Growth Metrics

Cardinal Health (CAH) Debt to Equity (2016 - 2025)

Cardinal Health's Debt to Equity history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at -$3.13 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Debt to Equity fell 20.21% year-over-year to -$3.13; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached -$3.13, down 20.21%, while the annual FY2025 figure was -$3.24, 104.21% down from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity for Q4 2025 was -$3.13 at Cardinal Health, up from -$3.31 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $5.63 in Q4 2021 and bottomed at -$8.1 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is -$1.94 (2024), against an average of -$1.42.
  • The largest annual shift saw Debt to Equity plummeted 315.84% in 2022 before it surged 73.64% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $5.63 in 2021, then crashed by 142.24% to -$2.38 in 2022, then surged by 44.03% to -$1.33 in 2023, then plummeted by 95.55% to -$2.6 in 2024, then dropped by 20.21% to -$3.13 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAH's Debt to Equity are -$3.13 (Q4 2025), -$3.31 (Q3 2025), and -$3.24 (Q2 2025).