Cardinal Health (CAH) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Cardinal Health's (CAH) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $1.6 billion in Q1 2026, up 16.68% year-on-year from $1.3 billion in Q1 2025, and up 2.75% quarter-over-quarter from $1.5 billion in Q4 2025.

Cardinal Health (CAH) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cardinal Health has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $1.6 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $1.6 billion, up 16.68% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $6.1 billion (up 14.68% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $5.5 billion, up 5.7% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $1.6 billion for Q1 2026 at Cardinal Health, up from $1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.6 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $1.2 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $1.3 billion (2024), against an average of $1.3 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses declined 1.06% in 2023 and climbed 16.68% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Cardinal Health's Operating Expenses stood at $1.2 billion in 2022, then rose by 8.36% to $1.3 billion in 2023, then grew by 1.47% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then grew by 15.97% to $1.5 billion in 2025, then advanced by 2.75% to $1.6 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.6 billion (Q1 2026), $1.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.5 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (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 1.89 Bn
3 Cencora 52.82 Bn 50.83 Bn 3.59 Bn 2.11 Bn
4 Cardinal Health 52.17 Bn 48.39 Bn 2.50 Bn 1.57 Bn
5 Henry Schein 9.19 Bn 9.71 Bn 1.07 Bn 162.00 Mn
6 Accendra Health 246.88 Mn -90.00 Mn 312.39 Mn 610.66 Mn
7 Edap Tms 161.92 Mn 146.92 Mn 8.15 Mn 8.39 Mn
8 111 107.47 Mn 25.61 Mn 23.58 Mn -403.32 Mn
9 Cosmos Health 9.42 Mn 7.26 Mn 1.38 Mn 3.57 Mn
10 Cellyan Biotechnology 5.69 -2.48 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.57 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.48 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.51 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.32 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.30 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.35 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.32 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.30 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.21 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.27 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.19 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.20 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.22 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.16 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.16 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.13 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.16 Bn