Boston Scientific BSX
NYSE BSX
$49.39 -2.62 (-5.04%)
As of: Aug 20, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Boston Scientific (BSX) FCF Payout Ratio (2020 - 2023)

Boston Scientific (BSX) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.03 for Q2 2023, down 60.78% year-over-year from 0.07 in Q2 2022, and down 84.66% on a QoQ basis from 0.18 in Q1 2023.

Boston Scientific (BSX) FCF Payout Ratio (2020 - 2023) Analysis & Trends

Boston Scientific has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 4 years, with the latest figure at 0.03 in Q2 2023.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q2 2023 came in at 0.03, down 60.78% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2024 was 0.01 (down 82.07% YoY), and the FY2023 annual result was 0.02, down 73.35% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio declined to 0.03 in Q2 2023, from 0.18 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.18 in Q1 2023 and troughed at 0.08 in Q1 2022.
  • A 4-year average of 0.04 and a median of 0.03 in 2020 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 216.76%; it then soared 326.58% in 2023.
  • A 4-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.03 in 2020, then jumped by 125.13% to 0.06 in 2021, then tumbled by 64.37% to 0.02 in 2022, then climbed by 24.42% to 0.03 in 2023.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 0.03 in Q2 2023, 0.18 in Q1 2023, and 0.02 in Q4 2022.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 198.70 Bn 193.10 Bn 7.27 Bn 0.55
2 Stryker 125.85 Bn 122.37 Bn 4.50 Bn 0.32
3 Medtronic 118.44 Bn 109.22 Bn 6.41 Bn 0.44
4 Boston Scientific 72.64 Bn 72.10 Bn 3.85 Bn -
5 Edwards Lifesciences 51.94 Bn 47.69 Bn 1.35 Bn -
6 Dexcom 34.48 Bn 32.53 Bn 830.00 Mn -
7 GE HealthCare Technologies 33.60 Bn 31.49 Bn 2.18 Bn 0.24
8 Koninklijke Philips 26.30 Bn 22.98 Bn 4.55 Bn -0.73
9 Steris 23.00 Bn 22.52 Bn 684.20 Mn 0.22
10 Zimmer Biomet Holdings 19.04 Bn 18.63 Bn 1.54 Bn 0.12

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2023 0.03
Mar 31, 2023 0.18
Dec 31, 2022 0.02
Sep 30, 2022 0.04
Jun 30, 2022 0.07
Mar 31, 2022 -0.08
Dec 31, 2021 0.06
Sep 30, 2021 0.04
Jun 30, 2021 0.03
Mar 31, 2021 0.07
Dec 31, 2020 0.03
Sep 30, 2020 0.02