Growth Metrics

Cardinal Health (CAH) EBIT Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cardinal Health (CAH) has disclosed EBIT Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 1.08% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBIT Margin rose 8.0% to 1.08% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.04% through Dec 2025, up 19.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.02% for FY2025, 47.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBIT Margin hit 1.08% in Q4 2025 for Cardinal Health, up from 1.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBIT Margin ranged from a high of 1.33% in Q1 2025 to a low of 2.09% in Q4 2021.
  • Historically, EBIT Margin has averaged 0.51% across 5 years, with a median of 0.69% in 2024.
  • Biggest YoY gain for EBIT Margin was 254bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -320bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, EBIT Margin stood at 2.09% in 2021, then surged by 92bps to 0.17% in 2022, then surged by 626bps to 0.88% in 2023, then grew by 13bps to 0.99% in 2024, then rose by 8bps to 1.08% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows EBIT Margin for CAH at 1.08% in Q4 2025, 1.04% in Q3 2025, and 0.71% in Q2 2025.