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Mcdonalds (MCD) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Mcdonalds' FCF Payout Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.28 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 11.8% year-over-year to 0.28; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.5, down 4.25%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.5, 9.59% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.28 in Q4 2025 per MCD's latest filing, down from 0.52 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 2.0 in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.28 in Q4 2025.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.65, with a median of 0.56 recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: skyrocketed 160.08% in 2022, then plummeted 53.74% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.43 in 2021, then dropped by 5.92% to 0.4 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 73.53% to 0.7 in 2023, then crashed by 53.74% to 0.32 in 2024, then decreased by 11.8% to 0.28 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MCD's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.28 (Q4 2025), 0.52 (Q3 2025), and 1.01 (Q2 2025).