Mcdonalds (MCD) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Mcdonalds' FCF Payout Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.76 for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 13.38% year-over-year to 0.76 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.73 (up 13.04% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.71, down 2.48% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.76 for Q1 2026 at Mcdonalds, down from 0.81 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 5.64 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.45 in Q3 2023.
• A 5-year average of 1.02 and a median of 0.67 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio jumped 632.62% — and 2023, when it plunged 82.87%.
• Mcdonalds' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.7 in 2022, then sank by 69.86% to 0.51 in 2023, then surged by 35.35% to 0.7 in 2024, then rose by 16.19% to 0.81 in 2025, then retreated by 5.32% to 0.76 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MCD's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.76 in Q1 2026, 0.81 in Q4 2025, and 0.52 in Q3 2025.