Cardinal Health (CAH) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2009 - 2026)
Cardinal Health (CAH) posted Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd of $120 million for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), unchanged from $120 million a year earlier and unchanged from the prior quarter.
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Cardinal Health (CAH) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026), Cardinal Health's Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd came in at $491 million, down 0.6% from FY2025.
- Annual Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has declined for five consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -3.0% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Cardinal Health's Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd was $494 million in FY2025 (-1.0%), $499 million in FY2024 (-5.0%), $525 million in FY2023 (-6.1%) and $559 million in FY2022 (-2.4%).
- Quarterly Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has run from a low of $120 million in fiscal Q4 2025 to a high of $149 million in fiscal Q1 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd increased in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 0.8%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2022, with growth of 2.1%; the weakest was fiscal Q2 2023, with a decline of 7.9%.
- According to Business Quant data, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd for the three prior fiscal quarters was $120 million (Q3 2026), $122 million (Q2 2026) and $129 million (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div Paid (Total) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unitedhealth | 330.47 Bn | 215.10 Bn | 36.67 Bn | 2.09 Bn |
| 2 | Cvs Health | 108.89 Bn | 61.49 Bn | 47.23 Bn | 878.00 Mn |
| 3 | Mckesson | 104.86 Bn | 91.32 Bn | 3.69 Bn | 102.00 Mn |
| 4 | Elevance Health | 82.79 Bn | -58.96 Bn | 13.45 Bn | 373.00 Mn |
| 5 | Cigna | 70.83 Bn | 40.37 Bn | 14.97 Bn | 409.00 Mn |
| 6 | Cencora | 59.11 Bn | 48.20 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 116.59 Mn |
| 7 | Cardinal Health | 53.53 Bn | 37.53 Bn | 2.56 Bn | 120.00 Mn |
| 8 | Humana | 45.57 Bn | -42.23 Bn | 5.50 Bn | 107.00 Mn |
| 9 | Centene | 30.12 Bn | -60.16 Bn | 14.55 Bn | - |
| 10 | Henry Schein | 9.51 Bn | 10.25 Bn | 1.10 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 120.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 120.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 122.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 129.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 120.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 124.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 122.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 128.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 122.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 122.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 124.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 131.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 126.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 128.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 129.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 142.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 134.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 136.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 140.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 149.00 Mn |
API Access
Cardinal Health Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=CAH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd", "ticker": "CAH", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=CAH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();