Illumina ILMN
NASDAQ ILMN
$227.74 +2.90 (+1.29%)
As of: Aug 27, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Illumina (ILMN) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Illumina (ILMN) posted quarterly Free Cash Flow of $161.0 million for Q2 2026, down 21.08% year-over-year from $204.0 million in Q2 2025, and down 35.86% on a QoQ basis from $251.0 million in Q1 2026.

Illumina (ILMN) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Illumina has reported Free Cash Flow for 18 years, with the latest figure at $161.0 million in Q2 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q2 2026 came in at $161.0 million, down 21.08% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was $931.0 million (down 9.7% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $931.0 million, up 31.31% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow slipped to $161.0 million in Q2 2026, from $251.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $335.0 million in Q4 2024 and troughed at -$42.0 million in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $151.7 million and a median of $167.0 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The largest YoY upside for Free Cash Flow was 1010.53% in 2023 against a maximum downside of 137.84% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $111.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 55.86% to $173.0 million in 2023, then surged by 93.64% to $335.0 million in 2024, then decreased by 20.6% to $266.0 million in 2025, then tumbled by 39.47% to $161.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Free Cash Flow figures were $161.0 million in Q2 2026, $251.0 million in Q1 2026, and $266.0 million in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Thermo Fisher Scientific 234.15 Bn 230.09 Bn 8.34 Bn 1.68 Bn
2 Danaher 152.10 Bn 147.75 Bn 3.61 Bn 1.27 Bn
3 Natera 48.48 Bn 47.38 Bn 486.15 Mn -8.64 Mn
4 Agilent Technologies 44.35 Bn 42.55 Bn 990.00 Mn 201.00 Mn
5 Iqvia Holdings 43.68 Bn 41.60 Bn 1.44 Bn 360.00 Mn
6 Idexx Laboratories 43.02 Bn 42.83 Bn 779.09 Mn 322.52 Mn
7 Illumina 34.39 Bn 33.22 Bn 770.00 Mn 161.00 Mn
8 Mettler Toledo International 28.29 Bn 28.24 Bn 650.22 Mn 282.62 Mn
9 Labcorp Holdings 27.51 Bn 27.37 Bn 1.11 Bn 313.90 Mn
10 Quest Diagnostics 27.10 Bn 26.47 Bn 1.03 Bn 459.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Jun 28, 2026 161.00 Mn
Jun 28, 2026 161.00 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 251.00 Mn
Mar 29, 2026 251.00 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 266.00 Mn
Dec 28, 2025 266.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 253.00 Mn
Sep 28, 2025 253.00 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 204.00 Mn
Jun 29, 2025 204.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 208.00 Mn
Mar 30, 2025 208.00 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 335.00 Mn
Dec 29, 2024 335.00 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 284.00 Mn
Sep 29, 2024 284.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 49.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 49.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 41.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 41.00 Mn