How Cardinal Health (CAH) Makes Money: A Visual Guide
Cardinal Health (CAH) generated $244.49B in revenue (TTM through Q4 2025), earning $1.67B in net profit (0.7% margin). Its largest revenue source is Pharmaceutical Member (92.1% of revenue). Below is an interactive breakdown of how revenue flows through the income statement.
Cardinal Health (CAH) Income Statement Flow
Frequently asked questions
How does Cardinal Health (CAH) make money?
- Cardinal Health (CAH) primarily makes money through Pharmaceutical Member, which accounts for 92.1% of total revenue. For TTM through Q4 2025, Cardinal Health generated $244.49B in total revenue with a net profit margin of 0.7%.
What is Cardinal Health (CAH) gross profit margin?
- Cardinal Health (CAH) reported a gross profit margin of 3.6% for TTM through Q4 2025, equivalent to $8.86B in gross profit. This means Cardinal Health retains 3.6% of each revenue unit after direct costs of production.
What is Cardinal Health (CAH) operating profit margin?
- Cardinal Health (CAH) reported an operating profit margin of 1% for TTM through Q4 2025, equivalent to $2.53B in operating profit. This reflects profitability after operating expenses such as R&D, sales, and administration, but before taxes and non-operating items.
What is Cardinal Health (CAH) net profit margin?
- Cardinal Health (CAH) reported a net profit margin of 0.7% for TTM through Q4 2025, equivalent to $1.67B in net profit. This is the share of revenue that remains as profit after all expenses, taxes, and non-operating items.
How much does Cardinal Health (CAH) spend on capital expenditures?
- Cardinal Health (CAH) spent $597.00M on capital expenditures in TTM through Q4 2025 (0.2% of total revenue). Capital expenditures represent investments in physical assets such as property, equipment, and infrastructure.
What is Cardinal Health (CAH) free cash flow?
- Cardinal Health (CAH) generated $5.51B in free cash flow for TTM through Q4 2025 (2.3% of total revenue). Free cash flow is the cash remaining after capital expenditures and represents the company's ability to fund growth, pay dividends, or reduce debt.
What is Cardinal Health (CAH) effective tax rate?
- Cardinal Health (CAH) had an effective tax rate of 26.4% for TTM through Q4 2025. This is the actual percentage of pre-tax income paid as income taxes.
About this data
- What is a Sankey diagram?
- A Sankey diagram shows how money flows through a company from revenue to net profit. The width of each flow represents its proportion.
- How is the data calculated?
- We use the income statement from company filings. For TTM (Trailing Twelve Months), we sum the last four quarters. Revenue flows to cost of revenue and gross profit, then to operating expenses (R&D, S&M, G&A) and operating profit.
- When was this data last updated?
- Based on company filings through TTM through Q4 2025.