Cardinal Healthvs.UnitedHealth
CAH vs UNH · both in Distribution & pharmacy infrastructure, part of the Medicine, pharma & life science value chain: Wholesalers, distribution and pharmacy chains that get medicines to patients.
UnitedHealth is about 7.0× larger than Cardinal Health by market cap; UnitedHealth trades at the lower P/E (32.0 vs 35.5); year to date, UnitedHealth leads (+28.6% vs +14.7%).
Side by side
| CAH | UNH | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $55.2B | $386B |
| Price | $235.80 | $424.62 |
| Today | +0.9% | −1.6% |
| Return YTD | +14.7% | +28.6% |
| Return 1Y | +45.4% | +41.8% |
| P/E | 35.5 | 32.0 |
| P/S | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| P/B | 55.3 | 3.7 |
Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
Cardinal HealthCAH
American pharmaceutical wholesaler and medical products supplier — distributes medicines and manufactures medical consumables.
Full CAH profile →UnitedHealthUNH
The largest U.S. healthcare group — insurance (UnitedHealthcare) plus Optum: clinics, pharmacy benefits (PBM) and health data.
Full UNH profile →More comparisons in Distribution & pharmacy infrastructure
See where CAH and UNH sit in the full Medicine, pharma & life science map — every segment from suppliers to end markets.Open the Life science value chain →