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

Mcdonalds (MCD) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.76 in 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 declined to 0.76 in Q1 2026, from 0.81 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 5.64 in Q2 2022 to a low of 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 sank 82.87%.
• Tracing MCD's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 1.7 in 2022, then tumbled by 69.86% to 0.51 in 2023, then soared by 35.35% to 0.7 in 2024, then grew by 16.19% to 0.81 in 2025, then declined by 5.32% to 0.76 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.76 (Q1 2026), 0.81 (Q4 2025), and 0.52 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.