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

Cardinal Health's (CAH) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.16 in Q1 2026, up 2.14% year-on-year from 0.15 in Q1 2025, and up 1.2% quarter-over-quarter from 0.16 in Q4 2025.

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

Cardinal Health has disclosed Debt Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.16 for Q1 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.16, up 2.14% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.16 (up 2.14% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.16, up 42.24% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio came in at 0.16 for Q1 2026 at Cardinal Health, up 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.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.12 (2022), against an average of 0.13.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio retreated 18.11% in 2023 and soared 59.57% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Cardinal Health's Debt Ratio stood at 0.12 in 2022, then retreated by 14.27% to 0.1 in 2023, then jumped by 59.57% to 0.16 in 2024, then dropped by 3.96% to 0.16 in 2025, then advanced by 1.2% to 0.16 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.16 (Q1 2026), 0.16 (Q4 2025), and 0.16 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Akso Health 2,315,158.81 Bn 2,315,158.63 Bn - 0.01
2 Mckesson 92.76 Bn 89.18 Bn 4.04 Bn 0.08
3 Cencora 52.82 Bn 50.83 Bn 3.59 Bn 0.15
4 Cardinal Health 52.17 Bn 48.39 Bn 2.50 Bn 0.16
5 Henry Schein 9.19 Bn 9.71 Bn 1.07 Bn 0.21
6 Accendra Health 246.88 Mn -90.00 Mn 312.39 Mn 0.87
7 Edap Tms 161.92 Mn 146.92 Mn 8.15 Mn 0.26
8 111 107.47 Mn 25.61 Mn 23.58 Mn 0.09
9 Cosmos Health 9.42 Mn 7.26 Mn 1.38 Mn 0.15
10 Cellyan Biotechnology 5.69 -2.48 Mn - 0.04

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