is now trading at $51.53.
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Cardinal Health announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 1st will be given a dividend of $0.491 per share on Friday, October 15th. This represents a $1.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.81%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 30th. This is a boost from Cardinal Health's previous quarterly dividend of $0.49.
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Cardinal Health pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.73%. The dividend payout ratio of Cardinal Health is 35.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Cardinal Health will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.06% next year. This indicates that Cardinal Health will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cardinal Health updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, September, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.600-$5.900 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $6.190. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Cardinal Health's stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Cardinal Health's share price to reach $58.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price.
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357 employees have rated Cardinal Health CEO Mike Kaufmann on Glassdoor.com. Mike Kaufmann has an approval rating of 85% among Cardinal Health'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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.32%), BlackRock Inc. (9.07%), State Street Corp (5.96%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.48%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.58%) and FMR LLC (2.54%).
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CAH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Macquarie Group Ltd., AQR Capital Management LLC, Lazard Asset Management LLC, Alyeska Investment Group L.P., Royal Bank of Canada, and Bank of Nova Scotia.
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CAH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, FMR LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Amundi, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, First Trust Advisors LP, and Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC.
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Shares of CAH 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 $51.53.

Cardinal Health has a market capitalization of $14.62 billion and generates $162.47 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $611 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.57 on an earnings per share basis.

Cardinal Health employs 47,300 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Cardinal Health: A+ Secure Packaging LLC, Access Closure, Access Closure Inc., Aero-Med Ltd., Alaris Medical Systems, Allegiance Corporation, Allegiance Healthcare, AssuraMed, AssuraMed Inc., Automatic Liquid Packaging, Bergen Brunswig Corp, Bindley Western Industries, Boron LePore & Associates, Borschow Hospital & Medical Supplies, Cardinal Health 100 Inc., Cardinal Health 104 LP, Cardinal Health 105 Inc., Cardinal Health 107 LLC, Cardinal Health 108 LLC, Cardinal Health 110 LLC, Cardinal Health 112 LLC, Cardinal Health 113 LLC, Cardinal Health 114 Inc., Cardinal Health 115 LLC, Cardinal Health 116 LLC, Cardinal Health 118 LLC, Cardinal Health 119 LLC, Cardinal Health 121 LLC, Cardinal Health 122 LLC, Cardinal Health 123 LLC, Cardinal Health 124 LLC, Cardinal Health 126 LLC, Cardinal Health 127 Inc., Cardinal Health 2 LLC, Cardinal Health 200 LLC, Cardinal Health 201 Inc., Cardinal Health 222 (Thailand) Ltd., Cardinal Health 247 Inc., Cardinal Health 249 LLC, Cardinal Health 3 LLC, Cardinal Health 414 LLC, Cardinal Health 5 LLC, Cardinal Health 6 Inc., Cardinal Health 7 LLC, Cardinal Health Australia 503 Pty. Ltd., Cardinal Health Austria 504 GmbH, Cardinal Health Belgium 505 BVBA, Cardinal Health Canada Holdings Cooperative U.A., Cardinal Health Canada Inc., Cardinal Health Chile Limitada, Cardinal Health Colombia S.A.S., Cardinal Health D.R. 203 II Ltd., Cardinal Health Denmark ApS, Cardinal Health Finland Oy, Cardinal Health Foundation, Cardinal Health France 506 SAS, Cardinal Health Funding LLC, Cardinal Health Germany 507 GmbH, Cardinal Health Germany Manufacturing GmbH, Cardinal Health IPS LLC, Cardinal Health International Philippines Inc., Cardinal Health Ireland 419 Designated Activity Company, Cardinal Health Ireland 508 Limited, Cardinal Health Ireland Unlimited Company, Cardinal Health Italy 509 Srl, Cardinal Health Japan G.K., Cardinal Health Korea Limited, Cardinal Health Malaysia 211 Sdn. Bhd., Cardinal Health Malta 212 Limited, Cardinal Health Managed Care Services LLC, Cardinal Health Medical Equipment Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Cardinal Health Medical Products India Private Limited, Cardinal Health Mexico 244 S. de R.L. de C.V., Cardinal Health Mexico 514 S. de R.L. de C.V., Cardinal Health Middle East FZ-LLC, Cardinal Health Netherlands 502 B.V., Cardinal Health Norway AS, Cardinal Health P.R. 120 Inc., Cardinal Health P.R. 218 Inc., Cardinal Health P.R. 220 LLC, Cardinal Health Pharmaceutical Contracting LLC, Cardinal Health Pharmacy Services LLC, Cardinal Health Poland Spółlka z ograniczonąa odpowiedzialnośsciąa, Cardinal Health Portugal 513 Unipessoal Lda., Cardinal Health Singapore 225 Pte. Ltd., Cardinal Health Spain 511 S.L., Cardinal Health Specialty Pharmacy LLC, Cardinal Health Sweden 512 A.B., Cardinal Health Switzerland 515 GmbH, Cardinal Health Systems Inc., Cardinal Health Technologies LLC, Cardinal Health Technologies Switzerland GmbH, Cardinal Health U.K. 432 Limited, Cardinal Health do Brasil Ltd., CareFusion, Cirpro de Delicias S.A. de C.V., Convertors de Mexico S.A. de C.V., Cordis, Cordis (Shanghai) Medical Devices Co. Ltd., Cordis Cashel Company Unlimited, Cordis Corporation, Cornerstone Partners G.P.O. L.P., Covidien Manufacturing Solutions S.A., Curaspan Health Group Inc., Denver Biomedical, Dik Drug, EPIC Insurance Company, Emerge Medical, Enturia, Especialidades Medicas Kenmex S.A. de C.V., Futuremed Health Care Products, Gala Biotech, Geodax Technology, Griffin Capital LLC, HLS Freight Services, Healthcare Solutions Holding, Innovative Therapies Inc., Instant Diagnostic Systems Inc., KPR Australia Pty. Ltd., KPR Italia S.r.l., KPR Switzerland Sales Gmbh, KPR U.S. LLC, Kendall Patient Recovery BVBA, Kendall-Gammatron Limited, Kinray, Leader Drugstores Inc., Limited Liability Company "Cardinal Health Russia", Ludlow Technical Products Canada Ltd., MCD, Magellan Laboratories, Marin Apothecaries, MedMined, Medicine Shoppe International Inc., Mediquip Sdn. Bhd., Medtronic - Patient Monitoring & Recovery, Mirixa Corporation, NaviHealth, Nippon Covidien Ltd., One Cloverleaf LLC, Outcomes Incorporated, Owen Healthcare, PCI Pharma Services, ParMed Pharmaceuticals, Pinnacle Intellectual Property Services Inc., Pinnacle Intellectual Property Services-International Inc., Post-Acute Care Center for Research LLC, Pyxis Corporation, Quiroproductos de Cuauhtemoc S. de R.L. de C.V., R Cubed Inc., R.P. Scherer Corporation, RGH Enterprises Inc., RainTree GPO LLC, RainTree Oncology Services, Renal Purchasing Group LLC, Rxealtime Inc., Sonexus Health LLC, Syncor International, TelePharm, TelePharm LLC, The Harvard Drug Group, The Harvard Drug Group L.L.C., Tradex International Inc., Viasys Healthcare, WaveMark Inc., Zuellig Pharma China, mscripts, mscripts LLC, and mscripts Systems India Private Limited.

Cardinal Health was founded in 1971.

The official website for Cardinal Health is www.cardinalhealth.com.

Cardinal Health is headquartered at 7000 CARDINAL PLACE, DUBLIN OH, 43017.

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].