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Cardinal Health (FRA:CLH) PB Ratio : (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is Cardinal Health PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-12-13), Cardinal Health's share price is €111.10. Cardinal Health's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €-12.21. Hence, Cardinal Health's PB Ratio of today is .

The historical rank and industry rank for Cardinal Health's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, Cardinal Health's highest PB Ratio was 18.31. The lowest was 2.01. And the median was 4.11.

FRA:CLH's PB Ratio is not ranked *
in the Medical Distribution industry.
Industry Median: 1.235
* Ranked among companies with meaningful PB Ratio only.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Cardinal Health was 45.10% per year. The lowest was -34.30% per year. And the median was 6.25% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Cardinal Health PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cardinal Health's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Cardinal Health PB Ratio Chart

Cardinal Health Annual Data
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Cardinal Health Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Cardinal Health's PB Ratio

For the Medical Distribution subindustry, Cardinal Health's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cardinal Health's PB Ratio Distribution in the Medical Distribution Industry

For the Medical Distribution industry and Healthcare sector, Cardinal Health's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cardinal Health's PB Ratio falls into.



Cardinal Health PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Cardinal Health's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=111.10/-12.209
=

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Cardinal Health  (FRA:CLH) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Cardinal Health Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7000 Cardinal Place, Dublin, OH, USA, 43017
Cardinal Health is one of three leading pharmaceutical wholesalers in the us, engaged in sourcing and distributing of branded, generic, and specialty pharmaceutical products to pharmacies (retail chains, independent, and mail order), hospital networks, and healthcare providers. Cardinal, Cencora, and McKesson hold well over 90% of the us pharmaceutical wholesale industry. Cardinal Health also supplies medical-surgical products and equipment to healthcare facilities in North America, Europe, and Asia.