Chemed Corporation

CHE Healthcare Medical Care Facilities

Chemed Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.5 billion, up 4.06% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+10.6%
EPS
+23.1%
Free cash flow
−45.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

533.55 15.09 −2.75%
Market cap
$7.0B
P/E
25.5×
Fwd P/E
24.0×
Dividend yield
0.47%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
11.69
Beneish M
−2.76
Dividend safety
100/100

Chemed Corporation (CHE) Price to free cash flow

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As of 5 November 2026, Chemed Corporation (CHE) trades at a price to free cash flow of 23.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.4× (April 2026) to 59.0× (May 2018); the current reading is higher than 40% of that period. That is above the Medical Care Facilities industry median of 16.0× and above the Healthcare sector median of 21.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 18.7× (12.94%)
FY2024 21.4× (33.21%)
FY2023 32.1× 8.11%
FY2022 29.7× (10.18%)
FY2021 33.1× 68.09%
FY2020 19.7× (30.41%)
FY2019 28.3× 45.52%
FY2018 19.4× (51.92%)
FY2017 40.4× 45.41%
FY2016 27.8× 39.98%

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 22.2× 18.85%
Jun 2026 18.7× 38.18%
Mar 2026 13.5× (27.50%)
Dec 2025 18.7× 5.55%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 13.4× High 59.0×
Ten-year median 26.3×
Current reading's percentile 40

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
FMS Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA compare 6.1×
DVA DaVita Inc. compare 8.4×
UHS Universal Health Services, Inc. compare 10.3×
OPCH Option Care Health, Inc. compare 16.8×
PACS PACS Group, Inc. compare 17.7×
CON Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. compare 20.2×
ENSG The Ensign Group, Inc. compare 20.6×
CHE Chemed Corporation 23.5×
LFST LifeStance Health Group, Inc. compare 28.6×
Medical Care Facilities industry median 16.0×
Healthcare sector median 21.1×
Market median 14.1×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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