Telesat (TSAT) Free Cash Flow (2020 - 2026)

Telesat (TSAT) posted quarterly Free Cash Flow of -$28.8 million for Q1 2026, down 139.7% year-on-year from $72.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 500.25% on a QoQ basis from $7.2 million in Q4 2025.

Telesat (TSAT) Free Cash Flow (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Telesat (TSAT) has reported Free Cash Flow for 7 consecutive years, with -$28.8 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow fell 139.7% year-over-year to -$28.8 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $45.6 million (down 52.15% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $148.3 million, up 59.56% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow retreated to -$28.8 million in Q1 2026 per TSAT's latest filing, from $7.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for TSAT reached as high as $75.1 million in Q3 2022 and fell as low as -$41.7 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $24.0 million and a median of $16.5 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Free Cash Flow plunged 352.85% — and 2025, when it soared 2140.62%.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $16.5 million in 2022, then tumbled by 352.85% to -$41.7 million in 2023, then surged by 126.07% to $10.9 million in 2024, then sank by 33.71% to $7.2 million in 2025, then plunged by 500.25% to -$28.8 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow over the past three periods registered -$28.8 million, $7.2 million, and $13.8 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 453.08 Bn 436.44 Bn 10.08 Bn 3.34 Bn
2 Motorola Solutions 70.40 Bn 69.51 Bn 1.36 Bn 389.00 Mn
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 64.04 Bn 59.20 Bn 9.10 Bn 609.00 Mn
4 Ciena 53.20 Bn 51.90 Bn 625.52 Mn 212.74 Mn
5 Lumentum Holdings 51.31 Bn 48.14 Bn 357.00 Mn 79.10 Mn
6 Nokia 49.83 Bn 42.52 Bn 9.86 Bn -
7 Ubiquiti 32.53 Bn 32.16 Bn 370.71 Mn 162.23 Mn
8 Ericsson Lm Telephone 32.22 Bn 26.54 Bn 2.53 Bn 664.31 Mn
9 AST SpaceMobile 16.80 Bn 16.80 Bn 3.67 Mn -309.66 Mn
10 Telesat 563.52 Mn 171.60 Mn 62.14 Mn -28.82 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -28.82 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -28.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 7.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 7.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 13.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 13.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 53.42 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 53.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 72.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 72.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 10.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 10.86 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 9.44 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 9.44 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.38 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 71.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 71.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -41.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -41.67 Mn