Nlight (LASR) FCF Margin (2017 - 2026)

Nlight (LASR) posted quarterly FCF Margin of 9.44% for Q1 2026, up 1389.0% YoY from 0.63% in Q1 2025, and down 51.88% sequentially from 19.62% in Q4 2025.

Nlight (LASR) FCF Margin (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nlight has disclosed FCF Margin across 10 years of filings, most recently posting 9.44% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 1389.0% year-over-year to 9.44%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 7.65% (up 1483.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 4.71%, up 604.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin declined to 9.44% in Q1 2026, from 19.62% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for LASR reached as high as 28.66% in Q4 2022 and fell as low as 29.25% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 2.84% (2025), against an average of 1.01%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — FCF Margin surged 5640 bps — and 2024, when it slumped 3130 bps.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 28.66% in 2022, then slumped by 99 bps to 0.42% in 2023, then plunged by 1977 bps to 7.96% in 2024, then jumped by 347 bps to 19.62% in 2025, then sank by 52 bps to 9.44% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 9.44%, 19.62%, and 2.84% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Nvidia 4,798.43 Bn 4,754.95 Bn 61.16 Bn 59.53%
2 Micron Technology 1,164.41 Bn 1,138.39 Bn 35.06 Bn 42.36%
3 Advanced Micro Devices 882.18 Bn 869.83 Bn 5.42 Bn 25.61%
4 Intel 645.64 Bn 626.45 Bn 5.35 Bn -6.28%
5 Aeluma 370.26 Bn 370.22 Bn 386,000.00 -63.42%
6 Arm Holdings 358.73 Bn 355.13 Bn 1.46 Bn 22.42%
7 Texas Instruments 271.25 Bn 266.15 Bn 2.80 Bn 17.49%
8 Marvell Technology 239.95 Bn 236.10 Bn 1.26 Bn 19.98%
9 Qualcomm 193.93 Bn 184.13 Bn 4.16 Bn 21.15%
10 Nlight 3.62 Bn 3.29 Bn 26.51 Mn 9.44%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 9.44%
Dec 31, 2025 19.62%
Sep 30, 2025 -2.84%
Jun 30, 2025 0.91%
Mar 31, 2025 -4.45%
Dec 31, 2024 -7.96%
Sep 30, 2024 -4.15%
Jun 30, 2024 -12.62%
Mar 31, 2024 22.05%
Dec 31, 2023 0.42%
Sep 30, 2023 27.15%
Jun 30, 2023 -8.59%
Mar 31, 2023 -0.07%
Dec 31, 2022 28.66%
Sep 30, 2022 -29.25%
Jun 30, 2022 -6.81%
Mar 31, 2022 -14.38%
Dec 31, 2021 -23.44%
Sep 30, 2021 -8.41%
Jun 30, 2021 -10.55%