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The cash flow of CENTENE CORPORATION over the past 10 years

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In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, CENTENE CORPORATION's operating cash flow was $5.09B and its capital expenditures $767M, leaving free cash flow of $4.32B. Free cash flow was above zero in 9 of the 10 years shown. It ranged from -$490M in fiscal 2024 to $7.25B in fiscal 2023. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2022, at $1B.

Year by year

Fiscal yearOperating cash flowCapital expendituresFree cash flow*
2025ended Dec 31, 2025$5.09B$767M$4.32B
2024ended Dec 31, 2024$154M$644M-$490M
2023ended Dec 31, 2023$8.05B$799M$7.25B
2022ended Dec 31, 2022$6.26B$1B$5.26B
2021ended Dec 31, 2021$4.21B$910M$3.29B
2020ended Dec 31, 2020$5.5B$869M$4.63B
2019ended Dec 31, 2019$1.48B$730M$753M
2018ended Dec 31, 2018$1.23B$675M$559M
2017ended Dec 31, 2017$1.49B$422M$1.07B
2016ended Dec 31, 2016$1.85B$306M$1.54B

Fiscal years as CENTENE CORPORATION reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.

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