Cardinal Health CAH
NYSE CAH
$228.45 -6.33 (-2.70%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

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

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

Cardinal Health has reported Debt Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.16 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 2.14% year-over-year to 0.16 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.16 (up 2.14% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.16, up 42.24% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio climbed to 0.16 in Q1 2026 per CAH's latest filing, from 0.16 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.16 in Q3 2025 and troughed at 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.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Debt Ratio slipped 18.11% in 2023, then surged 59.57% in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Debt Ratio stood at 0.12 in 2022, then slipped by 14.27% to 0.1 in 2023, then soared by 59.57% to 0.16 in 2024, then fell by 3.96% to 0.16 in 2025, then grew by 1.2% to 0.16 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.16, 0.16, and 0.16 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Mckesson 100.02 Bn 94.85 Bn 3.69 Bn 0.12
2 Cencora 60.88 Bn 58.06 Bn 3.61 Bn 0.14
3 Cardinal Health 54.14 Bn 49.29 Bn 2.56 Bn 0.16
4 Henry Schein 10.05 Bn 9.90 Bn 1.10 Bn 0.29
5 Akso Health 737.16 Mn 736.96 Mn - 0.00
6 Edap Tms 159.12 Mn 137.58 Mn 7.34 Mn 0.52
7 Accendra Health 100.85 Mn 93.20 Mn 263.41 Mn 0.82
8 111 32.10 Mn -26.65 Mn 18.18 Mn 0.13
9 Cosmos Health 12.73 Mn 10.29 Mn 1.51 Mn 0.19
10 VitaNova Life Sciences 11.51 Mn 9.91 Mn 264,662.00 -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.16
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