TTM
0.6%
YoY change
+0.33pp
Trough year (2020)
-2.4%
Peak year (2003)
2.5%
Latest annual
0.7%
Net Profit Margin history chart for Cardinal Health (CAH) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: 0.7%
Net Profit Margin change chart for Cardinal Health (CAH) from 1986 to 2025
Latest: +0.33pp
Net Profit Margin history table for Cardinal Health (CAH) from 1986 to 2025
| 2025 | 0.7% | +0.33pp | ||
| 2024 | 0.4% | +0.21pp | ||
| 2023 | 0.2% | +0.68pp | ||
| 2022 | -0.5% | -0.89pp | ||
| 2021 | 0.4% | +2.79pp | ||
| 2020 | -2.4% | -3.35pp | ||
| 2019 | 0.9% | +0.75pp | ||
| 2018 | 0.2% | -0.80pp | ||
| 2017 | 1.0% | -0.18pp | ||
| 2016 | 1.2% | -0.01pp | ||
| 2015 | 1.2% | -0.10pp | ||
| 2014 | 1.3% | +0.95pp | ||
| 2013 | 0.3% | -0.66pp | ||
| 2012 | 1.0% | +0.06pp | ||
| 2011 | 0.9% | +0.28pp | ||
| 2010 | 0.7% | -0.55pp | ||
| 2009 | 1.2% | -0.29pp | ||
| 2008 | 1.5% | -0.74pp | ||
| 2007 | 2.2% | +0.97pp | ||
| 2006 | 1.3% | -0.19pp | ||
| 2005 | 1.4% | -0.84pp | ||
| 2004 | 2.3% | -0.19pp | ||
| 2003 | 2.5% | +0.41pp | ||
| 2002 | 2.1% | +0.28pp | ||
| 2001 | 1.8% | +0.02pp | ||
| 2000 | 1.8% | -0.04pp | ||
| 1999 | 1.8% | +0.64pp | ||
| 1998 | 1.2% | +0.19pp | ||
| 1997 | 1.0% | -0.23pp | ||
| 1996 | 1.2% | +0.19pp | ||
| 1995 | 1.0% | +0.41pp | ||
| 1994 | 0.6% | -1.10pp | ||
| 1993 | 1.7% | +0.18pp | ||
| 1992 | 1.5% | +0.06pp | ||
| 1991 | 1.5% | +0.00pp | ||
| 1990 | 1.5% | +0.21pp | ||
| 1989 | 1.3% | -0.00pp | ||
| 1988 | 1.3% | +0.43pp | ||
| 1987 | 0.8% | -0.57pp | ||
| 1986 | 1.4% | — |
- 20250.7%+0.33pp
- 20240.4%+0.21pp
- 20230.2%+0.68pp
- 2022-0.5%-0.89pp
- 20210.4%+2.79pp
- 2020-2.4%-3.35pp
- 20190.9%+0.75pp
- 20180.2%-0.80pp
- 20171.0%-0.18pp
- 20161.2%-0.01pp
- 20151.2%-0.10pp
- 20141.3%+0.95pp
- 20130.3%-0.66pp
- 20121.0%+0.06pp
- 20110.9%+0.28pp
- 20100.7%-0.55pp
- 20091.2%-0.29pp
- 20081.5%-0.74pp
- 20072.2%+0.97pp
- 20061.3%-0.19pp
- 20051.4%-0.84pp
- 20042.3%-0.19pp
- 20032.5%+0.41pp
- 20022.1%+0.28pp
- 20011.8%+0.02pp
- 20001.8%-0.04pp
- 19991.8%+0.64pp
- 19981.2%+0.19pp
- 19971.0%-0.23pp
- 19961.2%+0.19pp
- 19951.0%+0.41pp
- 19940.6%-1.10pp
- 19931.7%+0.18pp
- 19921.5%+0.06pp
- 19911.5%+0.00pp
- 19901.5%+0.21pp
- 19891.3%-0.00pp
- 19881.3%+0.43pp
- 19870.8%-0.57pp
- 19861.4%—
Net Profit Margin values are taken from Cardinal Health's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Net Profit Margin at Cardinal Health (CAH)
According to Cardinal Health's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 0.6%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual net margin for Cardinal Health (CAH) came in at 0.70% – expanded 0.3 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual net margin stands at 2.48%, reached in 2003; the historical low of -2.41% was recorded in 2020.
Cardinal Health Net Profit Margin by Year
Cardinal Health Net Profit Margin 2025: 0.7%
2025's net margin for Cardinal Health came in at 0.70%, expanded 0.3 percentage points from 2024.
Cardinal Health Net Profit Margin 2024: 0.4%
Cardinal Health posted net margin of 0.38% in 2024, expanded 0.2 percentage points from 2023.
Cardinal Health Net Profit Margin 2023: 0.2%
In 2023, Cardinal Health reported net margin of 0.16%, expanded 0.7 percentage points from 2022.
Cardinal Health Net Profit Margin 2022: -0.5%
Cardinal Health net margin in 2022 was -0.52%, contracted 0.9 percentage points from 2021.
Cardinal Health Net Profit Margin 2021: 0.4%
Cardinal Health net margin in 2021 was 0.38%.
See more financial history for Cardinal Health (CAH).
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