TTM
3.2%
YoY change
+2.52pp
Trough year (2024)
-0.3%
Peak year (2001)
8.1%
Latest annual
2.2%
FCF Margin history chart for Centene (CNC) from 2000 to 2025
Latest: 2.2%
FCF Margin change chart for Centene (CNC) from 2000 to 2025
Latest: +2.52pp
FCF Margin history table for Centene (CNC) from 2000 to 2025
| 2025 | 2.2% | +2.52pp | ||
| 2024 | -0.3% | -5.01pp | ||
| 2023 | 4.7% | +1.07pp | ||
| 2022 | 3.6% | +1.02pp | ||
| 2021 | 2.6% | -1.56pp | ||
| 2020 | 4.2% | +3.16pp | ||
| 2019 | 1.0% | +0.08pp | ||
| 2018 | 0.9% | -1.28pp | ||
| 2017 | 2.2% | -1.60pp | ||
| 2016 | 3.8% | +1.57pp | ||
| 2015 | 2.2% | -4.53pp | ||
| 2014 | 6.8% | +3.87pp | ||
| 2013 | 2.9% | +0.47pp | ||
| 2012 | 2.4% | -1.18pp | ||
| 2011 | 3.6% | +2.47pp | ||
| 2010 | 1.1% | -2.89pp | ||
| 2009 | 4.0% | -0.64pp | ||
| 2008 | 4.7% | -0.69pp | ||
| 2007 | 5.4% | -0.99pp | ||
| 2006 | 6.3% | +3.22pp | ||
| 2005 | 3.1% | -4.30pp | ||
| 2004 | 7.4% | +2.65pp | ||
| 2003 | 4.8% | -2.96pp | ||
| 2002 | 7.7% | -0.39pp | ||
| 2001 | 8.1% | +2.34pp | ||
| 2000 | 5.8% | — |
- 20252.2%+2.52pp
- 2024-0.3%-5.01pp
- 20234.7%+1.07pp
- 20223.6%+1.02pp
- 20212.6%-1.56pp
- 20204.2%+3.16pp
- 20191.0%+0.08pp
- 20180.9%-1.28pp
- 20172.2%-1.60pp
- 20163.8%+1.57pp
- 20152.2%-4.53pp
- 20146.8%+3.87pp
- 20132.9%+0.47pp
- 20122.4%-1.18pp
- 20113.6%+2.47pp
- 20101.1%-2.89pp
- 20094.0%-0.64pp
- 20084.7%-0.69pp
- 20075.4%-0.99pp
- 20066.3%+3.22pp
- 20053.1%-4.30pp
- 20047.4%+2.65pp
- 20034.8%-2.96pp
- 20027.7%-0.39pp
- 20018.1%+2.34pp
- 20005.8%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Centene'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 Centene (CNC)
According to Centene's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 3.2%. 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 Centene (CNC) free cash flow margin is 2.22% – expanded 2.5 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, free cash flow margin reached its high of 8.13% in 2001 and its low of -0.30% in 2024.
Centene FCF Margin by Year
Centene FCF Margin 2025: 2.2%
2025's free cash flow margin for Centene came in at 2.22%, expanded 2.5 percentage points from 2024.
Centene FCF Margin 2024: -0.3%
Centene posted free cash flow margin of -0.30% in 2024, contracted 5.0 percentage points from 2023. This figure represents the lowest annual value in the available history.
Centene FCF Margin 2023: 4.7%
In 2023, Centene reported free cash flow margin of 4.71%, expanded 1.1 percentage points from 2022.
Centene FCF Margin 2022: 3.6%
Centene free cash flow margin in 2022 was 3.64%, expanded 1.0 percentage points from 2021.
Centene FCF Margin 2021: 2.6%
Centene free cash flow margin in 2021 was 2.62%.
See more financial history for Centene (CNC).
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