Growth and Margin Analysis of Cardinal Health, Inc (CAH)’s Recent Quarter Sales

A share price of Cardinal Health, Inc [CAH] is currently trading at $124.03, up 2.62%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The CAH shares have gain 3.68% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 5.63%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Cardinal Health, Inc [NYSE: CAH] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 08, 2025, when TD Cowen upgraded its rating to a Buy and also boosted its price target to $144 from $130. Previously, Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to Outperform on January 07, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $140. On January 06, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $145 on the stock. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and increased its price target to $127 on December 13, 2024. Leerink Partners started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on February 26, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $125. In a note dated February 09, 2024, Argus upgraded an Buy rating on this stock.

Cardinal Health, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $93.17 and $126.23. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $118.43 within the next 12 months. Cardinal Health, Inc [NYSE: CAH] shares were valued at $124.03 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -4.52% based on the average CAH price forecast.

Analyzing the CAH fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Cardinal Health, Inc [NYSE:CAH] were 224.50B which represents -4.54% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.03% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.01%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.01%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.01%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is -0.38 and Total Capital is 0.26. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at -1.58.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 121.20 points at the first support level, and at 118.36 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 125.59, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 127.14.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Cardinal Health, Inc [NYSE:CAH] is 0.95. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.50 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.13 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 24.10.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Scherer Mary C., Chief Accounting Officer, that happened on Nov 14 ’24 when 3504.0 shares were sold. Chief Legal/Compliance Officer, Mayer Jessica L completed a deal on Aug 21 ’24 to sell 16573.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Mayer Jessica L bought 16573.0 shares on Aug 21 ’24.

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