Cardinal Health (CAH) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cardinal Health (CAH) reported EBT Margin of 0.64% for Q1 2026, down 57.0% on a YoY basis from 1.5% in Q1 2025, and down 32.99% sequentially from 0.96% in Q4 2025.

Cardinal Health (CAH) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cardinal Health (CAH) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 0.64% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 57.0% year-over-year to 0.64%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.8% (down 15.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.94%, up 41.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin slipped to 0.64% in Q1 2026, from 0.96% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 1.21% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.31% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.56% and a median of 0.64% in 2026 frame the typical range for EBT Margin.
  • Peak annual rise in EBT Margin reached 194 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 143 bps in 2022.
  • Tracing CAH's EBT Margin over 5 years: stood at 0.2% in 2022, then soared by 541 bps to 0.89% in 2023, then grew by 4 bps to 0.92% in 2024, then rose by 4 bps to 0.96% in 2025, then sank by 33 bps to 0.64% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CAH's EBT Margin at 0.64% in Q1 2026, 0.96% in Q4 2025, and 0.93% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Mckesson 105.15 Bn 101.18 Bn 4.04 Bn 2.21%
2 Cencora 60.58 Bn 58.40 Bn 3.59 Bn 2.67%
3 Cardinal Health 53.81 Bn 49.87 Bn 2.50 Bn 0.64%
4 Henry Schein 9.71 Bn 9.57 Bn 1.07 Bn 4.45%
5 Akso Health 3.28 Bn 3.28 Bn - -
6 111 651.73 Mn 572.63 Mn 23.58 Mn -0.23%
7 Accendra Health 248.02 Mn -88.86 Mn 278.03 Mn -2.59%
8 Edap Tms 230.14 Mn 215.14 Mn 8.15 Mn -50.18%
9 VitaNova Life Sciences 11.51 Mn 11.01 Mn 316,343.00 6.59%
10 Cosmos Health 9.57 Mn 7.41 Mn 1.38 Mn -15.65%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.64%
Dec 31, 2025 0.96%
Sep 30, 2025 0.93%
Jun 30, 2025 0.64%
Mar 31, 2025 1.21%
Dec 31, 2024 0.92%
Sep 30, 2024 1.03%
Jun 30, 2024 0.65%
Mar 31, 2024 0.62%
Dec 31, 2023 0.89%
Sep 30, 2023 -0.08%
Jun 30, 2023 0.27%
Mar 31, 2023 1.14%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.20%
Sep 30, 2022 0.19%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.09%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.31%
Dec 31, 2021 -2.14%
Sep 30, 2021 0.84%
Jun 30, 2021 0.28%