Illumina (ILMN) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Illumina (ILMN) posted FCF Margin of 23.01% for Q1 2026, down 31.98% quarter-over-quarter from 33.82% in Q4 2025, and up 303.0% year-on-year from 5.71% in Q1 2025.

Illumina (ILMN) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Illumina (ILMN) has reported FCF Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 23.01% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 23.01%, up 303.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 25.04% (up 484.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 24.34%, up 812.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 23.01% for Q1 2026 at Illumina, down from 33.82% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 33.82% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 3.86% in Q2 2023.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 15.88%, with a median of 19.26% recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Margin plunged 1294 bps in 2023 and soared 1790 bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Margin stood at 9.08% in 2022, then jumped by 70 bps to 15.42% in 2023, then soared by 97 bps to 30.34% in 2024, then increased by 11 bps to 33.82% in 2025, then slumped by 32 bps to 23.01% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Margin figures were 23.01% in Q1 2026, 33.82% in Q4 2025, and 23.34% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Waters 31,055.11 Bn 31,054.65 Bn 1.11 Bn -3.31%
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 191.02 Bn 187.77 Bn 7.74 Bn 7.41%
3 Danaher 137.16 Bn 131.47 Bn 3.59 Bn 18.23%
4 Idexx Laboratories 42.82 Bn 42.62 Bn 722.74 Mn 22.61%
5 Natera 39.09 Bn 37.99 Bn 696.04 Mn 2.59%
6 Agilent Technologies 37.61 Bn 35.81 Bn 990.00 Mn 10.95%
7 Iqvia Holdings 34.23 Bn 32.25 Bn 1.36 Bn 11.83%
8 Illumina 28.14 Bn 26.98 Bn 721.00 Mn 23.01%
9 Mettler Toledo International 26.40 Bn 26.33 Bn 555.82 Mn 12.92%
10 Quest Diagnostics 23.76 Bn 23.67 Bn 942.00 Mn 5.66%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 29, 2026 23.01%
Dec 28, 2025 33.82%
Sep 28, 2025 23.34%
Jun 29, 2025 19.26%
Mar 30, 2025 19.98%
Dec 29, 2024 30.34%
Sep 29, 2024 26.30%
Jun 30, 2024 4.41%
Mar 31, 2024 3.81%
Dec 31, 2023 15.42%
Oct 1, 2023 8.40%
Jul 2, 2023 4.93%
Apr 2, 2023 -3.86%
Jan 1, 2023 19.97%
Apr 3, 2022 9.08%
Oct 3, 2021 -29.24%
Jul 4, 2021 18.56%
Apr 4, 2021 21.96%
Jan 3, 2021 36.10%
Sep 27, 2020 13.22%