Cardinal Health (CAH) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Cardinal Health (CAH) reported Debt Ratio of 0.16 for Q1 2026, up 2.14% on a YoY basis from 0.15 in Q1 2025, and up 1.2% sequentially from 0.16 in Q4 2025.

Cardinal Health (CAH) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cardinal Health (CAH) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.16 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio rose 2.14% year-over-year to 0.16; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.16 (up 2.14% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.16, up 42.24% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio climbed to 0.16 in Q1 2026, from 0.16 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.16 in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.1 in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.13 and a median of 0.12 in 2022 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio retreated 18.11% in 2023 and soared 59.57% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Tracing CAH's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.12 in 2022, then fell by 14.27% to 0.1 in 2023, then soared by 59.57% to 0.16 in 2024, then slipped by 3.96% to 0.16 in 2025, then gained by 1.2% to 0.16 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CAH's Debt Ratio at 0.16 in Q1 2026, 0.16 in Q4 2025, and 0.16 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Mckesson 105.76 Bn 101.78 Bn 4.04 Bn 0.08
2 Cencora 60.90 Bn 58.72 Bn 3.59 Bn 0.15
3 Cardinal Health 53.91 Bn 49.98 Bn 2.50 Bn 0.16
4 Henry Schein 9.77 Bn 9.64 Bn 1.07 Bn 0.30
5 Akso Health 3.06 Bn 3.06 Bn - 0.00
6 111 651.73 Mn 572.63 Mn 23.58 Mn 0.09
7 Accendra Health 247.64 Mn -89.24 Mn 278.03 Mn 0.87
8 Edap Tms 230.14 Mn 215.14 Mn 8.15 Mn 0.26
9 VitaNova Life Sciences 11.51 Mn 11.01 Mn 316,343.00 -
10 Cosmos Health 9.40 Mn 7.24 Mn 1.38 Mn 0.15

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.16
Dec 31, 2025 0.16
Sep 30, 2025 0.16
Jun 30, 2025 0.16
Mar 31, 2025 0.15
Dec 31, 2024 0.16
Sep 30, 2024 0.12
Jun 30, 2024 0.11
Mar 31, 2024 0.13
Dec 31, 2023 0.10
Sep 30, 2023 0.11
Jun 30, 2023 0.11
Mar 31, 2023 0.11
Dec 31, 2022 0.12
Sep 30, 2022 0.12
Jun 30, 2022 0.12
Mar 31, 2022 0.13
Dec 31, 2021 0.13
Sep 30, 2021 0.13
Jun 30, 2021 0.14