Growth Metrics

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

Cardinal Health (CAH) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.23 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 189.19% to 0.23 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.09 through Dec 2025, up 108.76% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.27 for FY2025, 74.31% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.23 in Q4 2025 for Cardinal Health, up from 0.15 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.81 in Q1 2021 to a low of 2.79 in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.08 across 5 years, with a median of 0.1 in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: soared 802.36% in 2021 and later crashed 1233.76% in 2022.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.12 in 2021, then surged by 103.19% to 0.25 in 2022, then crashed by 54.16% to 0.12 in 2023, then crashed by 323.9% to 0.26 in 2024, then soared by 189.19% to 0.23 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for CAH at 0.23 in Q4 2025, 0.15 in Q3 2025, and 0.09 in Q2 2025.