CAH Cardinal Health, Inc. — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
Cardinal Health, Inc. operates as a global, integrated provider of healthcare services and products, with its reach spanning the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and other international markets. The company delivers bespoke support to a diverse clientele, including hospitals, healthcare networks, pharmacies, outpatient surgical centers, clinical labs, physician practices, and individuals receiving care at home. It is structured into two core divisions: Pharmaceutical and Medical. The Pharmaceutical division oversees the distribution of a wide array of products, encompassing branded, generic, and specialty pharmaceuticals, along with over-the-counter health and consumer goods. This segment additionally offers specialized services to pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare providers, particularly for specialty pharmaceutical products. Its operations extend to managing nuclear pharmacies and facilities that produce radiopharmaceuticals. It also performs repackaging of generic drugs and OTC items. Further offerings include medication therapy management and patient outcomes services for hospitals, other healthcare providers, and payers, in addition to providing pharmacy management solutions to hospitals. The Medical division focuses on producing, sourcing, and supplying Cardinal Health-branded medical, surgical, and laboratory products and devices. This extensive product range encompasses items such as examination and surgical gloves, needles, syringes, sharps disposal units, compression products, incontinence aids, nutritional delivery systems, wound care supplies, single-use drapes, gowns, and apparel, fluid suction and collection devices, urological products, operating room essentials, and electrodes. Beyond its proprietary brands, this segment also distributes various national brand medical, surgical, and laboratory products. It offers comprehensive supply chain management for hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, and other healthcare organizations, and manufactures and sells both sterile and non-sterile procedure kits. Established in 1979, the company maintains its headquarters in Dublin, Ohio.
Dividend Snapshot
Key Metrics
Current Yield
0.88%
At the Sep 14, 2026 price
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Dividend
$2.0632
The most recent payment scaled to a full year by how often it's paid. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00.Frequency
Q Quarterly
How often the dividend is paid: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.Rank Score
43.9
As of Sep 14, 2026
Our 0-100 house score blending yield quality, payout sustainability (the trailing-twelve-month payout ratio), profitability (TTM return on equity), valuation (TTM price-to-book) and payment reliability, recomputed daily. Higher means a stronger profile on those factors in our model — a research score, not advice or a recommendation to buy.RSI (14)
47
As of Sep 14, 2026
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$147.47 – $248.61
Closes through Sep 11, 2026
The lowest and highest price over the past year — shows where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio (TTM)
28.65%
12 months to Jun 30, 2026 (Q4 FY2026)
The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.Years Paying
39
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.Price / Book (TTM)
-19.20
Price as of Sep 14, 2026; latest reported book value
Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 240 daily observations over the past 16 months (through Sep 11, 2026), CAH's current yield is higher than approximately 12% of them. Our stored price history for CAH covers the past 16 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.
Adjusted Price History
Dividend History
