Growth Metrics

Cardinal Health (CAH) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2025)

Cardinal Health (CAH) has disclosed Change in Inventory for 17 consecutive years, with $2.5 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Change in Inventory rose 97.28% to $2.5 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $3.1 billion through Dec 2025, up 295.87% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $1.8 billion for FY2025, 262.87% up from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory hit $2.5 billion in Q4 2025 for Cardinal Health, up from $736.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $2.5 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of -$2.4 billion in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Change in Inventory has averaged $296.2 million across 5 years, with a median of $273.0 million in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Inventory: soared 737.31% in 2022 and later plummeted 312.77% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Change in Inventory stood at $232.0 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 494.4% to $1.4 billion in 2022, then fell by 0.22% to $1.4 billion in 2023, then dropped by 6.32% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then skyrocketed by 97.28% to $2.5 billion in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Change in Inventory for CAH at $2.5 billion in Q4 2025, $736.0 million in Q3 2025, and $607.0 million in Q2 2025.