Methode Electronics (MEI) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Methode Electronics (MEI) recorded quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.18 in Q1 2026, up 208.81% on a QoQ basis from 0.16 in Q4 2025, and down 28.71% year-over-year from 0.25 in Q1 2025.

Methode Electronics (MEI) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Methode Electronics has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 0.18 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 28.71% year-over-year to 0.18 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.29 (up 136.81% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.34, up 81.79% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio rose to 0.18 in Q1 2026, from 0.16 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 1.68 in Q3 2022 and troughed at 1.81 in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.12 and a median of 0.17 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio soared 766.52% — and 2024, when it slumped 604.15%.
  • Tracing MEI's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.7 in 2022, then tumbled by 161.95% to 0.43 in 2023, then surged by 80.65% to 0.08 in 2024, then plunged by 95.21% to 0.16 in 2025, then surged by 208.81% to 0.18 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MEI's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.18 in Q1 2026, 0.16 in Q4 2025, and 0.16 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Amphenol 170.58 Bn 165.55 Bn 2.80 Bn 0.37
2 Corning 152.19 Bn 150.97 Bn 1.53 Bn 8.13
3 TE Connectivity 62.31 Bn 61.34 Bn 1.75 Bn 0.34
4 Flex 56.36 Bn 54.72 Bn 702.00 Mn -
5 Celestica 42.71 Bn 42.33 Bn 437.20 Mn -
6 Jabil 37.62 Bn 35.80 Bn 746.00 Mn 0.03
7 Fabrinet 22.26 Bn 21.31 Bn 144.34 Mn -
8 Ttm Technologies 17.40 Bn 16.99 Bn 181.18 Mn -
9 Sanmina 13.70 Bn 12.12 Bn 353.79 Mn -
10 Methode Electronics 404.87 Mn 271.17 Mn 38.80 Mn 0.18

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 0.18
Nov 1, 2025 -0.16
Aug 2, 2025 0.16
May 3, 2025 0.22
Feb 1, 2025 0.25
Nov 2, 2024 -0.08
Jul 27, 2024 -1.81
Apr 27, 2024 0.33
Jan 27, 2024 0.39
Oct 28, 2023 -0.43
Jul 29, 2023 -0.26
Apr 29, 2023 0.14
Jan 28, 2023 0.12
Oct 29, 2022 0.70
Jul 30, 2022 1.68
Apr 30, 2022 0.17
Jan 29, 2022 0.43
Oct 30, 2021 0.24
Jul 31, 2021 -0.84
May 1, 2021 0.15