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

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

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

Cardinal Health (CAH) has 18 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.58 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Interest Coverage Ratio fell 31.46% year-over-year to 0.58; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.63 (up 1.09% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 2.61, up 85.34% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio fell to 0.58 in Q1 2026, from 0.81 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Interest Coverage Ratio ranged from a high of 44.56 in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.49 in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 3.84 and a median of 0.78 in 2022 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • Across the five-year window, Interest Coverage Ratio sank 131.01% in 2023 and soared 3337.93% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Tracing CAH's Interest Coverage Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.49 in 2022, then soared by 798.3% to 3.41 in 2023, then plunged by 81.29% to 0.64 in 2024, then grew by 26.28% to 0.81 in 2025, then dropped by 28.25% to 0.58 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CAH's Interest Coverage Ratio at 0.58 in Q1 2026, 0.81 in Q4 2025, and 0.76 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Mckesson 105.76 Bn 101.78 Bn 4.04 Bn 25.60
2 Cencora 60.90 Bn 58.72 Bn 3.59 Bn 1.95
3 Cardinal Health 53.91 Bn 49.98 Bn 2.50 Bn 0.58
4 Henry Schein 9.77 Bn 9.64 Bn 1.07 Bn 1.77
5 Akso Health 3.06 Bn 3.06 Bn - -
6 111 651.73 Mn 572.63 Mn 23.58 Mn 0.03
7 Accendra Health 247.64 Mn -89.24 Mn 278.03 Mn 0.53
8 Edap Tms 230.14 Mn 215.14 Mn 8.15 Mn -57.10
9 VitaNova Life Sciences 11.51 Mn 11.01 Mn 316,343.00 -
10 Cosmos Health 9.40 Mn 7.24 Mn 1.38 Mn -0.96

Historic Data

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DateValue
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 44.56
Mar 31, 2024 1.98
Dec 31, 2023 3.41
Sep 30, 2023 -0.22
Jun 30, 2023 1.30
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
Jun 30, 2021 -2.00