TTM
1.8%
YoY change
−0.60pp
Trough year (1994)
-1.5%
Peak year (2004)
3.4%
Latest annual
0.8%
FCF Margin history chart for Cardinal Health (CAH) from 1994 to 2025
Latest: 0.8%
FCF Margin change chart for Cardinal Health (CAH) from 1994 to 2025
Latest: −0.60pp
FCF Margin history table for Cardinal Health (CAH) from 1994 to 2025
| 2025 | 0.8% | -0.60pp | ||
| 2024 | 1.4% | +0.28pp | ||
| 2023 | 1.2% | -0.36pp | ||
| 2022 | 1.5% | +0.26pp | ||
| 2021 | 1.2% | +0.21pp | ||
| 2020 | 1.0% | -0.61pp | ||
| 2019 | 1.6% | -0.10pp | ||
| 2018 | 1.7% | +1.13pp | ||
| 2017 | 0.6% | -1.45pp | ||
| 2016 | 2.1% | -0.12pp | ||
| 2015 | 2.2% | -0.31pp | ||
| 2014 | 2.5% | +0.98pp | ||
| 2013 | 1.5% | +0.67pp | ||
| 2012 | 0.8% | -0.23pp | ||
| 2011 | 1.1% | -0.83pp | ||
| 2010 | 1.9% | +0.83pp | ||
| 2009 | 1.1% | -0.22pp | ||
| 2008 | 1.3% | +0.30pp | ||
| 2007 | 1.0% | -1.13pp | ||
| 2006 | 2.1% | -1.01pp | ||
| 2005 | 3.1% | -0.30pp | ||
| 2004 | 3.4% | +1.71pp | ||
| 2003 | 1.7% | +0.35pp | ||
| 2002 | 1.4% | +0.26pp | ||
| 2001 | 1.1% | +0.24pp | ||
| 2000 | 0.9% | +1.35pp | ||
| 1999 | -0.5% | -0.62pp | ||
| 1998 | 0.1% | +0.33pp | ||
| 1997 | -0.2% | -0.73pp | ||
| 1996 | 0.5% | +0.92pp | ||
| 1995 | -0.4% | +1.10pp | ||
| 1994 | -1.5% | — |
- 20250.8%-0.60pp
- 20241.4%+0.28pp
- 20231.2%-0.36pp
- 20221.5%+0.26pp
- 20211.2%+0.21pp
- 20201.0%-0.61pp
- 20191.6%-0.10pp
- 20181.7%+1.13pp
- 20170.6%-1.45pp
- 20162.1%-0.12pp
- 20152.2%-0.31pp
- 20142.5%+0.98pp
- 20131.5%+0.67pp
- 20120.8%-0.23pp
- 20111.1%-0.83pp
- 20101.9%+0.83pp
- 20091.1%-0.22pp
- 20081.3%+0.30pp
- 20071.0%-1.13pp
- 20062.1%-1.01pp
- 20053.1%-0.30pp
- 20043.4%+1.71pp
- 20031.7%+0.35pp
- 20021.4%+0.26pp
- 20011.1%+0.24pp
- 20000.9%+1.35pp
- 1999-0.5%-0.62pp
- 19980.1%+0.33pp
- 1997-0.2%-0.73pp
- 19960.5%+0.92pp
- 1995-0.4%+1.10pp
- 1994-1.5%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Cardinal Health's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Cardinal Health (CAH)
According to Cardinal Health's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 1.8%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Cardinal Health (CAH) free cash flow margin is 0.83% – contracted 0.6 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual free cash flow margin of 3.43% was reported in 2004. The lowest in the available history was -1.49% in 1994.
Cardinal Health FCF Margin by Year
Cardinal Health FCF Margin 2025: 0.8%
2025's free cash flow margin for Cardinal Health came in at 0.83%, contracted 0.6 percentage points from 2024.
Cardinal Health FCF Margin 2024: 1.4%
Cardinal Health posted free cash flow margin of 1.43% in 2024, expanded 0.3 percentage points from 2023.
Cardinal Health FCF Margin 2023: 1.2%
In 2023, Cardinal Health reported free cash flow margin of 1.15%, contracted 0.4 percentage points from 2022.
Cardinal Health FCF Margin 2022: 1.5%
Cardinal Health free cash flow margin in 2022 was 1.51%, expanded 0.3 percentage points from 2021.
Cardinal Health FCF Margin 2021: 1.2%
Cardinal Health free cash flow margin in 2021 was 1.25%.
See more financial history for Cardinal Health (CAH).
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