Centene Corporation (CNC) quarterly cash flow statement — complete operating, investing & financing history
| Metric | Q1'26 | Q4'25 | Q3'25 | Q2'25 | Q1'25 | Q4'24 | Q3'24 | Q2'24 | Q1'24 | Q4'23 | Q3'23 | Q2'23 | Q1'23 | Q4'22 | Q3'22 | Q2'22 | Q1'22 | Q4'21 | Q3'21 | Q2'21 |
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| Cash from Operations | 3.6B | 437M | 1.36B | 1.78B | 1.51B | -587M | -978M | 2.17B | -456M | 217M | 1.02B | 2.55B | 4.27B | -1.58B | 3.33B | 3.35B | 1.15B | 675M | 1.8B | 1.69B |
| Operating CF Margin % | 7.21% | 0.88% | 2.73% | 3.66% | 3.24% | -1.44% | -2.33% | 5.46% | -1.13% | 0.55% | 2.68% | 6.77% | 10.98% | -4.43% | 9.29% | 9.33% | 3.1% | 2.07% | 5.56% | 5.43% |
| Operating CF Growth % | 138.41% | 174.45% | 238.65% | -17.93% | 431.14% | -370.51% | -195.79% | -14.57% | -110.68% | 113.77% | -69.36% | -24.09% | 270.89% | -333.48% | 84.91% | 99.05% | 2576.74% | -77.36% | 289.29% | -54.63% |
| Net Income | 1.54B | -1.1B | -6.63B | -259M | 1.31B | 275M | 710M | 1.15B | 1.16B | 45M | 475M | 1.05B | 1.13B | -219M | 740M | -171M | 852M | 593M | 581M | -535M |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 300M | 0 | 317M | 315M | 314M | 314M | 313M | 306M | 308M | 315M | 328M | 304M | 346M | 375M | 391M | 397M | 390M | 378M | 381M | 356M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 67M | 0 | 52M | 35M | 59M | 31M | 49M | 62M | 70M | 49M | 50M | 56M | 61M | 54M | 51M | 59M | 70M | 76M | 40M | 36M |
| Deferred Taxes | -53M | 0 | 129M | -89M | -27M | -1M | -26M | -64M | 104M | -92M | 174M | -1M | -159M | 51M | -265M | -429M | 12M | 11M | -67M | -232M |
| Other Non-Cash Items | 7M | 815M | 9.04B | 66M | 15M | 6M | 9M | -14M | -92M | 79M | 530M | -14M | -52M | 337M | -222M | 1.57B | 19M | -155M | -21M | 74M |
| Working Capital Changes | 1.74B | 723M | -1.55B | 1.72B | -165M | -1.21B | -2.03B | 739M | -2.01B | -179M | -536M | 1.15B | 2.94B | -2.17B | 2.64B | 1.92B | -192M | -228M | 888M | 1.99B |
| Change in Receivables | -1.35B | 0 | -1.54B | 883M | -2.68B | -1.6B | -1.68B | 152M | -1.21B | -51M | -2.01B | 1.62B | -1.94B | -353M | 14M | 1.81B | -3.1B | -730M | -209M | 377M |
| Change in Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Change in Payables | 2.9B | 0 | 2.12B | 0 | 563M | 0 | 908M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.55B | 421M | 0 | 0 | 957M | 1.14B | 0 | 0 |
| Cash from Investing | 89M | 660M | 1.22B | -899M | -529M | 102M | -839M | -1.17B | 852M | -950M | 433M | -451M | -311M | 221M | 3M | -744M | -2.4B | -857M | -1.02B | -813M |
| Capital Expenditures | -200M | -213M | -211M | -208M | -135M | -154M | -153M | -186M | -151M | -223M | -136M | -215M | -225M | -233M | -247M | -282M | -242M | -248M | -225M | -250M |
| CapEx % of Revenue | 0.4% | 0.43% | 0.42% | 0.43% | 0.29% | 0.38% | 0.36% | 0.47% | 0.37% | 0.57% | 0.36% | 0.57% | 0.58% | 0.66% | 0.69% | 0.78% | 0.65% | 0.76% | 0.69% | 0.81% |
| Acquisitions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Investing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2M | -2M | 19M | 0 | 0 |
| Cash from Financing | -1.06B | -187M | 9M | -1.17B | -250M | -13M | -1.25B | -1.17B | 23M | -200M | -522M | -723M | -125M | -1.73B | -1.48B | -486M | -498M | -235M | 1.64B | 27M |
| Debt Issued (Net) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Equity Issued (Net) | -19M | 6M | 11M | -424M | -31M | -934M | -1.22B | -792M | -137M | -19M | -763M | -384M | -423M | -1.36B | -1.24B | -349M | -71M | -248M | -16M | -4M |
| Dividends Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Share Repurchases | -29M | -2M | 0 | -432M | -41M | -943M | -1.23B | -803M | -151M | -31M | -774M | -405M | -423M | -1.43B | -1.24B | -349M | -71M | -248M | -16M | -4M |
| Other Financing | 2M | -6M | -1M | -1M | -11M | -1M | -1M | -1M | -3M | 0 | 0 | -11M | 11M | -84M | 38M | 6M | -1M | 16M | -88M | 9M |
| Net Change in Cash | 2.63B | 830M | 2.54B | -302M | 752M | -514M | -3.03B | 20M | 392M | -997M | 1.02B | 1.32B | 3.78B | -2.91B | 1.55B | 2.2B | -1.88B | -305M | 2.4B | 1.39B |
| Free Cash Flow | 3.4B | 224M | 1.15B | 1.58B | 1.38B | -741M | -1.13B | 1.99B | -607M | -6M | 885M | 2.33B | 4.04B | -1.81B | 3.08B | 3.07B | 909M | 427M | 1.58B | 1.44B |
| FCF Margin % | 6.81% | 0.45% | 2.3% | 3.24% | 2.95% | -1.82% | -2.69% | 4.99% | -1.5% | -0.02% | 2.33% | 6.2% | 10.4% | -5.09% | 8.6% | 8.55% | 2.44% | 1.31% | 4.87% | 4.63% |
| FCF Growth % | 147.27% | 130.23% | 201.24% | -20.71% | 326.52% | -12250% | -227.8% | -14.67% | -115.01% | 99.67% | -71.31% | -24.12% | 344.88% | -523.65% | 95.62% | 114.08% | 731.25% | -84.61% | 231.09% | -58.75% |
| FCF per Share | 6.86 | 0.46 | 2.33 | 3.20 | 2.76 | -1.48 | -2.16 | 3.75 | -1.13 | -0.01 | 1.64 | 4.24 | 7.30 | -3.23 | 5.31 | 5.26 | 1.54 | 0.72 | 2.67 | 2.46 |
| FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income) | 2.34x | -0.40x | -0.20x | -7.06x | 1.15x | -2.07x | -1.37x | 1.90x | -0.39x | 4.82x | 2.18x | 2.41x | 3.78x | 7.40x | 4.51x | -19.50x | 1.36x | 1.13x | 3.09x | -3.15x |
| Interest Paid | 146M | 0 | 138M | 191M | 129M | 193M | 143M | 197M | 155M | 192M | 148M | 204M | 144M | 195M | 135M | 188M | 139M | 179M | 124M | 225M |
| Taxes Paid | -19M | 0 | 36M | 497M | 7M | -821M | 211M | 597M | 13M | 124M | 167M | 581M | 11M | 774M | 37M | 400M | 11M | 201M | 71M | 386M |