Growth Metrics

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) FCF Margin (2021 - 2026)

Bausch & Lomb posted quarterly FCF Margin of 0.8% for Q1 2026, up 1107.0% year-on-year from 0.07% in Q1 2025, and down 118.82% on a QoQ basis from 4.27% in Q4 2025.

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) has 6 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 0.8% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 1107.0% year-over-year to 0.8%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.13% (up 461.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.29%, down 6.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 0.8%, down from 4.27% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 12.96% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 11.87% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 2.34% (2022), against an average of 0.27%.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Margin reached 3727 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 6948 bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 10.94% in 2022, then tumbled by 63 bps to 4.01% in 2023, then tumbled by 236 bps to 5.47% in 2024, then surged by 178 bps to 4.27% in 2025, then tumbled by 119 bps to 0.8% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 0.8% (Q1 2026), 4.27% (Q4 2025), and 4.92% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Intuitive Surgical 156.17 Bn 151.78 Bn 1.83 Bn 29.18%
2 Becton Dickinson 41.51 Bn 40.49 Bn 2.15 Bn 11.58%
3 Resmed 30.43 Bn 28.77 Bn 890.98 Mn 36.36%
4 West Pharmaceutical Services 22.78 Bn 22.26 Bn 296.40 Mn 7.55%
5 Solventum 13.39 Bn 13.39 Bn 1.10 Bn -13.60%
6 Cooper Companies 12.33 Bn 12.20 Bn 695.20 Mn 15.50%
7 Align Technology 11.65 Bn 10.59 Bn 736.59 Mn 11.56%
8 Baxter International 9.81 Bn 7.77 Bn 891.00 Mn 2.81%
9 Aptargroup 7.39 Bn 7.19 Bn 351.91 Mn 5.42%
10 Bausch & Lomb 5.74 Bn 5.53 Bn 973.00 Mn -0.80%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.80%
Dec 31, 2025 4.27%
Sep 30, 2025 4.92%
Jun 30, 2025 -4.23%
Mar 31, 2025 -11.87%
Dec 31, 2024 -5.47%
Sep 30, 2024 7.86%
Jun 30, 2024 -4.69%
Mar 31, 2024 -2.37%
Dec 31, 2023 4.01%
Sep 30, 2023 1.49%
Jun 30, 2023 -4.93%
Mar 31, 2023 -9.99%
Dec 31, 2022 10.94%
Sep 30, 2022 -2.34%
Jun 30, 2022 12.96%
Mar 31, 2022 -4.39%
Dec 31, 2021 80.42%
Sep 30, 2021 -4.32%
Jun 30, 2021 -24.30%
Mar 31, 2021 16.23%