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The 2025 Q4 earnings cycle keeps rolling along, with overall growth remaining strong. Specifically, these companies knocked it out of the park, with both also sporting a favorable Zacks Rank.
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LTM, ING and CAH made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum stocks list on February 13, 2026.
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Cardinal Health is upgraded to a buy after Q2 2026 delivered robust revenue, margin expansion, and raised full-year guidance. Q2 revenue grew 19% YoY to $65.6B, with non-GAAP EPS up 36% and broad-based segment strength, especially in pharmaceuticals. Management executed $750M in share repurchases YTD, underscoring commitment to capital return and reducing outstanding shares by 2.5%.
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Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) delivered a decisive second-quarter beat on February 5, 2026, with non-GAAP EPS of $2.63, surpassing the $2.38 consensus estimate by 10.5%.
CAH tops second-quarter fiscal 2026 EPS estimates by 10%, posts strong segment profits, and raises full-year earnings outlook, sending shares higher.
Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Cardinal (CAH) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.