Cardinal Health (CAH)

S&P 500 · Health Care · data since 1983-08-04 · last close 2026-07-24

1d
+0.91%
7d
-0.21%
30d
-1.92%
YTD
+11.75%
1y
+45.57%

Cardinal Health (CAH) monthly returns (%)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20264.86.7-7.8-8.52.020.7-3.8·····
20255.04.76.42.99.38.8-7.3-4.25.521.911.3-3.2
20248.32.60.4-7.9-3.7-1.03.111.8-1.9-1.412.6-3.3
20230.5-2.00.48.70.215.5-3.3-4.5-0.65.417.7-5.4
20220.24.75.92.4-3.0-6.313.918.7-5.013.85.6-3.5
20210.3-4.118.8-0.7-7.12.74.0-11.6-4.9-3.3-3.312.4
20201.31.8-7.13.210.5-3.74.7-7.1-6.5-2.519.2-1.0
201912.08.8-10.51.2-13.613.1-2.9-5.710.54.811.3-7.2
201817.2-3.6-8.82.4-18.8-5.42.34.54.4-6.38.4-17.8
20174.28.60.8-11.02.35.5-0.8-12.7-0.1-7.5-4.44.3
2016-8.80.40.8-4.30.6-0.67.2-4.7-1.9-11.63.42.0
20153.05.83.0-6.64.5-4.71.6-3.2-6.27.05.73.2
20141.85.2-1.7-0.71.6-2.54.52.92.14.84.7-1.4
20136.45.5-9.36.36.21.16.10.44.312.510.13.9
20126.0-3.44.3-1.9-2.12.12.6-8.2-0.95.5-1.62.5
20118.30.3-0.86.24.00.5-3.6-2.9-1.05.7-4.1-3.9
20102.62.76.6-3.7-0.6-2.0-4.0-7.210.95.02.68.2
20099.2-13.8-2.67.35.8-14.19.03.88.65.813.70.6
20080.42.0-11.0-0.88.6-8.54.22.3-10.1-22.5-14.96.5
200710.8-1.84.2-4.13.6-2.3-7.04.0-8.48.8-11.0-4.4
20064.80.82.7-9.6-0.7-3.74.20.6-2.4-0.4-1.3-0.1
2005-3.14.0-4.6-0.44.3-0.53.50.16.5-1.52.37.6
20044.81.85.76.3-7.63.5-36.51.6-3.16.811.811.3
2003-1.4-1.8-0.5-3.04.411.5-14.84.02.61.63.00.1
20021.90.37.3-2.2-4.1-7.6-6.212.6-4.011.3-11.1-3.8
2001-4.36.5-4.74.56.8-4.16.7-0.91.4-9.31.8-5.3
2000-0.4-12.39.820.017.814.1-0.711.37.87.45.5-0.3
1999-2.5-2.4-8.5-9.40.96.36.4-6.6-14.5-20.220.3-8.4
19983.15.77.89.1-7.35.12.5-8.918.0-8.39.210.2
19977.5-1.8-11.6-2.19.4-1.78.76.47.24.62.0-0.8
19968.91.16.7-2.31.813.0-3.65.612.7-5.06.54.5
1995-0.57.3-3.7-3.1-1.13.67.45.43.6-7.25.11.4
1994-7.610.0-4.7-6.511.22.6-1.70.58.111.6-2.72.0
1993-6.6-8.815.6-3.40.0-0.84.421.02.117.01.78.6
1992-0.82.5-0.7-17.915.82.6-1.7-4.22.7-6.91.410.6
199114.010.75.3-2.110.8-2.913.05.95.6-19.6-12.815.2
1990-17.44.91.33.519.12.07.4-10.3-3.822.510.2-0.8
198913.81.42.813.0-2.39.59.7-1.03.50.57.78.4
198820.011.88.91.6-7.118.18.7-4.08.62.8-6.2-5.0
198715.9-8.819.3-3.54.83.5-6.6-5.9-5.0-33.3-8.71.4
19861.911.413.6-6.01.11.1-18.81.3-8.9-9.710.8-4.1
198520.09.1-5.65.9-6.91.54.4-2.8-6.55.47.36.2
19840.0-15.73.4-8.27.16.7-3.13.29.4-20.0-7.15.8
1983·······12.719.4-10.811.4-4.8
Avg3.81.61.3-0.62.12.40.60.61.6-0.33.61.2

Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).

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Seasonality — average by calendar month

MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg+3.9%+1.6%+1.3%-0.6%+2.1%+2.4%+0.7%+0.6%+1.6%-0.3%+3.6%+1.2%
Win rate72%/4370%/4358%/4340%/4363%/4358%/4360%/4253%/4353%/4353%/4370%/4353%/43

Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.

Risk & extremes

Max drawdown
-62%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±8.1%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
59%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+22.5%
1990-10
Worst month
-36.47%
2004-07
Longest streaks
11▲ / 6▼
Consecutive up / down months

Drawdown & rolling returns

-58%-29%0%

Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.

About Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health turns lab coats into cash flows — with price receipts on this site going back to 1983. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1983) would be about $35,319 today.

Did you know?

  • Its best month on record was October 1990 at +22.5%; its worst, July 2004 at -36.47%.
  • It has closed January in the green 31 out of 43 times — past performance, future shrug.

Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.