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How to buy Cardinal Health shares
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Cardinal Health, Inc (CAH) is a leading medical distribution business based in the US. Cardinal Health is listed on the NYSE and employs 48,000 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars.
How to buy shares in Cardinal Health
- Choose a platform. If you're a beginner, our share-dealing table below can help you choose.
- Open your account. You'll need your ID, bank details and national insurance number.
- Confirm your payment details. You'll need to fund your account with a bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
- Search the platform for stock code: CAH in this case.
- Research Cardinal Health shares. The platform should provide the latest information available.
- Buy your Cardinal Health shares. It's that simple.
What's in this guide?
- Can I buy shares in Cardinal Health?
- Cardinal Health shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is Cardinal Health stock a buy or sell?
- Can I short Cardinal Health shares?
- Is Cardinal Health suitable for ethical investing?
- Are Cardinal Health shares over-valued?
- Cardinal Health's financials
- How volatile are Cardinal Health shares?
- Does Cardinal Health pay a dividend?
- Have Cardinal Health shares ever split?
- Other common questions
Cardinal Health share price
Use our graph to track the performance of CAH stocks over time.Cardinal Health shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-01-24.
| 52-week range | $39.4056 - $58.6524 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $54.7667 |
| 200-day moving average | $51.9484 |
| Wall St. target price | $62.5 |
| PE ratio | 16.6386 |
| Dividend yield | $1.94 (3.51%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $3.329 |
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Is it a good time to buy Cardinal Health stock?
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Is Cardinal Health under- or over-valued?
Valuing Cardinal Health stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Cardinal Health's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Cardinal Health's P/E ratio
Cardinal Health's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 17x. In other words, Cardinal Health shares trade at around 17x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Cardinal Health's PEG ratio
Cardinal Health's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.9319. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Cardinal Health's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Cardinal Health's EBITDA
Cardinal Health's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $2.7 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Cardinal Health's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Cardinal Health financials
| Revenue TTM | $154.6 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 1.16% |
| Gross profit TTM | $6.9 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 2.78% |
| Return on equity TTM | 83.76% |
| Profit margin | 0.63% |
| Book value | $4.837 |
| Market capitalisation | $16.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
How to short and sell Cardinal Health shares
- Create a CFD or spread betting account.
- Search for the stock code. E.g. "CAH.US"
- Choose your position size.
- Select "sell" rather than "buy".
- Confirm your position and keep tabs on it. You may wish to set limits on your position.
There are currently 3.0 million Cardinal Health shares held short by investors – that's known as Cardinal Health's "short interest". This figure is 34.9% down from 4.6 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Cardinal Health shares can be evaluated.
Cardinal Health's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Cardinal Health's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Cardinal Health shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Cardinal Health shares traded daily (recently around 1.9 million). Cardinal Health's SIR currently stands at 1.55. In other words for every 100,000 Cardinal Health shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1550 shares are currently held short.
However Cardinal Health's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Cardinal Health shares, or, against the total number of tradable Cardinal Health shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Cardinal Health's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Cardinal Health shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0117% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Cardinal Health shares, roughly 12 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Cardinal Health.
Find out more about how you can short Cardinal Health stock.
Cardinal Health's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Cardinal Health.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Cardinal Health's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 12.66
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Cardinal Health's overall score of 12.66 (as at 01/01/2019) is excellent – landing it in it in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Cardinal Health is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Cardinal Health's environmental score
Environmental score: 0.25/100
Cardinal Health's social score
Social score: 5.84/100
Cardinal Health's governance score
Governance score: 1.08/100
Cardinal Health's controversy score
Controversy score: 3/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. A high-profile company, Cardinal Health scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that Cardinal Health hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Cardinal Health, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 12.66 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 6.34 |
| Environmental score | 0.25 |
| Social score | 5.84 |
| Governance score | 1.08 |
| Level of controversy | 3 |
Cardinal Health share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 34.07% of net profits
Recently Cardinal Health has paid out, on average, around 34.07% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 3.51% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Cardinal Health shareholders could enjoy a 3.51% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Cardinal Health's case, that would currently equate to about $1.94 per share.
While Cardinal Health's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Cardinal Health may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Cardinal Health's most recent dividend payout was on 15 January 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 31 December 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Cardinal Health's shares ever split?
Cardinal Health's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 23 April 2001. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Cardinal Health shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Cardinal Health shares which in turn could have impacted Cardinal Health's share price.
Cardinal Health share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Cardinal Health's shares have ranged in value from as little as $39.4056 up to $58.6524. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Cardinal Health's is 1.0478. This would suggest that Cardinal Health's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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Cardinal Health overview
Cardinal Health, Inc. operates as an integrated healthcare services and products company in the United States and internationally. It provides customized solutions for hospitals, healthcare systems, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, and physician offices. The company operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Medical. The Pharmaceutical segment distributes branded and generic pharmaceutical, specialty pharmaceutical, and over-the-counter healthcare and consumer products. It also provides services to pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare providers for specialty pharmaceutical products; operates nuclear pharmacies and radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities; and offers pharmacy management services to hospitals, as well as medication therapy management and patient outcomes services to hospitals, other healthcare providers, and payers. In addition, this segment repackages generic pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter healthcare products. The Medical segment manufactures, sources, and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical, and laboratory products. It also provides incontinence, nutritional delivery, wound care, cardiovascular, and endovascular products; single-use surgical drapes, gowns and apparel, and fluid suction and collection systems; urology products; operating room supplies; and electrode products. In addition, this segment distributes a range of national brand products, including medical, surgical, and laboratory products; and provides supply chain services and solutions to hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, and other healthcare providers. Cardinal Health, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.
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