Las Vegas Sands Free cash flow decreased by 42.3% to $537.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 265.3%, from $147.00M to $537.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Free cash flow shows an upward trend with a 14.7% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
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free_cash_flow| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$74.00M | -$432.00M | -$86.00M | -$637.00M | -$388.00M | -$319.00M | -$251.00M | $275.00M | $745.00M | $509.00M | $681.00M | $518.00M | $529.00M | $222.00M | $368.00M | $147.00M | -$108.00M | $886.00M | $930.00M | $537.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -483.8% | +80.1% | -640.7% | +39.1% | +17.8% | +21.3% | +209.6% | +170.9% | -31.7% | +33.8% | -23.9% | +2.1% | -58.0% | +65.8% | -60.1% | -173.5% | +920.4% | +5.0% | -42.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -424.3% | +26.2% | -191.9% | +143.2% | +292.0% | +259.6% | +371.3% | +88.4% | -29.0% | -56.4% | -46.0% | -71.6% | -120.4% | +299.1% | +152.7% | +265.3% |