Growth Metrics

Esab (ESAB) Free Cash Flow (2021 - 2025)

Esab (ESAB) reported Free Cash Flow of $77.4 million for Q4 2025, down 24.22% year-over-year from $102.2 million in Q4 2024, and up 10.13% on a QoQ basis from $70.3 million in Q4 2025.

Esab (ESAB) has 5 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $77.4 million in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 24.22% year-over-year to $77.4 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $213.3 million (down 29.75% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $213.3 million, down 29.75% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow improved to $77.4 million in Q4 2025 per ESAB's latest filing, from $70.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $103.1 million in Q4 2023 and bottomed at $10.2 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $59.8 million (2021), against an average of $59.4 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Free Cash Flow slumped 82.48%; it then surged 198.04% in 2023.
  • Tracing ESAB's Free Cash Flow over 5 years: stood at $41.9 million in 2021, then jumped by 74.58% to $73.2 million in 2022, then jumped by 40.83% to $103.1 million in 2023, then declined by 0.89% to $102.2 million in 2024, then retreated by 24.22% to $77.4 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ESAB Free Cash Flow figures stand at $77.4 million (Q4 2025), $70.3 million (Q4 2025), and $37.4 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Ati 22.19 Bn 21.90 Bn 262.90 Mn 73.00 Mn
2 Carpenter Technology 21.71 Bn 21.41 Bn 251.80 Mn 124.80 Mn
3 Mueller Industries 14.55 Bn 13.18 Bn 358.44 Mn 62.51 Mn
4 Esab 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 257.79 Mn 77.42 Mn
5 Worthington Enterprises 2.71 Bn 2.70 Bn 109.47 Mn 48.14 Mn
6 Proto Labs 1.70 Bn 1.56 Bn 63.59 Mn 14.00 Mn
7 Mayville Engineering Company 520.33 Mn 518.26 Mn 10.96 Mn -4.84 Mn
8 Insteel Industries 517.83 Mn 502.74 Mn 16.49 Mn 671,000.00
9 Tredegar 271.32 Mn 255.71 Mn 28.99 Mn -3.19 Mn
10 Techprecision 38.93 Mn 38.86 Mn 381,000.00 -827,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 77.42 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 77.42 Mn
Oct 3, 2025 70.30 Mn
Oct 3, 2025 70.30 Mn
Jul 4, 2025 37.45 Mn
Jul 4, 2025 37.45 Mn
Apr 4, 2025 28.12 Mn
Apr 4, 2025 28.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 102.17 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 102.17 Mn
Sep 27, 2024 90.41 Mn
Sep 27, 2024 90.41 Mn
Jun 28, 2024 73.99 Mn
Jun 28, 2024 73.99 Mn
Mar 29, 2024 37.05 Mn
Mar 29, 2024 37.05 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 103.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 103.08 Mn
Sep 29, 2023 95.51 Mn
Sep 29, 2023 95.51 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 53.36 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 53.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 30.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 30.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 73.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 73.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 71.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 71.20 Mn
Jul 1, 2022 19.53 Mn
Jul 1, 2022 19.53 Mn
Apr 1, 2022 10.19 Mn
Apr 1, 2022 10.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 41.93 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 41.93 Mn
Oct 1, 2021 61.45 Mn
Oct 1, 2021 61.45 Mn
Jul 2, 2021 53.63 Mn
Jul 2, 2021 53.63 Mn
Apr 2, 2021 58.15 Mn
Apr 2, 2021 58.15 Mn