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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |