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CAH vs. DXCM, HOLX, MMSI, AMN, COR, ELV, HAE, ITGR, MCK, and HSIC

Should you be buying Cardinal Health stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cardinal Health include DexCom (DXCM), Hologic (HOLX), Merit Medical Systems (MMSI), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Cencora (COR), Elevance Health (ELV), Haemonetics (HAE), Integer (ITGR), McKesson (MCK), and Henry Schein (HSIC). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Cardinal Health vs. Its Competitors

Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) and DexCom (NASDAQ:DXCM) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

87.2% of Cardinal Health shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of DexCom shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Cardinal Health shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of DexCom shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Cardinal Health had 9 more articles in the media than DexCom. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Cardinal Health and 22 mentions for DexCom. DexCom's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Cardinal Health's score of 1.32 indicating that DexCom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cardinal Health
24 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DexCom
18 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cardinal Health presently has a consensus price target of $157.43, suggesting a potential downside of 4.26%. DexCom has a consensus price target of $98.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.60%. Given DexCom's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DexCom is more favorable than Cardinal Health.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cardinal Health
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
DexCom
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95

Cardinal Health has higher revenue and earnings than DexCom. Cardinal Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DexCom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cardinal Health$222.29B0.18$852M$6.4125.65
DexCom$4.15B7.92$576.20M$1.3462.51

DexCom has a net margin of 12.90% compared to Cardinal Health's net margin of 0.70%. DexCom's return on equity of 30.05% beat Cardinal Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cardinal Health0.70% -68.84% 4.21%
DexCom 12.90%30.05%10.00%

Cardinal Health has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DexCom has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DexCom beats Cardinal Health on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CAH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CAH vs. The Competition

MetricCardinal HealthMED/DENTAL IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$39.25B$15.67B$5.47B$20.46B
Dividend Yield1.24%1.40%5.24%3.72%
P/E Ratio25.6518.9527.0527.84
Price / Sales0.182.33380.7650.06
Price / Cash15.6517.9926.2118.22
Price / Book-12.473.898.004.58
Net Income$852M$430.42M$3.16B$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.21%1.48%3.84%1.41%
1 Month Performance6.30%1.60%3.04%4.97%
1 Year Performance69.73%26.00%34.26%14.19%

Cardinal Health Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAH
Cardinal Health
4.8865 of 5 stars
$164.43
-1.9%
$157.43
-4.3%
+74.8%$39.25B$222.29B25.6548,900Positive News
DXCM
DexCom
4.8681 of 5 stars
$87.34
+1.2%
$98.50
+12.8%
-27.0%$34.25B$4.03B65.187,600Positive News
HOLX
Hologic
4.7613 of 5 stars
$65.25
+0.4%
$77.42
+18.6%
-13.1%$14.54B$4.03B27.537,063Analyst Forecast
MMSI
Merit Medical Systems
4.3944 of 5 stars
$93.66
+0.2%
$109.11
+16.5%
+6.5%$5.54B$1.36B45.917,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.3218 of 5 stars
$20.82
-0.3%
$32.08
+54.1%
-56.2%$796.99M$2.98B-4.812,968News Coverage
COR
Cencora
4.7075 of 5 stars
$299.32
0.0%
$306.33
+2.3%
+35.8%$58.01B$293.96B34.7242,000Positive News
ELV
Elevance Health
4.967 of 5 stars
$388.78
+1.9%
$498.87
+28.3%
-34.6%$87.84B$183.12B15.17102,300
HAE
Haemonetics
4.8772 of 5 stars
$74.90
+1.5%
$96.80
+29.2%
-11.7%$3.60B$1.36B22.633,023
ITGR
Integer
3.6518 of 5 stars
$123.23
+0.5%
$145.00
+17.7%
+0.6%$4.30B$1.75B58.4011,000
MCK
McKesson
4.3129 of 5 stars
$732.36
+0.9%
$696.42
-4.9%
+25.1%$91.63B$359.05B28.3575,000Positive News
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HSIC
Henry Schein
3.0312 of 5 stars
$73.10
-0.2%
$79.30
+8.5%
+13.1%$8.90B$12.67B22.8425,000

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This page (NYSE:CAH) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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