Growth Metrics

Applied Materials (AMAT) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Applied Materials' FCF Payout Ratio history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.35 for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 41.43% year-over-year to 0.35; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.23, up 9.43%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.25, 53.3% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 was 0.35 at Applied Materials, up from 0.2 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.03 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.09 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.18 (2022), against an average of 0.26.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Payout Ratio skyrocketed 400.88% in 2022 before it tumbled 89.55% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.35 in 2022, then tumbled by 38.85% to 0.22 in 2023, then decreased by 27.73% to 0.16 in 2024, then grew by 25.96% to 0.2 in 2025, then soared by 79.25% to 0.35 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for AMAT's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.35 (Q1 2026), 0.2 (Q4 2025), and 0.17 (Q3 2025).