Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Free Cash Flow (2021 - 2026)

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) posted Free Cash Flow of -$68.0 million for Q1 2026, down 118.99% on a QoQ basis from $358.0 million in Q4 2025, and up 11.69% year-over-year from -$60.9 million in Q1 2025.

Bausch & Lomb (BLCO) Free Cash Flow (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Bausch & Lomb's Free Cash Flow history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$68.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 11.69% year-over-year to -$68.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $241.0 million (up 92.8% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $232.0 million, up 31.82% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow was -$68.0 million for Q1 2026 at Bausch & Lomb, down from $358.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $358.0 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$132.0 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $18.4 million and a median of $2.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Free Cash Flow slumped 6700.0% — and 2025, when it surged 2653.85%.
  • Bausch & Lomb's Free Cash Flow stood at $2.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 6700.0% to -$132.0 million in 2023, then surged by 109.85% to $13.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 2653.85% to $358.0 million in 2025, then slumped by 118.99% to -$68.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BLCO's Free Cash Flow at -$68.0 million in Q1 2026, $358.0 million in Q4 2025, and -$93.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Alcon 32,734,969.19 Bn 32,734,967.53 Bn 1.53 Bn 557.00 Mn
2 Intuitive Surgical 117.50 Bn 112.41 Bn 1.96 Bn 1.10 Bn
3 Becton Dickinson 42.93 Bn 42.11 Bn 2.15 Bn 546.00 Mn
4 Medline 30.82 Bn 36.66 Bn 1.84 Bn 316.00 Mn
5 Resmed 27.90 Bn 26.23 Bn 890.98 Mn 520.48 Mn
6 West Pharmaceutical Services 26.76 Bn 26.23 Bn 329.20 Mn 80.80 Mn
7 Cooper Companies 15.30 Bn 15.16 Bn 735.40 Mn 96.40 Mn
8 Solventum 13.46 Bn 12.90 Bn 1.10 Bn -273.00 Mn
9 Align Technology 12.02 Bn 10.96 Bn 736.59 Mn 120.26 Mn
10 Bausch & Lomb 5.68 Bn 5.47 Bn 973.00 Mn -68.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -68.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -68.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 358.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 358.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -93.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -93.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 44.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 44.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -77.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -77.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 13.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 13.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 156.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 156.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 33.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 33.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -26.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -26.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -132.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -132.00 Mn