Benzinga | May 6, 2021 06:56AM EDT

Cardinal Health Q3 Adj. EPS $1.53 Misses $1.55 Estimate, Sales $39.30B Miss $40.09B Estimate; Narrows FY21 Adj. EPS Guidance From $5.85-$6.10 To $5.90-$6.05 vs $6.02 Estimate

Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) reported quarterly earnings of $1.53 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.55 by 1.29 percent. This is a 5.56 percent decrease over earnings of $1.62 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $39.30 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $40.09 billion by 1.97 percent. This is a 0.37 percent increase over sales of $39.16 billion the same period last year.