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Cardinal Health forward PE CAH

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
19.9×
10-year median
13.5×
Against its 10-year history
98th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
8.6× to 20.5×
Peer median
19.3×

Cardinal Health's forward PE is 19.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 13.5×, higher than on 98% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.6× in Oct 2020 to 20.5× in Jan 2026.

The median for 3 medical distribution stocks of a similar size is 19.3×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far19.9×15.5×20.5×
202519.8×14.2×20.2×
202414.6×12.9×16.2×
202314.6×11.6×15.5×
202213.9×10.4×15.7×
202110.6×9.1×11.7×
20209.7×8.6×12.2×
201911.0×9.0×12.0×
201810.3×10.2×16.8×
201713.6×12.6×18.0×
201615.7×13.9×18.7×
201518.8×16.8×20.6×
201419.4×16.6×19.8×
201319.2×13.0×19.2×
201212.6×12.0×14.2×
201113.5×13.4×17.7×
201016.4×14.3×18.0×
200916.1×11.1×18.8×
200810.8×9.8×18.2×
200717.0×16.8×21.9×

Against its peers

Companies in Medical - Distribution nearest Cardinal Health's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
CAHCardinal Health19.9×
CORCencora17.0×
MCKMcKesson21.6×
HSICHenry Scheinn/m
Peer median19.3×

Where Cardinal Health ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.