We're taking a closer look at Cardinal Health today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -1.0% compared to -0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Cardinal Health, Inc. operates as a healthcare services and products company in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and internationally.
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Cardinal Health has moved 28.0% over the last year compared to 16.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 12.0%
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CAH has an average analyst rating of hold and is -10.53% away from its mean target price of $98.08 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $1.0
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Cardinal Health has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 87.8 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $7.57 and its forward P/E ratio is 11.6
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CAH has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 0.85, which shows the company is very undervalued compared to its earnings growth estimates.
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Cardinal Health is part of the Health Care sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 24.45 and an average P/B of 4.16
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Cardinal Health has on average reported free cash flows of $2.46 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 0.0%