Growth Metrics

Elastic (ESTC) FCF Margin (2018 - 2026)

Elastic recorded quarterly FCF Margin of 9.29% in Q1 2026, up 51.3% quarter-over-quarter from 6.14% in Q4 2025, and down 1355.0% year-over-year from 0.74% in Q1 2025.

Elastic's FCF Margin history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 9.29% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 1355.0% year-over-year to 9.29%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 15.32% (down 126.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 17.65%, up 619.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin came in at 9.29% for Q1 2026 at Elastic, up from 6.14% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 25.09% in Q3 2025 to a low of 4.07% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 9.84% and a median of 9.29% in 2026 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Margin surged 1673 bps in 2023 and plunged 1355 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Elastic's FCF Margin stood at 3.9% in 2022, then slumped by 127 bps to 1.06% in 2023, then soared by 1075 bps to 10.31% in 2024, then sank by 40 bps to 6.14% in 2025, then jumped by 51 bps to 9.29% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 9.29%, 6.14%, and 25.09% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn 36.77%
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 47.52%
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 17.31%
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 15.02%
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 41.64%
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 20.82%
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 45.65%
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 36.83%
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 61.18%
10 Elastic 5.79 Bn 5.05 Bn 343.44 Mn 9.29%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 9.29%
Oct 31, 2025 6.14%
Jul 31, 2025 25.09%
Apr 30, 2025 21.85%
Jan 31, 2025 22.85%
Oct 31, 2024 10.31%
Jul 31, 2024 14.97%
Apr 30, 2024 17.94%
Jan 31, 2024 15.65%
Oct 31, 2023 -1.06%
Jul 31, 2023 12.66%
Apr 30, 2023 9.25%
Jan 31, 2023 2.54%
Oct 31, 2022 3.90%
Jul 31, 2022 -4.07%
Apr 30, 2022 -1.57%
Jan 31, 2022 1.58%
Oct 31, 2021 -6.30%
Jul 31, 2021 7.21%
Apr 30, 2021 -3.08%
Jan 31, 2021 12.35%
Oct 31, 2020 -11.68%
Jul 31, 2020 16.78%
Apr 30, 2020 -4.49%
Jan 31, 2020 -18.10%
Oct 31, 2019 -1.34%
Jul 31, 2019 -3.66%
Apr 30, 2019 -25.90%
Jan 31, 2019 -15.58%
Oct 31, 2018 -0.41%
Jul 31, 2018 8.46%
Apr 30, 2018 -47.70%
Jan 31, 2018 -4.88%