Commercial Metals (CMC) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)
Commercial Metals (CMC) recorded FCF Margin of 3.08% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended May 31, 2026), down 0.14 percentage points from 3.22% a year earlier but up 1.03 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Commercial Metals (CMC) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Commercial Metals' FCF Margin came in at 4.58% as of May 31, 2026, down 0.32 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Aug 31, 2025), it was 4.00%, down 3.26 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual FCF Margin has a five-year change of -7.02 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier fiscal years, FCF Margin came in at 7.26% in FY2024 (-1.12 pp), 8.38% in FY2023 (+5.57 pp), 2.81% in FY2022 (+2.15 pp) and 0.66% in FY2021 (-10.36 pp).
- Quarterly FCF Margin has ranged from -4.62% in fiscal Q2 2022 to 13.54% in fiscal Q4 2024 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, FCF Margin rose in two of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.92 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for FCF Margin in the last five years was a gain of 12.98 percentage points in fiscal Q1 2023, against a drop of 10.79 percentage points in fiscal Q4 2021 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at 2.04% (Q2 2026), 3.71% (Q1 2026) and 9.76% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 181.90 Bn | 148.03 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 169.19 Bn | 148.06 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 36.51% |
| 3 | Newmont | 121.55 Bn | 89.73 Bn | 4.03 Bn | 36.04% |
| 4 | Ternium | 108.92 Bn | 73.97 Bn | 941.02 Mn | 15.83% |
| 5 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 100.46 Bn | 96.62 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 13.43% |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 91.62 Bn | 91.62 Bn | 2.43 Bn | - |
| 7 | Barrick Mining | 68.12 Bn | 52.86 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 54.67% |
| 8 | Nucor | 53.04 Bn | 43.58 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 7.97% |
| 9 | ArcelorMittal | 50.74 Bn | 31.77 Bn | - | 12.31% |
| 10 | Commercial Metals | 6.87 Bn | 6.31 Bn | 455.14 Mn | 3.08% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 31, 2026 | 3.08% |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 2.04% |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 3.71% |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 9.76% |
| May 31, 2025 | 3.22% |
| Feb 28, 2025 | -3.07% |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 4.97% |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 13.54% |
| May 31, 2024 | 5.57% |
| Feb 29, 2024 | -0.26% |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 9.69% |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 10.98% |
| May 31, 2023 | 9.61% |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 1.50% |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 10.74% |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 12.58% |
| May 31, 2022 | 3.36% |
| Feb 28, 2022 | -4.62% |
| Nov 30, 2021 | -2.24% |
| Aug 31, 2021 | 3.82% |
Commercial Metals FCF Margin API
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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=CMC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-margin", "ticker": "CMC", "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=CMC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();