Cardinal Health Ticks Higher Despite Medical Wholesaler's Mixed Quarter

Cardinal Health (CAH) stock edged higher early Tuesday after the medical wholesaler reported adjusted earnings of $2.91 per share on $63.7 billion in fiscal fourth-quarter sales. On average, analysts polled by FactSet expected Cardinal to earn $2.42 a share and report $65.2 billion in sales. During the year-earlier period, Cardinal Health reported $2.08 earnings per share on $60.2 billion in…