Cardinal Health price to free cash flow CAH

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 12.8×
10-year median: 9.3×
Against its 10-year history: 77th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 4.6× to 40.1×
Peer median: 16.6×

Cardinal Health's price to free cash flow is 12.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 9.3×, higher than on 77% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 4.6× in May 2023 to 40.1× in Jun 2017.

The median for 3 medical distribution stocks of a similar size is 16.6×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 9.3×

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	12.8×	8.5×	13.1×
2025	11.1×	10.2×	29.4×
2024	27.2×	7.3×	28.0×
2023	8.7×	4.6×	9.9×
2022	5.9×	5.8×	37.6×
2021	12.9×	5.0×	12.9×
2020	6.3×	6.1×	11.6×
2019	11.1×	5.1×	12.1×
2018	8.4×	5.8×	13.6×
2017	10.3×	8.8×	40.1×
2016	8.7×	7.9×	13.3×
2015	14.1×	11.5×	20.2×
2014	19.7×	10.6×	20.0×
2013	12.0×	11.1×	15.9×
2012	13.9×	10.1×	15.4×
2011	10.0×	8.1×	14.2×
2010	8.0×	5.8×	8.2×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
CAHCardinal Health	12.8×
CORCencora	15.6×
MCKMcKesson	18.2×
HSICHenry Schein	16.6×
Peer median	16.6×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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.