Dividend Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.5158 Q | Regular upcoming, declared | Aug 10, 2026 | Oct 01, 2026 | Oct 01, 2026 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| $0.5158 Q | Regular | May 05, 2026 | Jul 01, 2026 | Jul 01, 2026 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| $0.5107 I | Regular | Feb 12, 2026 | Apr 01, 2026 | Apr 01, 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| $0.5107 Q | Regular | Nov 04, 2025 | Jan 02, 2026 | Jan 02, 2026 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| $0.5107 Q | Regular | Aug 15, 2025 | Oct 01, 2025 | Oct 01, 2025 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| $0.5107 Q | Regular | May 05, 2025 | Jul 01, 2025 | Jul 01, 2025 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| $0.5056 I | Regular | Feb 03, 2025 | Apr 01, 2025 | Apr 01, 2025 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| $0.5056 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 2024 | Jan 02, 2025 | Jan 02, 2025 | Jan 15, 2025 |
| $0.5056 Q | Regular | Aug 15, 2024 | Oct 01, 2024 | Oct 01, 2024 | Oct 15, 2024 |
| $0.5056 Q | Regular | May 07, 2024 | Jul 01, 2024 | Jul 01, 2024 | Jul 15, 2024 |
| $0.5006 Q | Regular | Feb 06, 2024 | Mar 28, 2024 | Apr 01, 2024 | Apr 15, 2024 |
| $0.5006 Q | Regular | Nov 14, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | Jan 02, 2024 | Jan 15, 2024 |
| $0.5006 Q | Regular | Aug 09, 2023 | Oct 02, 2023 | Oct 03, 2023 | Oct 15, 2023 |
| $0.5006 Q | Regular | May 11, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | Jul 03, 2023 | Jul 15, 2023 |
| $0.4957 Q | Regular | Feb 10, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Apr 03, 2023 | Apr 15, 2023 |
| $0.4957 Q | Regular | Nov 08, 2022 | Dec 30, 2022 | Jan 03, 2023 | Jan 15, 2023 |
| $0.4960 Q | Regular | Aug 10, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Oct 03, 2022 | Oct 15, 2022 |
| $0.4960 Q | Regular | May 10, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Jul 01, 2022 | Jul 15, 2022 |
| $0.4910 Q | Regular | Feb 08, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Apr 01, 2022 | Apr 15, 2022 |
| $0.4910 Q | Regular | Nov 04, 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | Jan 03, 2022 | Jan 15, 2022 |
| $0.4910 Q | Regular | Aug 05, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Oct 01, 2021 | Oct 15, 2021 |
| $0.4910 Q | Regular | May 06, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Jul 01, 2021 | Jul 15, 2021 |
| $0.4859 Q | Regular | Feb 05, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Apr 01, 2021 | Apr 15, 2021 |
| $0.4859 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | Jan 04, 2021 | Jan 15, 2021 |
| $0.4860 Q | Regular | Aug 06, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Oct 01, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 |
| $0.4859 Q | Regular | May 11, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | Jul 01, 2020 | Jul 15, 2020 |
| $0.4811 Q | Regular | Feb 11, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | Apr 01, 2020 | Apr 15, 2020 |
| $0.4811 Q | Regular | Nov 07, 2019 | Dec 31, 2019 | Jan 02, 2020 | Jan 15, 2020 |
| $0.4811 Q | Regular | Aug 08, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | Oct 01, 2019 | Oct 15, 2019 |
| $0.4811 Q | Regular | May 08, 2019 | Jun 28, 2019 | Jul 01, 2019 | Jul 15, 2019 |
| $0.4763 Q | Regular | Feb 07, 2019 | Mar 29, 2019 | Apr 01, 2019 | Apr 15, 2019 |
| $0.4763 Q | Regular | Nov 07, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | Jan 02, 2019 | Jan 15, 2019 |
| $0.4763 Q | Regular | Aug 08, 2018 | Sep 28, 2018 | Oct 01, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| $0.4763 Q | Regular | May 09, 2018 | Jun 29, 2018 | Jul 02, 2018 | Jul 15, 2018 |
| $0.4624 Q | Regular | Feb 07, 2018 | Mar 29, 2018 | Apr 02, 2018 | Apr 15, 2018 |
| $0.4624 Q | Regular | Nov 08, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 | Jan 02, 2018 | Jan 15, 2018 |
| $0.4624 Q | Regular | Aug 10, 2017 | Sep 29, 2017 | Oct 02, 2017 | Oct 15, 2017 |
| $0.4624 Q | Regular | May 04, 2017 | Jun 29, 2017 | Jul 03, 2017 | Jul 15, 2017 |
| $0.4489 Q | Regular | Feb 03, 2017 | Mar 30, 2017 | Apr 03, 2017 | Apr 15, 2017 |
| $0.4489 Q | Regular | Nov 04, 2016 | Dec 29, 2016 | Jan 03, 2017 | Jan 15, 2017 |
| $0.4489 Q | Regular | Aug 08, 2016 | Sep 29, 2016 | Oct 03, 2016 | Oct 15, 2016 |
| $0.4489 Q | Regular | May 05, 2016 | Jun 29, 2016 | Jul 01, 2016 | Jul 15, 2016 |
| $0.3870 Q | Regular | Feb 03, 2016 | Mar 30, 2016 | Apr 01, 2016 | Apr 15, 2016 |
| $0.3870 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 2015 | Dec 30, 2015 | Jan 04, 2016 | Jan 15, 2016 |
| $0.3870 Q | Regular | Aug 06, 2015 | Sep 29, 2015 | Oct 01, 2015 | Oct 15, 2015 |
| $0.3870 Q | Regular | May 06, 2015 | Jun 29, 2015 | Jul 01, 2015 | Jul 15, 2015 |
