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Gen Digital (GEN) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Gen Digital filings provide 15 years of FCF Payout Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.14 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 40.56% to 0.14 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.21 through Jan 2026, up 40.03% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.26 for FY2025, 64.24% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.14 in Q1 2026 for Gen Digital, down from 0.72 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.72 in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.8 in Q3 2022.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.25, with a median of 0.26 recorded in 2023.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Payout Ratio plummeted 164.66% in 2022 before it soared 193.0% in 2025.
  • Gen Digital's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.27 in 2022, then fell by 0.65% to 0.26 in 2023, then dropped by 8.23% to 0.24 in 2024, then soared by 197.2% to 0.72 in 2025, then tumbled by 80.0% to 0.14 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GEN's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.14 (Q1 2026), 0.72 (Q4 2025), and 0.2 (Q3 2025).