Cardinal Health Inc. (CAH) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Cardinal Health Inc. (CAH) closed at $220.22 on 25 September 2026, down 1.1%. That leaves it down 2.3% over a week, down 7.6% over a month and up 42.5% over a year. That is 66% of the way up its 52 week range of $145.87 to $258.30. The median analyst price target of $274 sits 24.6% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
CAH trades below its 50 day average of $232.73 but above its 200 day average of $217.37: the long trend is up, the recent one is not. The 50 day average sits above the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is -0.09, a stock that barely follows the market. It is 14.7% below its 52 week high and 51.0% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 12 firms recorded 16 actions on CAH: 15 kept a view and 1 new initiation. Price targets: 15 raised. The most recent targets from 12 firms run from $250 to $280, with a median of $274, 24.6% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 2026 | RBC Capital | Initiates Coverage On Outperform | $276.00 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | TD Cowen | Maintains Buy | $275.00 to $280.00 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | JP Morgan | Maintains Neutral | $215.00 to $260.00 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Barclays | Maintains Overweight | $258.00 to $275.00 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Citigroup | Maintains Buy | $265.00 to $280.00 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | Maintains Outperform | $265.00 to $270.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 29 October 2026 for Q1 2027, with earnings per share expected at $2.93. The last report, on 11 August 2026 for Q4 2026, showed EPS of $2.91 against $2.42 expected, a beat of 20.2%, on revenue of $63.7 billion. Cardinal Health Inc. beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Cardinal Health Inc. shows revenue growth of 14.23%, a gross margin of 3.84%, an operating margin of 1.03% and a return on equity of N.A..
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 14.2% | 69th |
| Net income growth, TTM | 9.8% | 50th |
| Gross margin | 3.8% | 7th |
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 43rd |
| Free cash flow margin | 1.8% | 45th |
| Return on assets | 3.1% | 72nd |
| Current ratio | 0.88 | 41st |
| Effective tax rate | 21.6% | 71st |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Cardinal Health Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Health Care
- Industry
- Wholesale
- Headquarters
- Dublin, Ohio
- Chief executive
- Jason M. Hollar
- Employees
- 46,500
- Website
- cardinalhealth.com
Cardinal Health, Inc. operates in two segments, Pharmaceutical and Medical. The Medical segment manufactures, sources, and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical, and laboratory products and devices. The Pharmaceutical segment distributes branded and generic pharmaceutical, specialty pharmaceutical, and over-the-counter healthcare and consumer products.
In the same sector
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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