| $0.3425 Q | Regular | Feb 04, 2015 | Mar 30, 2015 | Apr 01, 2015 | Apr 15, 2015 |
| $0.3425 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 2014 | Dec 30, 2014 | Jan 02, 2015 | Jan 15, 2015 |
| $0.3425 Q | Regular | Aug 06, 2014 | Sep 29, 2014 | Oct 01, 2014 | Oct 15, 2014 |
| $0.3425 Q | Regular | May 07, 2014 | Jun 27, 2014 | Jul 01, 2014 | Jul 15, 2014 |
| $0.3025 Q | Regular | Feb 05, 2014 | Mar 28, 2014 | Apr 01, 2014 | Apr 15, 2014 |
| $0.3025 Q | Regular | Nov 06, 2013 | Dec 30, 2013 | Jan 02, 2014 | Jan 15, 2014 |
| $0.3025 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2013 | Sep 27, 2013 | Oct 01, 2013 | Oct 15, 2013 |
| $0.3025 Q | Regular | May 02, 2013 | Jun 27, 2013 | Jul 01, 2013 | Jul 15, 2013 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Feb 06, 2013 | Mar 27, 2013 | Apr 01, 2013 | Apr 15, 2013 |
| $0.2750 Q | Regular | Nov 06, 2012 | Dec 28, 2012 | Jan 02, 2013 | Jan 15, 2013 |
| $0.2375 Q | Regular | Aug 08, 2012 | Sep 27, 2012 | Oct 01, 2012 | Oct 15, 2012 |
| $0.2375 Q | Regular | May 07, 2012 | Jun 27, 2012 | Jun 29, 2012 | Jul 15, 2012 |
| $0.2150 Q | Regular | Feb 09, 2012 | Mar 28, 2012 | Apr 01, 2012 | Apr 15, 2012 |
| $0.2150 Q | Regular | Nov 03, 2011 | Dec 28, 2011 | Jan 01, 2012 | Jan 15, 2012 |
| $0.2150 Q | Regular | Aug 03, 2011 | Sep 28, 2011 | Oct 01, 2011 | Oct 15, 2011 |
| $0.2150 Q | Regular | May 04, 2011 | Jun 29, 2011 | Jul 01, 2011 | Jul 15, 2011 |
| $0.1950 Q | Regular | Feb 02, 2011 | Mar 30, 2011 | Apr 01, 2011 | Apr 15, 2011 |
| $0.1950 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 2010 | Dec 29, 2010 | Jan 01, 2011 | Jan 15, 2011 |
| $0.1950 Q | Regular | Aug 04, 2010 | Sep 29, 2010 | Oct 01, 2010 | Oct 15, 2010 |
| $0.1950 Q | Regular | May 05, 2010 | Jun 29, 2010 | Jul 01, 2010 | Jul 15, 2010 |
| $0.1750 Q | Regular | Feb 04, 2010 | Mar 30, 2010 | Apr 01, 2010 | Apr 15, 2010 |
| $0.1750 Q | Regular | Nov 06, 2009 | Dec 29, 2009 | Jan 01, 2010 | Jan 15, 2010 |
| $0.1750 M | Regular | Aug 05, 2009 | Sep 29, 2009 | Oct 01, 2009 | Oct 15, 2009 |
| $9.7500 Q | Regular | - | Sep 01, 2009 | - | - |
| $0.1750 Q | Regular | Jun 02, 2009 | Jun 29, 2009 | Jul 01, 2009 | Jul 15, 2009 |
| $0.1400 Q | Regular | Feb 04, 2009 | Mar 30, 2009 | Apr 01, 2009 | Apr 15, 2009 |
| $0.1400 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 2008 | Dec 29, 2008 | Jan 01, 2009 | Jan 15, 2009 |
| $0.1400 Q | Regular | Aug 06, 2008 | Sep 29, 2008 | Oct 01, 2008 | Oct 15, 2008 |
| $0.1400 Q | Regular | May 07, 2008 | Jun 27, 2008 | Jul 01, 2008 | Jul 15, 2008 |
| $0.1200 Q | Regular | Jan 31, 2008 | Mar 28, 2008 | Apr 01, 2008 | Apr 15, 2008 |
| $0.1200 Q | Regular | Nov 07, 2007 | Dec 27, 2007 | Jan 01, 2008 | Jan 15, 2008 |
| $0.1200 Q | Regular | Aug 08, 2007 | Sep 27, 2007 | Oct 01, 2007 | Oct 15, 2007 |
| $0.1200 Q | Regular | May 02, 2007 | Jun 27, 2007 | Jul 01, 2007 | Jul 15, 2007 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Jan 31, 2007 | Mar 28, 2007 | Apr 01, 2007 | Apr 15, 2007 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Nov 08, 2006 | Dec 27, 2006 | Jan 01, 2007 | Jan 15, 2007 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | Aug 02, 2006 | Sep 27, 2006 | Oct 01, 2006 | Oct 15, 2006 |
| $0.0900 Q | Regular | May 10, 2006 | Jun 28, 2006 | Jul 01, 2006 | Jul 15, 2006 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | Feb 23, 2006 | Mar 29, 2006 | Apr 01, 2006 | Apr 15, 2006 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | Nov 08, 2005 | Dec 28, 2005 | Jan 01, 2006 | Jan 15, 2006 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | Aug 03, 2005 | Sep 28, 2005 | Oct 01, 2005 | Oct 15, 2005 |
| $0.0600 Q | Regular | May 04, 2005 | Jun 29, 2005 | Jul 01, 2005 | Jul 15, 2005 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | Feb 02, 2005 | Mar 30, 2005 | Apr 01, 2005 | Apr 15, 2005 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | Dec 08, 2004 | Dec 29, 2004 | Jan 01, 2005 | Jan 15, 2005 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | Aug 04, 2004 | Sep 29, 2004 | Oct 01, 2004 | Oct 15, 2004 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | May 05, 2004 | Jun 29, 2004 | Jul 01, 2004 | Jul 15, 2004 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | Feb 11, 2004 | Mar 30, 2004 | Apr 01, 2004 | Apr 15, 2004 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 2003 | Dec 29, 2003 | Jan 01, 2004 | Jan 15, 