TTM
4.7%
YoY change
−0.65pp
Trough year (1993)
-1.0%
Peak year (2001)
7.1%
Latest annual
4.9%
FCF Margin history chart for CDW (CDW) from 1993 to 2025
Latest: 4.9%
FCF Margin change chart for CDW (CDW) from 1993 to 2025
Latest: −0.65pp
FCF Margin history table for CDW (CDW) from 1993 to 2025
| 2025 | 4.9% | -0.65pp | ||
| 2024 | 5.5% | -1.29pp | ||
| 2023 | 6.8% | +1.70pp | ||
| 2022 | 5.1% | +1.80pp | ||
| 2021 | 3.3% | -2.97pp | ||
| 2020 | 6.3% | +1.88pp | ||
| 2019 | 4.4% | -0.66pp | ||
| 2018 | 5.0% | +0.35pp | ||
| 2017 | 4.7% | +0.74pp | ||
| 2016 | 4.0% | +2.51pp | ||
| 2015 | 1.4% | -1.70pp | ||
| 2014 | 3.1% | +0.18pp | ||
| 2013 | 3.0% | +0.24pp | ||
| 2012 | 2.7% | +0.97pp | ||
| 2011 | 1.8% | -2.58pp | ||
| 2010 | 4.3% | +3.06pp | ||
| 2009 | 1.3% | -0.36pp | ||
| 2008 | 1.6% | — | ||
| 2006 | 1.9% | -2.11pp | ||
| 2005 | 4.0% | +1.22pp | ||
| 2004 | 2.8% | +0.38pp | ||
| 2003 | 2.4% | -2.73pp | ||
| 2002 | 5.2% | -1.89pp | ||
| 2001 | 7.1% | +4.23pp | ||
| 2000 | 2.8% | +2.31pp | ||
| 1999 | 0.5% | +1.13pp | ||
| 1998 | -0.6% | -0.80pp | ||
| 1997 | 0.2% | -1.72pp | ||
| 1996 | 1.9% | +0.46pp | ||
| 1995 | 1.4% | +1.21pp | ||
| 1994 | 0.2% | +1.24pp | ||
| 1993 | -1.0% | — |
- 20254.9%-0.65pp
- 20245.5%-1.29pp
- 20236.8%+1.70pp
- 20225.1%+1.80pp
- 20213.3%-2.97pp
- 20206.3%+1.88pp
- 20194.4%-0.66pp
- 20185.0%+0.35pp
- 20174.7%+0.74pp
- 20164.0%+2.51pp
- 20151.4%-1.70pp
- 20143.1%+0.18pp
- 20133.0%+0.24pp
- 20122.7%+0.97pp
- 20111.8%-2.58pp
- 20104.3%+3.06pp
- 20091.3%-0.36pp
- 20081.6%—
- 20061.9%-2.11pp
- 20054.0%+1.22pp
- 20042.8%+0.38pp
- 20032.4%-2.73pp
- 20025.2%-1.89pp
- 20017.1%+4.23pp
- 20002.8%+2.31pp
- 19990.5%+1.13pp
- 1998-0.6%-0.80pp
- 19970.2%-1.72pp
- 19961.9%+0.46pp
- 19951.4%+1.21pp
- 19940.2%+1.24pp
- 1993-1.0%—
FCF Margin values are taken from CDW'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 CDW (CDW)
According to CDW's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 4.7%. 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 .
As of the 2025 fiscal year, CDW (CDW) reported free cash flow margin of 4.85% – contracted 0.6 percentage points year-over-year.
7.07% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 2001, against a low of -1.00% during 1993.
CDW FCF Margin by Year
CDW FCF Margin 2025: 4.9%
In 2025, CDW reported free cash flow margin of 4.85%, contracted 0.6 percentage points from 2024.
CDW FCF Margin 2024: 5.5%
CDW free cash flow margin in 2024 was 5.50%, contracted 1.3 percentage points from 2023.
CDW FCF Margin 2023: 6.8%
2023's free cash flow margin for CDW came in at 6.79%, expanded 1.7 percentage points from 2022.
CDW FCF Margin 2022: 5.1%
CDW posted free cash flow margin of 5.09% in 2022, expanded 1.8 percentage points from 2021.
CDW FCF Margin 2021: 3.3%
CDW free cash flow margin in 2021 was 3.29%.
See more financial history for CDW (CDW).
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