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

Cardinal Health (CAH) has disclosed Free Cash Flow for 17 consecutive years, with $555.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 212.12% to $555.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $5.5 billion through Dec 2025, up 1241.49% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $1.8 billion for FY2025, 43.09% down from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $555.0 million in Q4 2025 for Cardinal Health, down from $865.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $2.9 billion in Q2 2022 to a low of -$1.7 billion in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Free Cash Flow has averaged $619.4 million across 5 years, with a median of $547.0 million in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: crashed 498.39% in 2024 and later surged 2105.04% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $1.1 billion in 2021, then crashed by 54.33% to $512.0 million in 2022, then surged by 108.01% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then plummeted by 146.48% to -$495.0 million in 2024, then surged by 212.12% to $555.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for CAH at $555.0 million in Q4 2025, $865.0 million in Q3 2025, and $1.3 billion in Q2 2025.