Cardinal Health

CAH · NYSE · USD

$230.09Change from previous close: +3.41%Absolute change: +$7.59

Close · October 1, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 2, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$53.28B
Enterprise value
$58.81B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
30.8
Forward P/E
16.4
PEG
1.12
Price/sales
0.21
EV/EBITDA
13.9
EV/revenue
0.23

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
3.8%
Operating margin
1.3%
Net margin
0.7%
ROA
3.7%
Revenue growth (year over year)
5.8%
Earnings growth (year over year)
68.8%

Financial health

Total cash
$4.86B
Total debt
$10B
Current ratio
0.88
Quick ratio
0.43

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$2.06
Dividend yield
0.9%
Payout ratio
28.3%
Ex-dividend date
October 1, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$270.33
Median price target
$275.00
High price target
$292.00
Low price target
$235.00
Analysts with a price target
15
Consensus
Buy
Forward EPS
$14.06
EPS estimate, current year
$12.57

Shares and trading

Beta
0.52
Average volume
1.98M
Shares outstanding
231.56M
Float
232.04M
Institutional ownership
91.5%
Insider ownership
0.3%
Short interest (% of float)
3.3%
Short ratio (days)
4.49