Growth Metrics

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

Fuel Tech posted quarterly Gross Margin of 43.49% for Q1 2026, down 288.0% year-on-year from 23.13% in Q1 2025, and down 2.55% on a QoQ basis from 44.63% in Q4 2025.

Fuel Tech (FTEK) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 43.49% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Gross Margin fell 288.0% year-over-year to 43.49%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 45.76% (up 225.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 46.42%, up 415.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 43.49%, down from 44.63% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 51.11% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 36.55% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 43.4% (2024), against an average of 43.58%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Gross Margin jumped 834 bps; it then sank 881 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 42.77% in 2022, then gained by 19 bps to 51.11% in 2023, then dropped by 17 bps to 42.31% in 2024, then gained by 5 bps to 44.63% in 2025, then slipped by 3 bps to 43.49% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 43.49% (Q1 2026), 44.63% (Q4 2025), and 48.88% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Veralto 20.72 Bn 19.29 Bn 854.00 Mn 60.06%
2 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions 7.83 Bn 7.56 Bn 205.80 Mn 47.53%
3 Federal Signal 6.47 Bn 6.40 Bn 179.40 Mn 1,520.34%
4 Ceco Environmental 2.82 Bn 2.78 Bn 63.92 Mn 31.04%
5 PureCycle Technologies 2.21 Bn 2.11 Bn - -
6 Euro Tech Holdings 1.36 Bn 1.34 Bn - -
7 Energy Recovery 421.81 Mn 335.66 Mn 2.70 Mn 27.84%
8 CleanCore Solutions 173.22 Mn 156.17 Mn -419,259.00 -77.11%
9 Arq 116.43 Mn 111.76 Mn 9.94 Mn 34.21%
10 Fuel Tech 4.19 Mn -17.39 Mn 2.64 Mn 43.49%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 43.49%
Dec 31, 2025 44.63%
Sep 30, 2025 48.88%
Jun 30, 2025 45.50%
Mar 31, 2025 46.36%
Dec 31, 2024 42.31%
Sep 30, 2024 43.40%
Jun 30, 2024 41.92%
Mar 31, 2024 40.93%
Dec 31, 2023 51.11%
Sep 30, 2023 45.22%
Jun 30, 2023 36.55%
Mar 31, 2023 38.49%
Dec 31, 2022 42.77%
Sep 30, 2022 45.80%
Jun 30, 2022 42.05%
Mar 31, 2022 41.37%
Dec 31, 2021 50.19%
Sep 30, 2021 49.20%
Jun 30, 2021 49.50%
Mar 31, 2021 46.85%
Dec 31, 2020 41.88%
Sep 30, 2020 72.42%
Jun 30, 2020 13.68%
Mar 31, 2020 40.42%
Dec 31, 2019 0.59%
Sep 30, 2019 44.78%
Jun 30, 2019 43.56%
Mar 31, 2019 39.53%
Dec 31, 2018 37.28%
Sep 30, 2018 33.70%
Jun 30, 2018 31.42%
Mar 31, 2018 39.29%
Dec 31, 2017 42.02%
Sep 30, 2017 37.27%
Jun 30, 2017 37.21%
Mar 31, 2017 43.83%
Dec 31, 2016 19.35%
Sep 30, 2016 42.20%
Jun 30, 2016 36.77%
Mar 31, 2016 33.94%
Dec 31, 2015 37.95%
Sep 30, 2015 36.20%
Jun 30, 2015 38.20%
Mar 31, 2015 44.14%
Dec 31, 2014 47.44%
Sep 30, 2014 46.09%
Jun 30, 2014 42.16%
Mar 31, 2014 42.07%
Dec 31, 2013 43.05%
Sep 30, 2013 45.00%
Jun 30, 2013 40.78%
Mar 31, 2013 41.95%
Dec 31, 2012 35.64%
Sep 30, 2012 41.10%
Jun 30, 2012 43.19%
Mar 31, 2012 47.56%
Dec 31, 2011 47.19%
Sep 30, 2011 45.68%
Jun 30, 2011 44.52%
Mar 31, 2011 49.31%
Dec 31, 2010 40.96%
Sep 30, 2010 43.31%
Jun 30, 2010 41.45%