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CAH Financials Cardinal Health

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 7.8% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has expanded, at 1.0% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has grown 3.1% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($8.5B) exceeds cash ($3.9B); net debt is $4.7B.
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (4.6% vs 7.8% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 11× in the latest year, up from -17.2× 5 years ago.
  • Total debt is 2.8× EBITDA.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 15 consecutive years, consuming 31.6% of earnings and 26.7% of free cash flow.
  • The dividend has declined 2.8% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
-$4B $112B $227B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-3% 1% 6% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $2B $3B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $4B $9B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$6B -$923M $4B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $222.6B $1.6B 3.7% 1.0% $1.9B $8.5B $3.9B
2024 $226.8B $852M 3.3% 0.5% $3.3B $5.1B $5.1B
2023 $205.0B $330M 3.4% 0.4% $2.4B $4.7B $4.1B
2022 $181.3B -$938M 3.6% -0.3% $2.8B $5.3B $4.7B
2021 $162.5B $611M 4.2% 0.3% $2.0B $6.2B $3.4B
2020 $152.9B -$3.7B 4.5% -2.7% $1.6B $6.8B $2.8B
2019 $145.5B $1.4B 4.7% 1.4% $2.4B $2.5B
2018 $136.8B $256M 5.2% 0.1% $2.4B $1.8B
2017 $130.0B $1.3B 5.0% 1.6% $797M $6.9B
2016 $121.5B $1.4B 5.4% 2.0% $2.5B $2.4B
2015 $102.5B $1.2B 5.6% 2.1% $2.2B $4.6B
2014 $91.1B $1.2B 5.7% 2.1% $2.3B $2.9B
2013 $101.1B $334M 4.9% 1.0% $1.5B $1.9B
2012 $107.6B $1.1B 4.2% 1.7% $916M $2.3B
2011 $102.6B $959M 4.1% 1.5% $1.1B $2.5B $1.9B

Valuation over time

How the market has priced CAH against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 39.9 79.8 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.1 0.2 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 1.6 3.1 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is CAH growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Cardinal Health's revenue has grown 7.8% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does CAH have?

As of FY2025, Cardinal Health reported $8.5B of total debt against $3.9B of cash; operating income covered interest expense 11×.

What is CAH's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 3.7%, operating margin 1.0%, and net margin 0.7%.

What is CAH's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Cardinal Health traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 35.4× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.