Updated November 20th, 2018
We analyzed each Dividend Aristocrat by looking at their earnings, dividends, maximum draw down (MDD) and stock price performance during the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
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Dividend Aristocrat Cardinal Health (CAH) is a healthcare services and products company and one of the “big three” medical distribution companies. Cardinal Health has a market-cap of $16 billion per November 2018.
The company’s adjusted earnings-per-share performance during the 2007-2009 financial crisis can be seen below:
- 2007 adjusted earnings-per-share of $3.41
- 2008 adjusted earnings-per-share of $3.80 (11% increase)
- 2009 earnings-per-share of $2.26 (40% decline)
- 2010 earnings-per-share of $2.22 (1.8% decline)
Cardinal Health is not very recession-resistant when compared to other Dividend Aristocrats, which is somewhat a surprise, given the healthcare-focused business model. One of the reasons could be the impact of the spinoff of CareFusion during this period.
Cardinal Health (CAH) stock performance 2007-2009
Cardinal Health’s share price performance in the recession can be seen below:
Cardinal Health (CAH) Dividends 2007-2010
Although Cardinal Health (CAH) is an average recession-resistant Dividend Aristocrat, the company has been able to increase dividends for 25 consecutive years include the 2007-2010 period:
See also the overall performance of the dividend aristocrats during recession.
Other Sources of Dividend Investment Ideas
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