Cardinal Health (CAH) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)
Cardinal Health (CAH) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 1.08% as the latest value for Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital fell 28.0% to 1.08% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 1.08% through Dec 2025, down 28.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.45% for FY2025, 4.0% down from the prior year.
- Return on Invested Capital hit 1.08% in Q4 2025 for Cardinal Health, down from 1.15% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 10.81% in Q1 2024 to a low of 6.68% in Q3 2024.
- Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.19% across 5 years, with a median of 0.17% in 2021.
- Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: soared 1114bps in 2024 and later plummeted -1041bps in 2025.
- Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.82% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 120bps to 0.16% in 2022, then crashed by -295bps to 0.32% in 2023, then soared by 530bps to 1.36% in 2024, then decreased by -21bps to 1.08% in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for CAH at 1.08% in Q4 2025, 1.15% in Q3 2025, and 0.32% in Q2 2025.