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 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Cardinal Health's stock. Their CAH share price forecasts range from $59.00 to $78.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $70.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.5% from the stock's current price.
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Cardinal Health's stock was trading at $51.49 at the start of the year. Since then, CAH shares have increased by 35.6% and is now trading at $69.82.
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Cardinal Health saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,360,000 shares, an increase of 191.9% from the August 31st total of 6,290,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,740,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.7 days. Approximately 6.8% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 4th 2022.
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Cardinal Health will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, November 4th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE:CAH) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 11th. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.12. The business earned $47.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $44.82 billion. Cardinal Health had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 568.57% and a negative net margin of 0.51%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 10.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period 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. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 2.91%. 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 33.17% 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, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.05-$5.40 for the period, compared to the consensus 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Centre Asset Management LLC (0.03%), Thomasville National Bank (0.00%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.00%) and AdvisorNet Financial Inc (0.00%).
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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 $69.82.

Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) has a market capitalization of $18.29 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.