Growth Metrics

Helix Energy Solutions (HLX) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Helix Energy Solutions has reported FCF Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 20.48% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 1618.0% to 20.48% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 14.04% through Mar 2026, up 555.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 10.51% for FY2025, 147.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 20.48% for Q1 2026 at Helix Energy Solutions, down from 36.75% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 36.75% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 12.01% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 7.37% (2022), against an average of 8.69%.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Margin plummeted -3560bps in 2022 and then surged 2537bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 7.37% in 2022, then surged by 270bps to 27.25% in 2023, then plummeted by -32bps to 18.43% in 2024, then soared by 99bps to 36.75% in 2025, then crashed by -44bps to 20.48% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HLX's FCF Margin are 20.48% (Q1 2026), 36.75% (Q4 2025), and 5.99% (Q3 2025).