Cardinal Health PE ratio CAH

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 34.5×
10-year median: 25.1×
Against its 10-year history: 72nd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 9.5× to 489×
Peer median: 24.8×

Cardinal Health's PE ratio is 34.5× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $249.57 against $7.24 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 25.1×, higher than on 72% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.5× in Aug 2019 to 489× in May 2019.

The median for 3 medical distribution stocks of a similar size is 24.8×.

PE ratio over time

median 25.1×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	34.5×	28.1×	36.5×
2025	31.4×	23.0×	32.0×
2024	23.2×	22.6×	173×
2023	165×	47.3×	176×
2022	30.6×	13.1×	33.1×
2021	13.3×	11.0×	26.0×
2020	16.1×	15.6×	17.3×
2019	11.2×	9.5×	489×
2018	19.2×	19.2×	74.2×
2017	14.6×	14.6×	19.9×
2016	17.4×	15.6×	21.1×
2015	22.4×	21.4×	28.3×
2014	25.8×	21.1×	73.8×
2013	58.4×	12.6×	63.4×
2012	12.8×	12.4×	16.6×
2011	15.8×	14.7×	17.5×
2010	14.5×	13.3×	20.8×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
CAHCardinal Health	34.5×
CORCencora	24.6×
MCKMcKesson	26.8×
HSICHenry Schein	24.8×
Peer median	24.8×

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

More on Cardinal Health

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.