Cardinal Health, Inc. ( CAH ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 31, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.476 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 15, 2019. Shareholders who purchased CAH prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that CAH has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $44.58, the dividend yield is 4.27%.
The previous trading day's last sale of CAH was $44.58, representing a -41.15% decrease from the 52 week high of $75.75 and a 5.71% increase over the 52 week low of $42.17.
CAH is a part of the Health Care sector, which includes companies such as McKesson Corporation ( MCK ) and AmerisourceBergen Corporation (Holding Co) ( ABC ). CAH's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.32. Zacks Investment Research reports CAH's forecasted earnings growth in 2019 as -.07%, compared to an industry average of 4.6%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CAH Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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The following ETF(s) have CAH as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is IVFVC with an decrease of 0% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of CAH at 4.08%.
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