Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

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12. Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

The following tables reconcile the number of common shares used to compute basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)	2024	2023
Weighted-average common shares–basic	243	256
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units	2	2
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	245	258

	Nine Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)	2024	2023
Weighted-average common shares–basic	245	263
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units	2	1
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	247	264

The potentially dilutive employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units that were antidilutive were immaterial and 1 million for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2024, respectively, and 2 million for both the three and nine months ended March 31, 2023.