Cardinal Health (CAH) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cardinal Health's (CAH) quarterly Net Margin came in at 0.62% in Q1 2026, down 30.0% year-on-year from 0.89% in Q1 2025, and down 13.12% quarter-over-quarter from 0.72% in Q4 2025.

Cardinal Health (CAH) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cardinal Health has disclosed Net Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 0.62% for Q1 2026.

  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 0.62%, down 30.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.62% (down 17.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.7%, up 33.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin came in at 0.62% for Q1 2026 at Cardinal Health, down from 0.72% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 0.93% in Q1 2025 to a low of 3.1% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 0.62% (2026), against an average of 0.28%.
  • Across the five-year window, Net Margin sank 340 bps in 2022 and soared 383 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Cardinal Health's Net Margin stood at 0.15% in 2022, then soared by 529 bps to 0.64% in 2023, then grew by 13 bps to 0.73% in 2024, then slipped by 1 bps to 0.72% in 2025, then retreated by 13 bps to 0.62% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 0.62% (Q1 2026), 0.72% (Q4 2025), and 0.71% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Akso Health 2,315,158.81 Bn 2,315,158.63 Bn - -
2 Mckesson 92.76 Bn 89.18 Bn 4.04 Bn 1.93%
3 Cencora 52.82 Bn 50.83 Bn 3.59 Bn 2.08%
4 Cardinal Health 52.17 Bn 48.39 Bn 2.50 Bn 0.62%
5 Henry Schein 9.19 Bn 9.71 Bn 1.07 Bn -16.06%
6 Accendra Health 246.88 Mn -90.00 Mn 312.39 Mn -
7 Edap Tms 161.92 Mn 146.92 Mn 8.15 Mn -50.99%
8 111 107.47 Mn 25.61 Mn 23.58 Mn -0.58%
9 Cosmos Health 9.42 Mn 7.26 Mn 1.38 Mn -15.65%
10 Cellyan Biotechnology 5.69 -2.48 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.62%
Dec 31, 2025 0.72%
Sep 30, 2025 0.71%
Jun 30, 2025 0.40%
Mar 31, 2025 0.93%
Dec 31, 2024 0.73%
Sep 30, 2024 0.80%
Jun 30, 2024 0.71%
Mar 31, 2024 0.48%
Dec 31, 2023 0.64%
Sep 30, 2023 -0.02%
Jun 30, 2023 0.15%
Mar 31, 2023 0.73%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.15%
Sep 30, 2022 0.20%
Jun 30, 2022 0.29%
Mar 31, 2022 -3.10%
Dec 31, 2021 0.11%
Sep 30, 2021 0.62%
Jun 30, 2021 0.26%