Growth Metrics

Cardinal Health (CAH) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Cardinal Health's Free Cash Flow history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $555.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 212.12% year-over-year to $555.0 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $5.5 billion, up 1241.49%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $1.8 billion, 43.09% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $555.0 million at Cardinal Health, down from $865.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $2.8 billion in Q2 2022 and bottomed at -$1.7 billion in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $547.0 million (2021), against an average of $616.8 million.
  • The largest annual shift saw Free Cash Flow tumbled 498.39% in 2024 before it skyrocketed 2105.04% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $1.1 billion in 2021, then tumbled by 54.33% to $512.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 108.01% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then crashed by 146.48% to -$495.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 212.12% to $555.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CAH's Free Cash Flow are $555.0 million (Q4 2025), $865.0 million (Q3 2025), and $1.3 billion (Q2 2025).