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

Cardinal Health (CAH) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 0.84% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 49.0% year-over-year to 0.84%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.92% (down 9.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.02%, up 47.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin eased to 0.84% in Q1 2026, from 1.08% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 1.33% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.22% in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of 0.62% and a median of 0.71% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• Peak annual rise in Operating Margin reached 192 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 142 bps in 2022.
• Tracing CAH's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 0.17% in 2022, then surged by 626 bps to 0.88% in 2023, then grew by 13 bps to 0.99% in 2024, then rose by 8 bps to 1.08% in 2025, then declined by 22 bps to 0.84% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CAH's Operating Margin at 0.84% in Q1 2026, 1.08% in Q4 2025, and 1.04% in Q3 2025.