How often does CAH pay dividends?

Cardinal Health, Inc. dividend frequency can be quarterly, monthly, semiannual, annual, or none depending on company policy. Check the payout history and event dates on this page.

What is the ex-dividend date for CAH?

The ex-dividend date is the cutoff date to qualify for the next dividend payment. Investors must own CAH before the ex-dividend date.

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Healthcare

Cardinal Health, Inc.(CAH)

Live Price

Offline

$237.92

+1.35% today

1Y Change

+38.70%

Window

Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026

Market Cap: $46.36B
Revenue Growth: -1.9%
EPS Growth: +86.2%
Dividend Yield: 1.0%

Coverage: 248 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026

Research Briefing

A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.

Decision context

Research Snapshot

Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) is a Healthcare stock with a market cap of $46.36B. The stock last traded around $237.92 and up 38.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 24, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.9%, EPS growth of +86.2%, a dividend yield of 1.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.9%, EPS +86.2%, free cash flow -43.1% with operating margin 0.9% and ROIC 11.6%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 29.7 and price/sales 0.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines CAH price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Healthcare peers on this page.

Benchmark Edge

CAH vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs

Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.

Shared 1Y chart + MAX history table

Relative Read

Mixed setup vs SPY

CAH is 20.02 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.

CAH had 11.48 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.

CAH beat SPY in 2 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 0.

CAH

+38.70%

Normalized return

SPY

+18.68%

S&P 500

Excess Return

+20.02 pts

Relative to SPY

CAH Max Drawdown

-20.61%

Trailing 1Y

SPY Max Drawdown

-9.13%

Trailing 1Y

CAHSPY

Calendar-Year Returns

Uses the longest available daily history for CAH and SPY.

Year	CAH	SPY	Excess	Leader
2026	+13.27%	+6.71%	+6.56 pts	CAH
2025	+22.32%	+11.19%	+11.13 pts	CAH

CAH Dividend History

unknown

Dividend Yield

1.04%

Trailing 12M Payout

$0.51

Last Payout

$0.51

Ex: Apr 1, 2026 · Pay: —

Ex-Date	Record	Pay	Dividend	Adj	Frequency
Apr 1, 2026	—	—	$0.51	—	—

No upcoming dividends in the next 90 days

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