Growth Metrics

Cardinal Health (CAH) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Cardinal Health (CAH) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 17 consecutive years, with -$153.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 15.0% to -$153.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$153.0 million through Dec 2025, up 15.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $783.0 million for FY2025, 568.86% up from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings hit -$153.0 million in Q4 2025 for Cardinal Health, up from -$159.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $1.2 billion in Q4 2021 to a low of -$654.0 million in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Retained Earnings has averaged $55.8 million across 5 years, with a median of -$148.5 million in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Retained Earnings: soared 2449.06% in 2021 and later plummeted 1235.71% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at $1.2 billion in 2021, then plummeted by 111.73% to -$146.0 million in 2022, then decreased by 6.16% to -$155.0 million in 2023, then dropped by 16.13% to -$180.0 million in 2024, then grew by 15.0% to -$153.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Retained Earnings for CAH at -$153.0 million in Q4 2025, -$159.0 million in Q3 2025, and $783.0 million in Q2 2025.