What is Cadre Holdings's free cash flow margin?

Cadre Holdings (CDRE) reported free cash flow margin of 9.5% in Q1 2026.

What is the long-term trend for Cadre Holdings's free cash flow margin?

Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Cadre Holdings's free cash flow margin has grown at a 2.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.7% to 9.3%.

What does free cash flow margin mean?

Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) as a percentage of revenue, trailing twelve months. Measures how efficiently revenue converts into discretionary cash.

Cadre Holdings CDRE Free cash flow margin

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$155.4M+19.5%

Gross profit$60.2M+7.2%

Operating income$7.5M-44.7%

Net income$2.0M-78.6%

EPS (diluted)$0.05-78.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$41.3M-69.1%

Total debt$388.9M+64.7%

Total equity$336.1M+5.8%

Total assets$879.7M+34.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$22.5M+29.5%

CapEx$2.7M+105%

Free cash flow$19.8M+23.4%

Valuation

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Market cap$1.23B-7.9%

Enterprise value$1.58B+9.6%

P/E33.4×-1.4×

P/S1.9×-0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin41.5%0.0pp

Operating margin9.6%-2.6pp

Net margin5.8%-1.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity11.3%-1.8pp

Debt / equity1.2×+0.4×

Current ratio2.3×-1.3×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Cadre Holdings’s reported figures.

free cash flow/total revenue=9.5%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Cadre Holdings’s 10-Q, filed May 11, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Cadre Holdings's free cash flow margin?: Cadre Holdings (CDRE) reported free cash flow margin of 9.5% in Q1 2026.
What is the long-term trend for Cadre Holdings's free cash flow margin?: Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Cadre Holdings's free cash flow margin has grown at a 2.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.7% to 9.3%.
What does free cash flow margin mean?: Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) as a percentage of revenue, trailing twelve months. Measures how efficiently revenue converts into discretionary cash.