Growth Metrics

Cardinal Health (CAH) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cardinal Health (CAH) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 3.65% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 14.0% to 3.65% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 3.7% through Dec 2025, up 25.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 3.67% for FY2025, 40.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin hit 3.65% in Q4 2025 for Cardinal Health, up from 3.62% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 4.61% in Q1 2021 to a low of 3.14% in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 3.55% across 5 years, with a median of 3.54% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: plummeted -87bps in 2021 and later skyrocketed 52bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 3.56% in 2021, then dropped by -8bps to 3.27% in 2022, then dropped by -1bps to 3.23% in 2023, then rose by 9bps to 3.51% in 2024, then grew by 4bps to 3.65% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Gross Margin for CAH at 3.65% in Q4 2025, 3.62% in Q3 2025, and 3.66% in Q2 2025.