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Cardinal Health (CAH) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Cardinal Health (CAH) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.19% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% to 0.19% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.19% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.22% for FY2025, 8.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.19% in Q4 2025 for Cardinal Health, up from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.2% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.07% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.09% across 5 years, with a median of 0.08% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: rose 28bps in 2021 and later decreased -16bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.01% in 2021, then tumbled by -151bps to 0.0% in 2022, then soared by 5494bps to 0.18% in 2023, then grew by 9bps to 0.19% in 2024, then decreased by -1bps to 0.19% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for CAH at 0.19% in Q4 2025, 0.17% in Q3 2025, and 0.18% in Q2 2025.