Cencora (COR) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Cencora (COR) posted Free Cash Flow of $1.2 billion for Q1 2026, up 148.38% on a QoQ basis from -$2.4 billion in Q4 2025, and down 63.6% year-over-year from $3.2 billion in Q1 2025.

Cencora (COR) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cencora's Free Cash Flow history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.2 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 63.6% year-over-year to $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.6 billion (down 56.42% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $3.2 billion, up 6.99% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was $1.2 billion for Q1 2026 at Cencora, up from -$2.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $3.2 billion in Q1 2025 and bottomed at -$2.8 billion in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $578.2 million and a median of $640.7 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Free Cash Flow slumped 448.32% — and 2025, when it soared 425.08%.
  • Cencora's Free Cash Flow stood at $634.4 million in 2022, then advanced by 27.84% to $810.9 million in 2023, then slumped by 448.32% to -$2.8 billion in 2024, then advanced by 14.17% to -$2.4 billion in 2025, then soared by 148.38% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows COR's Free Cash Flow at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, -$2.4 billion in Q4 2025, and $2.9 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Mckesson 105.15 Bn 101.18 Bn 4.04 Bn 3.35 Bn
2 Cencora 60.58 Bn 58.40 Bn 3.59 Bn 1.17 Bn
3 Cardinal Health 53.81 Bn 49.87 Bn 2.50 Bn 1.68 Bn
4 Henry Schein 9.71 Bn 9.57 Bn 1.07 Bn -122.00 Mn
5 Akso Health 3.28 Bn 3.28 Bn - -
6 111 651.73 Mn 572.63 Mn 23.58 Mn 4.27 Mn
7 Accendra Health 248.02 Mn -88.86 Mn 278.03 Mn -91.72 Mn
8 Edap Tms 230.14 Mn 215.14 Mn 8.15 Mn -3.38 Mn
9 VitaNova Life Sciences 11.51 Mn 11.01 Mn 316,343.00 -90,377.00
10 Cosmos Health 9.57 Mn 7.41 Mn 1.38 Mn -1.08 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 1.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 1.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -2.42 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -2.42 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.88 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.88 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -73.97 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -73.97 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 3.22 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 3.22 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -2.82 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -2.82 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 818.06 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 818.06 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.36 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 2.36 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -991.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -991.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 810.94 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 810.94 Mn