Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) operates as a global healthcare services and products company providing integrated solutions across the pharmaceutical distribution and medical products sectors. The company's website is www.cardinalhealth.com. From the company’s description.
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What Cardinal Health does
In the company’s own words
Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) operates as a global healthcare services and products company providing integrated solutions across the pharmaceutical distribution and medical products sectors. The company's website is www.cardinalhealth.com.
The company serves hospitals, healthcare systems, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, physician offices, and patients in the home through two primary reportable segments. The Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions segment distributes branded and generic pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmaceutical products, and over-the-counter healthcare items throughout the United States. This division also provides specialty pharmaceutical services to manufacturers and healthcare providers, operates pharmacy management services for hospitals, manages physician practice organizations through its multi-specialty managed services organization platforms including The Specialty Alliance and Navista, and repackages generic pharmaceuticals. The Global Medical Products and Distribution segment manufactures, sources, and distributes Cardinal Health brand medical, surgical, and laboratory products across the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and other markets, while also distributing national brand medical products to healthcare providers.
Beyond these core segments, Cardinal Health operates Nuclear and Precision Health Solutions, which manufactures and distributes radiopharmaceuticals for imaging and therapeutic procedures; at-Home Solutions, which provides medical supplies directly to patients and through distribution channels; and OptiFreight Logistics, which optimizes shipping and logistics for healthcare providers.
Cardinal Health generated total revenue of $254.2 billion in fiscal 2026, with the Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions segment representing approximately ninety-two percent of total segment revenue. The company connects patients, providers, payers, pharmacists, and manufacturers to enhance healthcare system efficiency and supply chain coordination. The organization maintains significant scale through its distribution infrastructure, manufacturing capabilities, and managed services platforms, positioning it as a critical intermediary in the healthcare supply chain serving thousands of healthcare organizations and millions of patients across North America and internationally.
Company details
- Sector
- Health Care
- Industry (SIC)
- Wholesale
- Headquarters
- DUBLIN, OH
- Fiscal year end
- June
- CIK
- 721371
- SIC
- 5122
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2012–2026 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Cardinal Health — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Cardinal Health’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Cardinal Health’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 13 issues of Cardinal Health’s debt, $1.14B at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.83%, maturing 2026 to 2054.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
All filings →Each filing opens into its own statements and disclosures here.
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