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Cardinal Health (CAH) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Cardinal Health's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.23 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 196.94% year-over-year to 0.23; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.09, up 117.17%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.27, 74.31% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.23 at Cardinal Health, down from 0.15 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.81 in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 2.79 in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.11 (2023), against an average of 0.08.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Payout Ratio surged 802.36% in 2021 before it tumbled 1233.76% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.12 in 2021, then skyrocketed by 103.19% to 0.25 in 2022, then tumbled by 54.16% to 0.12 in 2023, then surged by 101.16% to 0.23 in 2024, then tumbled by 196.94% to 0.23 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAH's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.23 (Q4 2025), 0.15 (Q3 2025), and 0.09 (Q2 2025).