Cenovus Energy (CVE) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2025)
Cenovus Energy (CVE) recorded Free Cash Flow of $1.73 billion in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2025, up 18.9% from $1.45 billion a year earlier.
Cenovus Energy (CVE) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, Cenovus Energy reported Free Cash Flow of $5.89 billion, down 12.7% from the prior year.
- Annual Free Cash Flow has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 47.4% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- Across earlier years, Free Cash Flow came in at $6.75 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+23.2%), $5.48 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+59.1%), $3.44 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-49.1%) and $6.77 billion in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+701.0%).
- Quarterly Free Cash Flow has ranged from -$286 million in the quarter ended Mar 31, 2023 to $2.95 billion in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2023 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Free Cash Flow rose in two of the last five quarters, with an average decline of 7.6%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Free Cash Flow in the last five years was growth of 481.2% in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2021, against a decline of 50.7% in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2024 at the low end.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ExxonMobil Holdings | 702.52 Bn | 660.66 Bn | - | 18.47 Bn |
| 2 | Chevron | 427.59 Bn | 399.71 Bn | 33.45 Bn | 18.10 Bn |
| 3 | Shell | 299.61 Bn | 159.87 Bn | - | 21.04 Bn |
| 4 | TotalEnergies SE | 197.84 Bn | 68.92 Bn | 31,614.00 | 19.84 Bn |
| 5 | Conocophillips | 165.71 Bn | 138.42 Bn | 12.81 Bn | 4.41 Bn |
| 6 | Equinor Asa | 111.12 Bn | 23.97 Bn | 4.49 Bn | 10.42 Bn |
| 7 | Canadian Natural Resources | 104.02 Bn | 101.03 Bn | 8.84 Bn | 6.65 Bn |
| 8 | Phillips 66 | 102.56 Bn | 86.35 Bn | 10.69 Bn | 6.60 Bn |
| 9 | Suncor Energy | 88.02 Bn | 73.77 Bn | - | 7.00 Bn |
| 10 | Cenovus Energy | 51.43 Bn | 43.14 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.55 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.37 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.32 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.81 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.81 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.93 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.04 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.99 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -286.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.14 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.98 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.11 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.14 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.18 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.64 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 775.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 435.25 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | -693.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 400.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 318.15 Mn |
Cenovus Energy Free Cash Flow API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "free-cash-flow", "ticker": "CVE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=free-cash-flow&ticker=CVE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();