Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) FCF Margin (2021 - 2026)
Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) recorded FCF Margin of 5.88% in Q2 2026, up 10.11 percentage points from -4.23% a year earlier and up 11.35 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) FCF Margin (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Bausch & Lomb's FCF Margin came in at 2.57% as of Jun 30, 2026, up 5.95 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at -1.29%, down 0.06 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual FCF Margin has a five-year change of -9.18 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, FCF Margin came in at -1.23% in FY2024 (+3.54 pp), -4.78% in FY2023 (-9.29 pp), 4.51% in FY2022 (-13.55 pp) and 18.06% in FY2021 (+10.18 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly FCF Margin since Q3 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, FCF Margin has increased for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.63 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for FCF Margin in the last five years was a gain of 10.11 percentage points in Q2 2026, against a drop of 26.78 percentage points in Q3 2022 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at -5.47% (Q1 2026), 4.27% (Q4 2025) and 4.92% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 249.71 Bn | 228.86 Bn | 4.88 Bn | 13.97% |
| 2 | Abbott Laboratories | 171.00 Bn | 142.08 Bn | 7.27 Bn | 15.81% |
| 3 | Danaher | 155.79 Bn | 139.61 Bn | 3.61 Bn | 20.19% |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical | 143.91 Bn | 123.46 Bn | 1.96 Bn | 32.79% |
| 5 | Medtronic | 110.42 Bn | 76.29 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 13.22% |
| 6 | Stryker | 105.71 Bn | 91.82 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 16.07% |
| 7 | Boston Scientific | 63.26 Bn | 58.27 Bn | 3.85 Bn | 23.50% |
| 8 | Edwards Lifesciences | 49.80 Bn | 33.91 Bn | 1.35 Bn | 33.60% |
| 9 | Becton Dickinson | 48.78 Bn | 45.93 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 12.70% |
| 10 | Bausch & Lomb | 6.07 Bn | 4.81 Bn | 867.00 Mn | 5.88% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.88% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -5.47% |
| 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 | -5.88% |
| 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 | 9.99% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 24.45% |
API Access
Bausch & Lomb FCF Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=BLCO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-margin", "ticker": "BLCO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-margin&ticker=BLCO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();