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CAH Cardinal Health

healthcare · 2026-10-20

N/A
too hard · 82
Owner-earnings value$180.33
Price$252.65
Margin of safety -28.6%

Quality gate · 82/100

Returns on capital 30/30
Consistency 19.3/22
Margins / pricing power 5.9/16
Balance sheet 11.1/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 5.7/6

⚠ negative book equity

Median ROIC33.3%
Gross margin3.8%
Net debt / EBITDA1.2x
FCF conversion269%
Share count / yr-2.5%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)2.02B
Owner-earnings yield3.5%
Free-cash-flow yield7.7%
Growth used (normalized)7.4%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)15.7%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
12.17B 7.4%1.99B
22.32B 7.0%1.95B
32.47B 6.5%1.91B
42.62B 6.0%1.86B
52.76B 5.5%1.80B
62.90B 5.0%1.73B
73.03B 4.5%1.66B
83.15B 4.0%1.58B
93.26B 3.5%1.50B
103.36B 3.0%1.42B

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~16%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 7%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-20 82 $252.65 $180.33 -28.6% N/A
2026-08-31 74 $234.55 $162.88 -30.6% N/A
2026-07-10 74 $233.77 $161.75 -30.8% N/A
2026-07-02 74 $237.72 $161.75 -32.0% N/A
2026-06-25 74 $233.01 $161.75 -30.6% N/A
2026-06-23 74 $228.91 $161.75 -29.3% N/A