Cardinal Health (CAH) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Cardinal Health has disclosed FCF Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 2.75% for Q1 2026.

• FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 2.75%, down 234.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.75% (up 65.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.83%, down 60.0% from the prior year.
• FCF Margin came in at 2.75% for Q1 2026 at Cardinal Health, up from 0.85% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 6.12% in Q2 2022 to a low of 3.32% in Q3 2024.
• The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 1.21% (2023), against an average of 1.36%.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Margin plunged 491 bps in 2023 and soared 534 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Cardinal Health's FCF Margin stood at 0.99% in 2022, then jumped by 86 bps to 1.85% in 2023, then slumped by 148 bps to 0.9% in 2024, then soared by 194 bps to 0.85% in 2025, then surged by 225 bps to 2.75% in 2026.
• The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 2.75% (Q1 2026), 0.85% (Q4 2025), and 1.35% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.