Which is more profitable, Cardinal Health or Eli Lilly?

Eli Lilly keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Cardinal Health or Eli Lilly?

Eli Lilly grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Cardinal Health or Eli Lilly?

Cardinal Health costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Cardinal Health or Eli Lilly?

Eli Lilly would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Cardinal Health vs Eli Lilly stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Cardinal Health is cheaper for its profits. Eli Lilly is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Cardinal Health	Eli Lilly
	$65.0 billion	$1.29 trillion
	0.7%	31.7%
	+7.8%	+21.6%
	41.6×	62.3×
	1.2 years	1.1 years
	34.0%	34.8%
	1.0%	0.6%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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