Growth Metrics

Fuel Tech (FTEK) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)

Fuel Tech posted quarterly FCF Margin of 19.23% for Q1 2026, down 4184.0% year-on-year from 0.47% in Q1 2025, and up 30.68% on a QoQ basis from 27.74% in Q4 2025.

Fuel Tech (FTEK) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 19.23% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin fell 4184.0% year-over-year to 19.23%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 1.02% (up 342.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.78%, up 2394.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 19.23%, up from 27.74% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 39.6% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 32.5% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 19.23% (2026), against an average of 7.64%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2025, when FCF Margin soared 4660 bps; it then slumped 4184 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 22.33% in 2022, then surged by 106 bps to 1.39% in 2023, then plunged by 2434 bps to 32.37% in 2024, then increased by 14 bps to 27.74% in 2025, then surged by 31 bps to 19.23% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 19.23% (Q1 2026), 27.74% (Q4 2025), and 39.6% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Veralto 20.72 Bn 19.29 Bn 854.00 Mn 11.95%
2 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 7.83 Bn 7.56 Bn 205.80 Mn 9.86%
3 Federal Signal 6.47 Bn 6.40 Bn 179.40 Mn 801.69%
4 Ceco Environmental 2.82 Bn 2.78 Bn 63.92 Mn -7.62%
5 PureCycle Technologies 2.21 Bn 2.11 Bn - -1,116.69%
6 Euro Tech Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.34 Bn - -
7 Energy Recovery 421.81 Mn 335.66 Mn 2.70 Mn 208.36%
8 CleanCore Solutions 173.22 Mn 156.17 Mn -419,259.00 -25,357.72%
9 Arq 116.43 Mn 111.76 Mn 9.94 Mn -2.33%
10 Fuel Tech 4.19 Mn -17.39 Mn 2.64 Mn -19.23%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -19.23%
Dec 31, 2025 -27.74%
Sep 30, 2025 39.60%
Jun 30, 2025 -1.03%
Mar 31, 2025 22.61%
Dec 31, 2024 -32.37%
Sep 30, 2024 9.77%
Jun 30, 2024 -23.84%
Mar 31, 2024 -23.99%
Dec 31, 2023 1.39%
Sep 30, 2023 3.46%
Jun 30, 2023 -19.52%
Mar 31, 2023 13.45%
Dec 31, 2022 -22.33%
Sep 30, 2022 8.51%
Jun 30, 2022 -26.07%
Mar 31, 2022 -32.50%
Dec 31, 2021 10.68%
Sep 30, 2021 -0.05%
Jun 30, 2021 4.24%
Mar 31, 2021 -4.55%
Dec 31, 2020 8.74%
Sep 30, 2020 0.48%
Jun 30, 2020 -36.74%
Mar 31, 2020 -50.79%
Dec 31, 2019 -23.29%
Sep 30, 2019 6.06%
Jun 30, 2019 22.42%
Mar 31, 2019 -50.90%
Dec 31, 2018 46.84%
Sep 30, 2018 3.90%
Jun 30, 2018 -9.15%
Mar 31, 2018 -20.32%
Dec 31, 2017 14.84%
Sep 30, 2017 -4.14%
Jun 30, 2017 -44.63%
Mar 31, 2017 -13.40%
Dec 31, 2016 -10.90%
Sep 30, 2016 -10.69%
Jun 30, 2016 28.94%
Mar 31, 2016 -31.87%
Dec 31, 2015 42.43%
Sep 30, 2015 0.43%
Jun 30, 2015 -13.54%
Mar 31, 2015 5.56%
Dec 31, 2014 18.01%
Sep 30, 2014 11.01%
Jun 30, 2014 -4.66%
Mar 31, 2014 -11.59%
Dec 31, 2013 13.69%
Sep 30, 2013 -1.22%
Jun 30, 2013 24.53%
Mar 31, 2013 -39.83%
Dec 31, 2012 6.27%
Sep 30, 2012 3.57%
Jun 30, 2012 -5.32%
Mar 31, 2012 18.59%
Dec 31, 2011 3.88%
Sep 30, 2011 7.01%
Jun 30, 2011 12.88%
Mar 31, 2011 -12.24%
Dec 31, 2010 26.25%
Sep 30, 2010 13.26%