XNYS · Medical Distribution
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$225.38-0.42%
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What to watch
- Quality & growth
Quality & growth
30%40Weak
- Revenue growth 14.2%
- EPS growth 12.1%
Valuation
25%54Moderate
- P/E 31.0
- EV/Sales 0.2
Cardinal Health is one of three leading pharmaceutical wholesalers in the US, engaged in sourcing and distributing of branded, generic, and specialty pharmaceutical products to pharmacies (retail chains, independent, and mail order), hospital networks, and healthcare providers. Cardinal, Cencora, and McKesson hold well over 90% of the US pharmaceutical wholesale industry. Cardinal Health also supplies medical-surgical products and equipment to healthcare facilities in North America, Europe, and Asia.
#235 by market cap in our coverage · ~57,700 employees · Listed 1983-08-04 · www.cardinalhealth.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
Revenue growth (sector)Top 36%
Gross margin (sector)Top 98%
P/E (sector)Pricier than 51%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
54/100Moderate
Weighted composite of momentum, trend, relative strength, oscillators, volatility, drawdown and liquidity — not yet ranked against the universe in this run · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
2 buy · 5 sell · 1 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale reads CAH's technical setup as middling at 54/100, not yet ranked against the universe in this run. Classic chart indicators lean sell — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
3 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+3.9%
- vs 50-day-3.5%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)36 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIsell
- Williams %Rbuy
Trend
Weak
- ADX (14) trend strength22· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -1.874)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 3 buy vs 6 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 4 sell · 1 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 5 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)31.0
- P/S (TTM)0.2
- P/B—
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales0.2
- PEG2.57
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin3.8%
- Net margin0.7%
- ROE—
- Debt/Equity—
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)14.2%
- EPS growth (YoY)12.1%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs sector peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $53.2B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Jun '26 | Jun '25 | Jun '24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $254.2B | $222.6B | $226.8B |
| Gross profit | $9.8B | $8.2B | $7.4B |
| Operating income | $2.6B | $2.3B | $1.3B |
| Net income | $1.7B | $1.6B | $852M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.23 | $6.45 | $3.45 |
| Free cash flow | $4.6B | $1.9B | $3.3B |
| Cash | $4.9B | $3.9B | $5.1B |
| Total debt | $8.9B | $8.5B | $5.1B |
| Equity | -$2.9B | -$2.8B | -$3.2B |
| Net debt | $4.0B | $4.7B | -$41M |
| Debt / equity | -3.08 | -3.07 | -1.58 |
| Liabilities / assets | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.07 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAHCurrentCardinal Health | — | 54 | 31.0 | — | — | 0.2 | $225.38 | -0.42% | +14.2% | ||
| EXELExelixis | 81 | 80 | 17.6 | — | 8.2 | 6.1 | $58.36 | -0.22% | +9.2% | ||
| INCYIncyte | 81 | 76 | 16.2 | — | 4.1 | 3.8 | $125.31 | -1.81% | +26.9% | ||
| ACADAcadia Pharmaceuticals | 80 | 63 | 12.4 | — | 3.6 | 3.8 | $27.29 | -0.58% | +11.8% | ||
| OSCROscar Health Inc - | 78 | 67 | 19.5 | — | 5.2 | 0.5 | $32.13 | +0.47% | +43.1% | ||
| TGTXTG Therapeutics | 77 | 73 | 20.3 | — | 14.8 | 11.5 | $56.87 | +0.71% | +76.1% |
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