NYSE:CAHCardinal Health Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cardinal Health's stock was trading at $48.65 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CAH stock has increased by 0.5% and is now trading at $48.88. 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 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Cardinal Health.

Cardinal Health will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

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

Cardinal Health declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 11th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 30th. This is a positive change 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 repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 6.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Cardinal Health issued an update on 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 EPS estimate of $5.00.

11 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Cardinal Health's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $68.00. On average, they expect Cardinal Health's stock price to reach $57.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Cardinal Health.

News coverage about CAH stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cardinal Health earned a daily sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Cardinal Health.

Cardinal Health saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,120,000 shares, an increase of 11.1% from the June 15th total of 3,710,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,580,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), Rockland Trust Co. (0.01%), Thomasville National Bank (0.01%) and Birch Capital Management LLC (0.00%). 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Birch Capital Management LLC, Rockland Trust Co., Bangor Savings Bank, and Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Cardinal Health.

CAH stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canandaigua National Corp, Park National Corp OH, Thomasville National Bank, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, OmniStar Financial Group Inc., and Red Door Wealth Management LLC. 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 $48.88.

Cardinal Health has a market capitalization of $14.27 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]