TTM
7.2%
YoY change
+2.89pp
Trough year (2008)
-427.6%
Peak year (2022)
9.3%
Latest annual
6.6%
FCF Margin history chart for Tesla (TSLA) from 2008 to 2025
Latest: 6.6%
FCF Margin change chart for Tesla (TSLA) from 2008 to 2025
Latest: +2.89pp
FCF Margin history table for Tesla (TSLA) from 2008 to 2025
| 2025 | 6.6% | +2.89pp | ||
| 2024 | 3.7% | -0.84pp | ||
| 2023 | 4.5% | -4.77pp | ||
| 2022 | 9.3% | +2.80pp | ||
| 2021 | 6.5% | -2.09pp | ||
| 2020 | 8.6% | +4.63pp | ||
| 2019 | 3.9% | +4.97pp | ||
| 2018 | -1.0% | +34.19pp | ||
| 2017 | -35.2% | -12.88pp | ||
| 2016 | -22.3% | +31.02pp | ||
| 2015 | -53.4% | -21.25pp | ||
| 2014 | -32.1% | -32.15pp | ||
| 2013 | 0.0% | +121.76pp | ||
| 2012 | -121.7% | +31.16pp | ||
| 2011 | -152.9% | -8.97pp | ||
| 2010 | -143.9% | -61.10pp | ||
| 2009 | -82.8% | +344.82pp | ||
| 2008 | -427.6% | — |
- 20256.6%+2.89pp
- 20243.7%-0.84pp
- 20234.5%-4.77pp
- 20229.3%+2.80pp
- 20216.5%-2.09pp
- 20208.6%+4.63pp
- 20193.9%+4.97pp
- 2018-1.0%+34.19pp
- 2017-35.2%-12.88pp
- 2016-22.3%+31.02pp
- 2015-53.4%-21.25pp
- 2014-32.1%-32.15pp
- 20130.0%+121.76pp
- 2012-121.7%+31.16pp
- 2011-152.9%-8.97pp
- 2010-143.9%-61.10pp
- 2009-82.8%+344.82pp
- 2008-427.6%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Tesla's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Tesla (TSLA)
According to Tesla's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 7.2%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, Tesla (TSLA) free cash flow margin totalled 6.56% – expanded 2.9 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 9.27%, reached in 2022; the historical low of -427.64% was recorded in 2008.
Tesla FCF Margin by Year
Tesla FCF Margin 2025: 6.6%
Tesla posted free cash flow margin of 6.56% in 2025, expanded 2.9 percentage points from 2024.
Tesla FCF Margin 2024: 3.7%
In 2024, Tesla reported free cash flow margin of 3.67%, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2023.
Tesla FCF Margin 2023: 4.5%
Tesla free cash flow margin in 2023 was 4.50%, contracted 4.8 percentage points from 2022.
Tesla FCF Margin 2022: 9.3%
2022's free cash flow margin for Tesla came in at 9.27%, expanded 2.8 percentage points from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Tesla FCF Margin 2021: 6.5%
Tesla free cash flow margin in 2021 was 6.47%.
See more financial history for Tesla (TSLA).
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| 32.6% | |
| 25.6% | |
| 24.0% | |
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| 8.6% | |
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| -0.3% | |
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