Cardinal Health CAH
NYSE CAH
$228.72 +0.26 (+0.11%)
As of: Aug 21, 2026 · 1:29 PM EDT

Cardinal Health (CAH) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Cardinal Health (CAH) posted Interest Coverage Ratio of 0.58 for Q1 2026, down 28.25% sequentially from 0.81 in Q4 2025, and down 31.46% YoY from 0.84 in Q1 2025.

Cardinal Health (CAH) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cardinal Health has reported Interest Coverage Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.58 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio fell 31.46% year-over-year to 0.58 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 2.63 (up 1.09% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 2.61, up 85.34% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio fell to 0.58 in Q1 2026 per CAH's latest filing, from 0.81 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Interest Coverage Ratio peaked at 17.43 in Q2 2024 and troughed at 13.5 in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 1.37 and a median of 0.76 in 2025 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • The widest YoY moves for Interest Coverage Ratio: up 2951.84% in 2023, down 1828.0% in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 0.49 in 2022, then soared by 798.3% to 3.41 in 2023, then tumbled by 81.29% to 0.64 in 2024, then gained by 26.28% to 0.81 in 2025, then retreated by 28.25% to 0.58 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Interest Coverage Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.58, 0.81, and 0.76 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Mckesson 102.44 Bn 97.28 Bn 3.69 Bn 17.13
2 Cencora 61.68 Bn 58.87 Bn 3.61 Bn -
3 Cardinal Health 54.06 Bn 49.20 Bn 2.56 Bn 9.23
4 Henry Schein 10.06 Bn 9.90 Bn 1.10 Bn 3.98
5 Akso Health 715.48 Mn 715.28 Mn - -
6 Edap Tms 156.12 Mn 134.57 Mn 7.34 Mn -
7 Accendra Health 94.72 Mn 87.07 Mn 263.41 Mn -
8 111 30.87 Mn 109.39 Mn 18.18 Mn 2.54
9 Cosmos Health 13.18 Mn 10.74 Mn 1.51 Mn -4.86
10 VitaNova Life Sciences 11.51 Mn 9.91 Mn 264,662.00 -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 9.23
Mar 31, 2026 0.58
Dec 31, 2025 0.81
Sep 30, 2025 0.76
Jun 30, 2025 5.78
Mar 31, 2025 0.84
Dec 31, 2024 0.64
Sep 30, 2024 0.65
Jun 30, 2024 17.43
Mar 31, 2024 1.98
Dec 31, 2023 3.41
Sep 30, 2023 -0.22
Jun 30, 2023 -13.50
Mar 31, 2023 3.23
Dec 31, 2022 -0.49
Sep 30, 2022 0.71
Jun 30, 2022 0.78
Mar 31, 2022 -0.11
Dec 31, 2021 -1.11
Sep 30, 2021 0.49