Cardinal Health (CAH) Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Cardinal Health has disclosed Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.3 for Q2 2026.

• In Q2 2026, Payout Ratio fell 39.25% year-over-year to 0.3; the TTM figure through Jun 2026 stood at 0.29 (down 8.16% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 0.29, down 8.54% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio came in at 0.3 for Q2 2026 at Cardinal Health, down from 0.32 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 21.0 in Q2 2023 to a low of 11.91 in Q3 2023.
• Average Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.77, with a median of 0.32 recorded in 2024.
• The largest YoY upside for Payout Ratio was 2047.01% in 2023 against a maximum downside of 930.28% in 2023.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 1.68 in 2022, then jumped by 119.9% to 0.33 in 2023, then dropped by 4.24% to 0.32 in 2024, then fell by 14.86% to 0.27 in 2025, then increased by 10.39% to 0.3 in 2026.
• Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Payout Ratio figures were 0.3 in Q2 2026, 0.32 in Q1 2026, and 0.27 in Q4 2025.