Growth Metrics

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% on a QoQ basis from 0.09 in Q4 2025.

Esab (ESAB) has 5 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.01 in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 117.38% year-over-year to 0.01 in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.02 (up 61.44% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.02, up 61.44% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio climbed to 0.01 in Q4 2025 per ESAB's latest filing, from 0.09 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.23 in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 0.09 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.04 (2022), against an average of 0.04.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio jumped 409.65%; it then tumbled 632.96% in 2024.
  • Tracing ESAB's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.09 in 2021, then sank by 53.27% to 0.04 in 2022, then plunged by 62.47% to 0.02 in 2023, then plunged by 632.96% to 0.08 in 2024, then surged by 117.38% to 0.01 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest ESAB FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.01 (Q4 2025), 0.09 (Q4 2025), and 0.23 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Ati 22.19 Bn 21.90 Bn 262.90 Mn -
2 Carpenter Technology 21.71 Bn 21.41 Bn 251.80 Mn 0.08
3 Mueller Industries 14.55 Bn 13.18 Bn 358.44 Mn 0.08
4 Esab 5.57 Bn 5.43 Bn 257.79 Mn 0.01
5 Worthington Enterprises 2.71 Bn 2.70 Bn 109.47 Mn 0.19
6 Proto Labs 1.70 Bn 1.56 Bn 63.59 Mn -
7 Mayville Engineering Company 520.33 Mn 518.26 Mn 10.96 Mn -
8 Insteel Industries 517.83 Mn 502.74 Mn 16.49 Mn 0.87
9 Tredegar 271.32 Mn 255.71 Mn 28.99 Mn -
10 Techprecision 38.93 Mn 38.86 Mn 381,000.00 -

Historic Data

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DateValue
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