2004 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | Aug 06, 2003 | Sep 29, 2003 | Oct 01, 2003 | Oct 15, 2003 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | May 07, 2003 | Jun 27, 2003 | Jul 01, 2003 | Jul 15, 2003 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Feb 05, 2003 | Mar 28, 2003 | Apr 01, 2003 | Apr 15, 2003 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Nov 06, 2002 | Dec 27, 2002 | Jan 01, 2003 | Jan 15, 2003 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2002 | Sep 27, 2002 | Oct 01, 2002 | Oct 15, 2002 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | May 08, 2002 | Jun 27, 2002 | Jul 01, 2002 | Jul 15, 2002 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Feb 08, 2002 | Mar 27, 2002 | Apr 01, 2002 | Apr 15, 2002 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Nov 08, 2001 | Dec 27, 2001 | Jan 01, 2002 | Jan 15, 2002 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Aug 08, 2001 | Sep 27, 2001 | Oct 01, 2001 | Oct 15, 2001 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | May 09, 2001 | Jun 27, 2001 | Jul 01, 2001 | Jul 15, 2001 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | Feb 14, 2001 | Mar 28, 2001 | Apr 01, 2001 | Apr 15, 2001 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | Nov 01, 2000 | Dec 27, 2000 | Dec 29, 2000 | Jan 15, 2001 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | Aug 09, 2000 | Sep 27, 2000 | Oct 01, 2000 | Oct 15, 2000 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | May 10, 2000 | Jun 28, 2000 | Jul 01, 2000 | Jul 15, 2000 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Feb 09, 2000 | Mar 29, 2000 | Apr 01, 2000 | Apr 15, 2000 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Nov 03, 1999 | Dec 29, 1999 | Jan 01, 2000 | Jan 15, 2000 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Aug 11, 1999 | Sep 29, 1999 | Oct 01, 1999 | Oct 15, 1999 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | May 26, 1999 | Jun 29, 1999 | Jul 01, 1999 | Jul 15, 1999 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Feb 11, 1999 | Mar 30, 1999 | Apr 01, 1999 | Apr 15, 1999 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 1998 | Dec 29, 1998 | Jan 01, 1999 | Jan 15, 1999 |
| $0.0375 Q | Regular | Aug 14, 1998 | Sep 29, 1998 | Oct 01, 1998 | Oct 15, 1998 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | May 13, 1998 | Jun 29, 1998 | Jul 01, 1998 | Jul 15, 1998 |
| $0.0300 Q | Regular | Feb 11, 1998 | Mar 30, 1998 | Apr 01, 1998 | Apr 15, 1998 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 1997 | Dec 29, 1997 | Jan 01, 1998 | Jan 15, 1998 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Aug 13, 1997 | Sep 29, 1997 | Oct 01, 1997 | Oct 15, 1997 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | May 14, 1997 | Jun 27, 1997 | Jul 01, 1997 | Jul 15, 1997 |
| $0.0250 Q | Regular | Feb 26, 1997 | Mar 27, 1997 | Apr 01, 1997 | Apr 15, 1997 |
Peer Comparison
Selected Medical - Distribution dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.
| Ticker | Name | Yield | 5-Yr Growth | Streak | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEPDF | MediPal Holdings Corporation | 3.05% | 1.8% | 3 yrs | 78 |
| ARHCF | Alfresa Holdings Corporation | 3.33% | -1.5% | 0 yrs | 78 |
| IUSDF | AS ONE Corporation | 3.05% | -1.0% | 4 yrs | 77 |
| ALFRY | Alfresa Holdings Corporation | 3.32% | -2.0% | 0 yrs | 74 |
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CAH dividend — frequently asked questions
Does Cardinal Health, Inc. pay a dividend?
Yes. Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $2.06 per share, a yield of approximately 0.88%.
What is Cardinal Health, Inc.'s dividend yield?
Cardinal Health, Inc.'s dividend yield is approximately 0.88%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does Cardinal Health, Inc. pay dividends?
Cardinal Health, Inc. pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.
When is Cardinal Health, Inc.'s next ex-dividend date?
The next declared ex-dividend date for Cardinal Health, Inc. is October 1, 2026. The associated payment is $0.5158 per share; you must own the shares before the ex-dividend date to receive it.
How long has Cardinal Health, Inc. paid dividends?
Cardinal Health, Inc. has 39 years of dividend payments on record.
Data updated Sep 14, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.