CAH

Cardinal Health
Health Care Distributors · Health Care · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$234.85
-0.1% on the session
1-year return
+58.5%
+4.9% over six months
Volatility
29.6%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-20.4%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Cardinal Health is a health care distributors name in the health care sector. Over the past year it returned +58.5%, against +17.5% over three months and +3.4% over one. It trades 10.4% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 29.6% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -20.4%, and it has traded a median $486M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.05 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Health Care#11 of 59
Stronger than 83% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#112 of 500

How CAH scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 3 others in Health Care Distributors.

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Full metrics
1 day-0.1%
1 week+0.3%
1 month+3.4%
3 months+17.5%
6 months+4.9%
1 year+58.5%
12-1 momentum+53.2%
Volatility (1y, annualized)29.6%
Max drawdown (1y)-20.4%
Distance vs 200-day average+10.4%
Return per unit of risk1.97
Median daily dollar volume$486M
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