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How Cardinal Health, Inc. stacks up
CAH · against 1,335 other Healthcare companies
Profitability
85/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #195 of 1,336 · scores higher than 85% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score133 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 · 1,226 reported | 180.0% | 4.7% | 99% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,251 reported | 1.0% | 7.1% | 35% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,315 reported | 3.0% | 1.7% | 60% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,252 reported | Not reported | 3.2% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,394 reported | 3.8% | 45.9% | 16% | 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 | 3.1B EUR (≈$3.4B) | 100 | 100 | |
| 1 | 321.5B INR (≈$3.9B) | 100 | 70 | |
| 1 | 174.8B INR (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 97.3B INR (≈$1.2B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 5 | 12.3B CNY (≈$1.7B) | 99 | 85 | |
| 195 | 1.21T JPY (≈$8.2B) | 85 | 74 | |
| 195 | 16.5B CNY (≈$2.3B) | 85 | 57 | |
| 195 | 22.4B CNY (≈$3.1B) | 85 | 62 | |
| 195 | 1.7B USD | 85 | 77 | |
| 195 | 58.6B USD | 85 | 52 | |
| 195 | 494.7B INR (≈$5.9B) | 85 | 70 | |
| 195 | 1.26T INR (≈$15.1B) | 85 | 63 | |
| 195 | 5.0B SEK (≈$497M) | 85 | 61 | |
| 195 | 100.2B USD | 85 | 68 |
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