LifeStance Health (LFST) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026)

LifeStance Health (LFST) reported FCF Margin of 5.54% for Q1 2026, up 862.0% year-over-year from 0.58% in Q1 2025, and down 54.63% quarter-over-quarter from 12.21% in Q4 2025.

LifeStance Health (LFST) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

LifeStance Health (LFST) has 7 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 5.54% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 5.54%, up 862.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.54% (up 157.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.72%, up 87.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin declined to 5.54% in Q1 2026 per LFST's latest filing, from 12.21% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 17.21% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 13.37% in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 1.53% and a median of 1.92% in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Margin plunged 1129 bps in 2022, then jumped 1902 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 11.13% in 2022, then tumbled by 83 bps to 1.92% in 2023, then jumped by 797 bps to 17.21% in 2024, then retreated by 29 bps to 12.21% in 2025, then sank by 55 bps to 5.54% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows LFST's FCF Margin at 5.54% in Q1 2026, 12.21% in Q4 2025, and 4.67% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 83.85 Bn 86.23 Bn 16.26 Bn 4.68%
2 Tenet Healthcare 14.98 Bn 14.15 Bn 4.41 Bn 27.22%
3 Davita 13.99 Bn 14.84 Bn 1.07 Bn 6.41%
4 Encompass Health 9.72 Bn 10.34 Bn 1.34 Bn 9.50%
5 Ensign 8.90 Bn 8.31 Bn 293.37 Mn 6.49%
6 Universal Health Services 8.59 Bn 8.55 Bn 3.21 Bn 4.10%
7 Fresenius Medical Care AG 7.67 Bn 5.29 Bn -4.26 Bn 7,234.71%
8 Chemed 5.97 Bn 5.96 Bn 215.76 Mn 10.81%
9 Pacs 5.74 Bn 5.50 Bn 345.96 Mn 10.55%
10 LifeStance Health 3.47 Bn 3.39 Bn - 5.54%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 5.54%
Dec 31, 2025 12.21%
Sep 30, 2025 4.67%
Jun 30, 2025 16.40%
Mar 31, 2025 -3.08%
Dec 31, 2024 17.21%
Sep 30, 2024 5.65%
Jun 30, 2024 12.47%
Mar 31, 2024 -8.97%
Dec 31, 2023 1.92%
Sep 30, 2023 -13.37%
Jun 30, 2023 -4.63%
Mar 31, 2023 -6.18%
Dec 31, 2022 11.13%
Sep 30, 2022 -4.31%
Jun 30, 2022 -8.61%
Mar 31, 2022 -12.11%
Dec 31, 2021 -4.23%
Mar 31, 2021 -0.82%
Sep 30, 2020 -39.99%