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Centene (CNC) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Centene has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 17 years, most recently at $224.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Free Cash Flow at $224.0 million for Q4 2025, up 130.23% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $4.3 billion (up 981.84% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $4.3 billion, up 981.84%.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $224.0 million at Centene, down from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for CNC hit a ceiling of $4.0 billion in Q1 2023 and a floor of -$1.8 billion in Q4 2022.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $1.0 billion (2022), compared with a mean of $981.8 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: skyrocketed 731.25% in 2022 and later plummeted 12250.0% in 2024.
  • Centene's Free Cash Flow stood at $427.0 million in 2021, then plummeted by 523.65% to -$1.8 billion in 2022, then soared by 99.67% to -$6.0 million in 2023, then plummeted by 12250.0% to -$741.0 million in 2024, then surged by 130.23% to $224.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $224.0 million (Q4 2025), $1.1 billion (Q3 2025), and $1.6 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.