Cardinal Health, Inc. operates in the Drugs, proprietaries, and sundries sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Cardinal Health with three other drug stores in North America: McKesson Corporation (2021 sales of $238.23 billion of which 79% was U.S. Pharmaceutical), Petmed Express, Inc. ($309.22 million of which 84% was Internet Sales), and Rite Aid Corporation ($24.04 billion of which 68% was Retail pharmacy).

Sales Analysis. During the second calendar quarter of 2021, sales at Cardinal Health totalled $42.59 billion. This is an increase of 16.1% from the $36.69 billion in sales at the company during the second quarter of 2020. This was the largest same quarter increase in sales since the first calendar quarter of 2016. During the first two calendar quarters of 2021, sales totalled $81.86 billion, which is 7.9% higher than through the first two quarters of 2020. There appears to be at least some degree of seasonality in the sales at Cardinal Health: during 7 of the previous 8 calendar years, sales were highest during the fourth quarter. The exception to this was during 2013, when the second quarter was the best quarter, accounting for 26% of sales (during that same year, the fourth quarter accounted for 23% of sales). Cardinal Health reported sales of $162.47 billion for the fiscal year ending June of 2021. This represents an increase of 6.2% versus 2020, when the company's sales were $152.92 billion. Sales at Cardinal Health have increased during each of the previous five years (and since 2016, sales have increased a total of 34%). Sales of Medical saw an increase of 8.0% in 2021, from $15.44 billion to $16.69 billion.