Esab (ESAB) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2025)
Esab (ESAB) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.01 for Q4 2025, up 117.38% year-over-year from 0.01 in Q4 2024, and up 115.16% quarter-over-quarter from 0.09 in Q4 2025.
Esab (ESAB) FCF Payout Ratio (2021 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Esab (ESAB) has 5 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.01 in Q4 2025.
- FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 came in at 0.01, up 117.38% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.02 (up 61.44% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.02, up 61.44% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio advanced to 0.01 in Q4 2025 per ESAB's latest filing, from 0.09 in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.23 in Q3 2025 and troughed at 0.09 in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of 0.04 and a median of 0.04 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio soared 409.65% in 2022, then sank 632.96% in 2024.
- A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.09 in 2021, then tumbled by 53.27% to 0.04 in 2022, then slumped by 62.47% to 0.02 in 2023, then slumped by 632.96% to 0.08 in 2024, then jumped by 117.38% to 0.01 in 2025.
- Business Quant data shows ESAB's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.01 in Q4 2025, 0.09 in Q4 2025, and 0.23 in Q3 2025.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carpenter Technology | 29.34 Bn | 29.04 Bn | 251.80 Mn | 0.08 |
| 2 | Ati | 27.51 Bn | 27.23 Bn | 262.90 Mn | - |
| 3 | Mueller Industries | 14.99 Bn | 13.61 Bn | 358.44 Mn | 0.08 |
| 4 | Commercial Metals | 8.04 Bn | 7.54 Bn | 387.91 Mn | 0.46 |
| 5 | Esab | 6.48 Bn | 6.34 Bn | 257.79 Mn | 0.01 |
| 6 | Gpgi | 3.86 Bn | 3.85 Bn | - | -0.01 |
| 7 | Worthington Enterprises | 2.96 Bn | 2.95 Bn | 109.47 Mn | 0.19 |
| 8 | Proto Labs | 1.93 Bn | 1.79 Bn | 63.59 Mn | - |
| 9 | Ryerson Holding | 1.17 Bn | 1.15 Bn | 288.80 Mn | -0.05 |
| 10 | Mayville Engineering Company | 727.03 Mn | 724.96 Mn | 10.96 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.01 |
| Oct 3, 2025 | -0.09 |
| Jul 4, 2025 | 0.23 |
| Apr 4, 2025 | 0.04 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.08 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | 0.05 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 0.10 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.02 |
| Sep 29, 2023 | -0.04 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.06 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.10 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.04 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.03 |
| Jul 1, 2022 | 0.15 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.09 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.09 |
| Oct 1, 2021 | -0.02 |
| Apr 2, 2021 | 0.02 |