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

Cardinal Health's (CAH) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 3.06% in Q1 2026, down 2055.0% year-on-year from 0.16% in Q1 2025, and down 87.87% quarter-over-quarter from 25.24% in Q4 2025.

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

Cardinal Health has disclosed Tax Rate across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 3.06% for Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 3.06%, down 2055.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 22.75% (up 591.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 25.32%, down 365.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate came in at 3.06% for Q1 2026 at Cardinal Health, down 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.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 24.08% (2025), against an average of 6.91%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate tumbled 98733 bps in 2022 and soared 95088 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Cardinal Health's Tax Rate stood at 25.96% in 2022, then increased by 8 bps to 27.93% in 2023, then decreased by 23 bps to 21.53% in 2024, then rose by 17 bps to 25.24% in 2025, then tumbled by 88 bps to 3.06% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 3.06% (Q1 2026), 25.24% (Q4 2025), and 24.08% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Akso Health 2,315,158.81 Bn 2,315,158.63 Bn - -
2 Mckesson 92.76 Bn 89.18 Bn 4.04 Bn 12.71
3 Cencora 52.82 Bn 50.83 Bn 3.59 Bn 21.98
4 Cardinal Health 52.17 Bn 48.39 Bn 2.50 Bn 3.06
5 Henry Schein 9.19 Bn 9.71 Bn 1.07 Bn 25.33
6 Accendra Health 246.88 Mn -90.00 Mn 312.39 Mn 60.19
7 Edap Tms 161.92 Mn 146.92 Mn 8.15 Mn -1.62
8 111 107.47 Mn 25.61 Mn 23.58 Mn -0.40
9 Cosmos Health 9.42 Mn 7.26 Mn 1.38 Mn -
10 Cellyan Biotechnology 5.69 -2.48 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.06%
Mar 31, 2026 3.06%
Dec 31, 2025 25.24%
Dec 31, 2025 25.24%
Sep 30, 2025 24.08%
Sep 30, 2025 24.08%
Jun 30, 2025 36.72%
Jun 30, 2025 36.72%
Mar 31, 2025 23.61%
Mar 31, 2025 23.61%
Dec 31, 2024 21.53%
Dec 31, 2024 21.53%
Sep 30, 2024 22.92%
Sep 30, 2024 22.92%
Jun 30, 2024 -9.21%
Jun 30, 2024 -9.21%
Mar 31, 2024 23.39%
Mar 31, 2024 23.39%
Dec 31, 2023 27.93%
Dec 31, 2023 27.93%