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 (WHO). Since then, CAH stock has increased by 12.3% and is now trading at $54.62.
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11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cardinal Health in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Cardinal Health is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020.
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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) announced its earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The company reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 negative net margin of 2.71% and a positive return on equity of 69.23%. The business's quarterly revenue 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.
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Cardinal Health declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 11th. Shareholders 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 yield of 3.56%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 30th. This is a positive change from Cardinal Health's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48.
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Cardinal Health declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, November 8th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 6.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors 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 guidance of $5.20-5.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.00.

11 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Cardinal Health's stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate Cardinal Health's share price to reach $58.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.2% from the stock's current price.
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Media headlines about CAH stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Cardinal Health earned a media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.
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Cardinal Health saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,100,000 shares, an increase of 8.5% from the June 30th total of 4,700,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,400,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Cardinal Health include McKesson (MCK), AmerisourceBergen (ABC), Henry Schein (HSIC), Patterson Companies (PDCO) and Owens & Minor (OMI).
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.03%), Prudential PLC (0.75%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.63%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.59%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.33%) and PGGM Investments (0.20%). Company insiders that own Cardinal Health stock include Jon L Giacomin and Stuart G Laws.
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CAH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, CWM LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Exane Derivatives, Ziegler Capital Management LLC, and SG Americas Securities LLC.
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CAH stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Prudential PLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., and Janney Montgomery Scott 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CAH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $54.62.

Cardinal Health has a market capitalization of $15.95 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]