Cardinal Health (CAH) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Cardinal Health has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 15.02% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 15.02%, down 408.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 15.02% (down 408.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 22.25%, up 779.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 15.02% for Q1 2026 at Cardinal Health, down from 18.99% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 19.58% in Q3 2024 to a low of 7.45% in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 12.61% (2024), against an average of 10.13%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 1622 bps in 2022 and soared 1793 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Cardinal Health's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.33% in 2022, then surged by 5494 bps to 17.61% in 2023, then grew by 9 bps to 19.24% in 2024, then decreased by 1 bps to 18.99% in 2025, then decreased by 21 bps to 15.02% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 15.02% (Q1 2026), 18.99% (Q4 2025), and 17.08% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.