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How Cardinal Health, Inc. stacks up
CAH · against 557 other Healthcare companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
85/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #78 of 558 · scores higher than 86% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score38 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including CAH · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 85?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, which is stronger than most Healthcare peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 65% of peers. Operating margin: 1.0% vs peer median 7.1%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 3.0% vs peer median 1.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 99% of peers. Return on invested capital: 180.0% vs peer median 4.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CAH, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CAH | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 517 reported | 180.0% | -7.0% | 99% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 479 reported | 1.0% | -2.4% | 54% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 582 reported | 3.0% | -7.8% | 71% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 531 reported | Not reported | -19.7% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 601 reported | 3.8% | 43.9% | 33% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CAH| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 595M USD | 99 | 97 | |
| 1 | 433M USD | 99 | 81 | |
| 1 | 17.9B USD | 99 | 76 | |
| 1 | 52.9B USD | 99 | 57 | |
| 1 | 578M USD | 99 | 73 | |
| 73 | 6.3B USD | 86 | 78 | |
| 73 | 5.7B USD | 86 | 38 | |
| 73 | 296M USD | 86 | 66 | |
| 78 | 1.7B USD | 85 | 77 | |
| 78 | 58.6B USD | 85 | 52 | |
| 78 | 100.2B USD | 85 | 68 | |
| 78 | 4.6B USD | 85 | 61 | |
| 82 | 320M USD | 84 | 44 | |
| 82 | 13.3B USD | 84 | 59 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score