Growth Metrics

Factset Research Systems (FDS) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Factset Research Systems (FDS) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.46 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 29.41% year-over-year to 0.46, compared with a TTM value of 0.25 through Nov 2025, down 12.1%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.26, up 5.7% over the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.46 for Q4 2025 at Factset Research Systems, up from 0.23 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.65 in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 0.17 in Q2 2024.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.28, with a median of 0.24 recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Payout Ratio dropped 29.62% in 2023, then soared 142.79% in 2024.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.48 in 2021, then decreased by 20.33% to 0.38 in 2022, then decreased by 29.62% to 0.27 in 2023, then skyrocketed by 142.79% to 0.65 in 2024, then dropped by 29.41% to 0.46 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for FDS at 0.46 in Q4 2025, 0.23 in Q3 2025, and 0.17 in Q2 2025.