Macy's (M) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Macy's' (M) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.05 in Q1 2026, up 26.34% year-on-year from 0.04 in Q1 2025, and up 108.94% quarter-over-quarter from 0.51 in Q4 2025.

Macy's (M) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Macy's has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.05 for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.05, up 26.34% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.19 (down 11.28% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 0.19, down 11.28% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.05 for Q1 2026 at Macy's, up from 0.51 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.88 in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.51 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.04 (2025), against an average of 0.13.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio surged 323.09% in 2023 and sank 210.46% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Macy's' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.47 in 2022, then soared by 77.29% to 0.11 in 2023, then slumped by 53.31% to 0.16 in 2024, then tumbled by 210.46% to 0.51 in 2025, then surged by 108.94% to 0.05 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.05 (Q1 2026), 0.51 (Q4 2025), and 0.19 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Dillard'S 8.67 Bn 7.26 Bn 718.25 Mn 0.01
2 Macy's 6.49 Bn 5.25 Bn 3.55 Bn 0.05
3 Kohls 1.93 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.85 Bn 0.02
4 Dillard'S - - 718.25 Mn 0.01
5 Polibeli - - - -
6 Loan Artificial Intelligence - - - -
7 Loan Artificial Intelligence - - - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 0.05
Nov 1, 2025 -0.51
Aug 2, 2025 0.19
May 3, 2025 -0.31
Feb 1, 2025 0.04
Nov 2, 2024 -0.16
Aug 3, 2024 -0.26
May 4, 2024 0.89
Feb 3, 2024 0.05
Oct 28, 2023 -0.11
Jul 29, 2023 0.62
Apr 29, 2023 1.88
Jan 28, 2023 0.05
Oct 29, 2022 -0.47
Jul 30, 2022 -0.28
Apr 30, 2022 0.58
Jan 29, 2022 0.02
Oct 30, 2021 -0.34
May 2, 2020 -0.58
Feb 1, 2020 0.16