Natera (NTRA) Free Cash Flow (2014 - 2026)

Natera's (NTRA) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at $18.0 million in Q1 2026, down 20.33% YoY from $22.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 52.31% on a QoQ basis from $37.8 million in Q4 2025.

Natera (NTRA) Free Cash Flow (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Natera (NTRA) has 13 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $18.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 20.33% year-over-year to $18.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $104.5 million (up 60.81% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $109.1 million, up 57.58% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow declined to $18.0 million in Q1 2026, from $37.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $37.8 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$139.4 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of -$33.5 million and a median of -$27.9 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Free Cash Flow tumbled 70.47% — and 2024, when it jumped 191.77%.
  • Tracing NTRA's Free Cash Flow over 5 years: stood at -$93.0 million in 2022, then advanced by 27.21% to -$67.7 million in 2023, then soared by 151.39% to $34.8 million in 2024, then gained by 8.77% to $37.8 million in 2025, then tumbled by 52.31% to $18.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at $18.0 million (Q1 2026), $37.8 million (Q4 2025), and $37.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF (Qtr)
1 Thermo Fisher Scientific 213.96 Bn 209.90 Bn 8.34 Bn 1.68 Bn
2 Danaher 140.29 Bn 135.94 Bn 3.61 Bn 1.27 Bn
3 Idexx Laboratories 46.08 Bn 45.88 Bn 779.09 Mn 322.52 Mn
4 Agilent Technologies 39.78 Bn 37.97 Bn 990.00 Mn 201.00 Mn
5 Iqvia Holdings 39.43 Bn 37.35 Bn 1.44 Bn 360.00 Mn
6 Natera 38.72 Bn 37.62 Bn 696.04 Mn 18.03 Mn
7 Illumina 30.05 Bn 28.88 Bn 770.00 Mn 161.00 Mn
8 Mettler Toledo International 28.63 Bn 28.58 Bn 650.22 Mn 282.62 Mn
9 Quest Diagnostics 26.17 Bn 25.54 Bn 1.03 Bn 459.00 Mn
10 Labcorp Holdings 25.89 Bn 24.91 Bn 1.01 Bn 70.50 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 18.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 18.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 37.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 37.82 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 36.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 36.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 11.68 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 11.68 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 22.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 22.64 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 34.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 34.77 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 35.47 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 35.47 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -27.89 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -27.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 26.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 26.89 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -67.66 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -67.66 Mn