Growth Metrics

Cardinal Health (CAH) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cardinal Health (CAH) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 0.85% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 174.0% to 0.85% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 2.25% through Dec 2025, up 247.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.83% for FY2025, 60.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin hit 0.85% in Q4 2025 for Cardinal Health, down from 1.35% 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.
  • Historically, FCF Margin has averaged 1.15% across 5 years, with a median of 1.1% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: plummeted -491bps in 2023 and later soared 533bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 2.47% in 2021, then crashed by -60bps to 0.99% in 2022, then soared by 86bps to 1.85% in 2023, then crashed by -148bps to 0.9% in 2024, then surged by 194bps to 0.85% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for CAH at 0.85% in Q4 2025, 1.35% in Q3 2025, and 2.15% in Q2 2025.