Cardinal Health (CAH) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Cardinal Health (CAH) reported Tax Rate of 3.06% for Q1 2026, down 2055.0% on a YoY basis from 0.16% in Q1 2025, and down 87.87% sequentially from 25.24% in Q4 2025.

Cardinal Health (CAH) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cardinal Health (CAH) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 3.06% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 2055.0% year-over-year to 3.06%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 22.75% (down 63.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 25.32%, down 365.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate slipped to 3.06% in Q1 2026, from 25.24% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 418.6% in Q2 2022 to a low of 914.6% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 1.85% and a median of 25.24% in 2025 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate sank 98733 bps in 2022 and soared 95088 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Tracing CAH's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 25.96% in 2022, then grew by 8 bps to 27.93% in 2023, then retreated by 23 bps to 21.53% in 2024, then increased by 17 bps to 25.24% in 2025, then plunged by 88 bps to 3.06% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CAH's Tax Rate at 3.06% in Q1 2026, 25.24% in Q4 2025, and 24.08% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Mckesson 105.15 Bn 101.18 Bn 4.04 Bn 12.71%
2 Cencora 60.58 Bn 58.40 Bn 3.59 Bn 21.98%
3 Cardinal Health 53.81 Bn 49.87 Bn 2.50 Bn 3.06%
4 Henry Schein 9.71 Bn 9.57 Bn 1.07 Bn 25.33%
5 Akso Health 3.28 Bn 3.28 Bn - -
6 111 651.73 Mn 572.63 Mn 23.58 Mn -0.40%
7 Accendra Health 248.02 Mn -88.86 Mn 278.03 Mn 60.19%
8 Edap Tms 230.14 Mn 215.14 Mn 8.15 Mn -1.62%
9 VitaNova Life Sciences 11.51 Mn 11.01 Mn 316,343.00 194.93%
10 Cosmos Health 9.57 Mn 7.41 Mn 1.38 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.06%
Mar 31, 2026 3.06%
Mar 31, 2026 3.06%
Dec 31, 2025 25.24%
Dec 31, 2025 25.24%
Dec 31, 2025 25.24%
Sep 30, 2025 24.08%
Sep 30, 2025 24.08%
Sep 30, 2025 24.08%
Jun 30, 2025 36.72%
Jun 30, 2025 36.72%
Jun 30, 2025 36.72%
Mar 31, 2025 23.61%
Mar 31, 2025 23.61%
Mar 31, 2025 23.61%
Dec 31, 2024 21.53%
Dec 31, 2024 21.53%
Dec 31, 2024 21.53%
Sep 30, 2024 22.92%
Sep 30, 2024 22.92%