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

Mcdonalds has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.76 in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 42.14% year-over-year to 0.76; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.51 (down 19.63% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.5, down 31.28% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.76, up from 0.28 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 5.64 in Q2 2022, with the low at 0.28 in Q4 2025.
• Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 1.1 across 5 years, with a median of 0.62 in 2024.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio jumped 632.62% — and 2023, when it sank 82.87%.
• Mcdonalds' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.7 in 2022, then surged by 62.6% to 2.77 in 2023, then slumped by 74.91% to 0.7 in 2024, then slumped by 59.06% to 0.28 in 2025, then jumped by 168.73% to 0.76 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.76 (Q1 2026), 0.28 (Q4 2025), and 0.52 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.