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

Cardinal Health (CAH) reported Gross Margin of 4.1% for Q1 2026, up 23.0% on a YoY basis from 3.33% in Q1 2025, and up 12.23% sequentially from 3.65% in Q4 2025.

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

Cardinal Health (CAH) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 4.1% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 23.0% year-over-year to 4.1%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 3.76% (up 22.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 3.67%, up 40.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin advanced to 4.1% in Q1 2026, from 3.65% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 4.1% in Q1 2026 to a low of 3.14% in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 3.51% and a median of 3.53% in 2024 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin slumped 86 bps in 2022 and surged 52 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing CAH's Gross Margin over 5 years: stood at 3.27% in 2022, then dropped by 1 bps to 3.23% in 2023, then climbed by 9 bps to 3.51% in 2024, then gained by 4 bps to 3.65% in 2025, then increased by 12 bps to 4.1% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CAH's Gross Margin at 4.1% in Q1 2026, 3.65% in Q4 2025, and 3.62% in Q3 2025.

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