Growth Metrics

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

Cardinal Health's Gross Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 3.65% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin rose 14.0% year-over-year to 3.65%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 3.7%, up 26.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 3.67%, 40.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 3.65% at Cardinal Health, up from 3.62% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 4.61% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 3.1% in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 3.54% (2021), against an average of 3.55%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Gross Margin crashed -87bps in 2021 before it soared 57bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 3.56% in 2021, then fell by -8bps to 3.27% in 2022, then fell by -2bps to 3.21% in 2023, then increased by 9bps to 3.51% in 2024, then rose by 4bps to 3.65% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAH's Gross Margin are 3.65% (Q4 2025), 3.62% (Q3 2025), and 3.66% (Q2 2025).