This week I’m seeking a prestigious and long-term dividend-paying stock from the healthcare business sector.
That healthcare sector includes ten industries all related to testing, diagnosing and treating what ails us. Healthcare industries are: biotechnology; diagnostics & research; drug manufacturers – major and – specialty & generic; healthcare plans; long-term care facilities; medical care; medical devices; medical distribution; medical supplies.
Today I’m reviewing a large-cap medical distribution firm, named Cardinal Health, Inc. It’s trading ticker symbol is CAH.
Cardinal Health Inc. is a healthcare services company. It provides services and products for hospital systems, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories and physician offices
The company operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Medical.
The Pharmaceutical segment distributes branded and generic pharmaceutical, specialty pharmaceutical, and over-the-counter healthcare and consumer products. It also provides services to support the development, marketing, and distribution of specialty pharmaceutical products.
The Medical segment manufactures, sources, and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical, and laboratory products. It also distributes a range of national brand products; and medical products to patients’ homes, as well as provides supply chain services and solutions to hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, and other healthcare providers.
Cardinal Health, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.
I use three key data points to gauge the value of any dividend equity or fund like Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH):
(1) Price
(2) Dividends
(3) Returns
Besides those three, four more keys will finally unlock an equity or fund in which to invest.
But those first three primary keys, best tell whether a company has made, is making, and will make money.
