Cardinal Health (CAH) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Cardinal Health's (CAH) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 4.1% in Q1 2026, up 23.0% year-on-year from 3.33% in Q1 2025, and up 12.23% quarter-over-quarter from 3.65% in Q4 2025.
Cardinal Health (CAH) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cardinal Health has disclosed Gross Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 4.1% for Q1 2026.
- Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 4.1%, up 23.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 3.76% (up 22.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 3.67%, up 40.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin came in at 4.1% for Q1 2026 at Cardinal Health, up 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.
- The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 3.53% (2024), against an average of 3.51%.
- Across the five-year window, Gross Margin plunged 86 bps in 2022 and surged 52 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
- Cardinal Health's Gross Margin stood at 3.27% in 2022, then declined by 1 bps to 3.23% in 2023, then grew by 9 bps to 3.51% in 2024, then advanced by 4 bps to 3.65% in 2025, then rose by 12 bps to 4.1% in 2026.
- The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 4.1% (Q1 2026), 3.65% (Q4 2025), and 3.62% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
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