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Centene cash flow statement 2000–2026

Centene's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 3.96B USD: operating cash flow of 4.74B USD less 781.00M USD of capital spending. That is 1.9% of its revenue and 8.01 a share.

Operating cash flow Free cash flow

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Fiscal year
TTM
30 Sept 2026
FY2025
31 Dec 2025
FY2024
31 Dec 2024
FY2023
31 Dec 2023
FY2022
31 Dec 2022
FY2021
31 Dec 2021
FY2020
31 Dec 2020
FY2019
31 Dec 2019
FY2018
31 Dec 2018
FY2017
31 Dec 2017
FY2016
31 Dec 2016
Net income
1.46B-6.68B3.29B2.70B1.20B1.34B1.79B1.31B894.00M808.00M561.00M
Depreciation and amortization
1.23B1.28B1.24B1.29B1.55B1.48B1.26B643.00M495.00M361.00M278.00M
Stock-based compensation
—204.00M212.00M216.00M234.00M203.00M281.00M177.00M145.00M135.00M148.00M
Change in working capital
797.00M823.00M-4.52B3.37B2.19B1.38B2.20B-1.00B-171.00M294.00M784.00M
Change in receivables
—1.48B-4.33B-2.38B-1.63B-2.45B-52.00M-1.08B-1.17B-50.00M74.00M
Change in inventory
—0.000.002.12B0.00-1.14B0.00421.00M1.55B281.00M251.00M
Change in payables
—-657.00M-528.00M3.40B421.00M1.14B0.00-421.00M-533.00M53.00M402.00M
Change in other working capital
1.88B0.00346.00M234.00M3.40B3.83B2.25B74.00M-10.00M10.00M57.00M
Other non-cash items
1.04B9.52B-91.00M546.00M1.71B-54.00M25.00M301.00M1.00B-1.00M-12.00M
Operating cash flow
4.74B5.09B154.00M8.05B6.26B4.21B5.50B1.48B1.23B1.49B1.85B
Operating cash flow growth
+16.66%+3,203.90%-98.09%+28.62%+48.89%-23.59%+271.07%+20.18%-17.13%-19.56%+181.31%
Capital expenditure
-781.00M-767.00M-644.00M-799.00M-1.00B-910.00M-869.00M-730.00M-675.00M-422.00M-306.00M
Acquisitions
—-19.00M990.00M619.00M1.02B-466.00M-3.58B-36.00M-2.06B-50.00M-1.30B
Purchases of investments
-4.29B-4.54B-7.18B-6.62B-6.74B-7.40B-7.40B-2.58B-3.85B-2.70B-2.45B
Sales and maturities of investments
6.38B5.78B5.79B5.52B3.80B5.46B4.92B1.81B1.99B1.90B1.66B
Other investing
—0.000.000.000.0019.00M-22.00M0.000.0012.00M0.00
Investing cash flow
1.31B453.00M-1.05B-1.28B-2.92B-3.30B-6.96B-1.53B-4.59B-1.27B-2.40B
Debt issued (repaid)
-2.06B-1.15B678.00M19.00M-1.13B1.76B920.00M6.87B1.97B44.00M2.79B
Shares issued
34.00M37.00M46.00M44.00M70.00M0.000.000.002.78B0.000.00
Share buybacks
-59.00M-475.00M-3.12B-1.63B-3.10B-297.00M-626.00M-75.00M-71.00M-65.00M-63.00M
Dividends paid
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Other financing
—-19.00M-6.00M0.00-41.00M-102.00M-34.00M16.00M9.00M5.00M-14.00M
Financing cash flow
-2.09B-1.60B-2.41B-1.57B-4.20B1.36B260.00M6.81B4.69B-16.00M2.72B
Net change in cash
3.85B3.83B-3.13B5.12B-1.04B2.32B-1.32B6.78B1.27B142.00M2.17B
Free cash flow
3.96B4.32B-490.00M7.25B5.26B3.30B4.63B753.00M559.00M1.07B1.55B
Free cash flow growth
+18.00%—-106.75%+37.99%+59.54%-28.90%+515.41%+34.70%-47.61%-30.94%+204.13%
Free cash flow margin
1.94%2.22%-0.30%4.71%3.64%2.62%4.17%1.01%0.93%2.21%3.80%
Free cash flow per share
8.018.80-0.9413.299.035.588.001.791.403.024.71
Free cash flow per share growth
+18.38%—-107.04%+47.18%+61.87%-30.27%+346.74%+27.69%-53.58%-35.86%+128.26%
Owner earnings (estimate)
4.42B5.13B-228.27M7.55B5.90B3.81B5.62B1.16B861.17M1.27B2.07B
Interest paid
——688.00M688.00M657.00M658.00M725.00M374.00M323.00M237.00M165.00M
Income taxes paid
—0.001.00B883.00M1.20B678.00M1.19B612.00M448.00M496.00M556.00M

Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; owner earnings take off only the spending that keeps the business as it is, not the spending to grow it (an estimate by Financial Modeling Prep). Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.

Common questions about Centene's cash flow

Source: Financial Modeling Prep