Microsoft (MSFT) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft (MSFT) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.34 for Q2 2026, down 19.51% sequentially from 0.43 in Q1 2026, and up 42.62% YoY from 0.24 in Q2 2025.

Microsoft (MSFT) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Microsoft has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.34 in Q2 2026.

Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 42.62% year-over-year to 0.34 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.39 (up 17.39% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 0.39, up 17.39% from the prior year.
FCF Payout Ratio declined to 0.34 in Q2 2026 per MSFT's latest filing, from 0.43 in the prior quarter.
Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 1.15 in Q4 2025 and troughed at 0.23 in Q1 2022.
A 5-year average of 0.42 and a median of 0.28 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio jumped 91.5% in 2022, then tumbled 40.88% in 2023.
Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.03 in 2022, then sank by 40.88% to 0.61 in 2023, then soared by 55.59% to 0.95 in 2024, then rose by 20.87% to 1.15 in 2025, then plunged by 70.07% to 0.34 in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.34, 0.43, and 1.15 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Cover (Qtr)
1	Microsoft	3,679.34 Bn	3,546.58 Bn	60.48 Bn	0.34
2	Oracle	433.50 Bn	402.15 Bn	-	-0.80
3	Palantir Technologies	418.20 Bn	408.90 Bn	1.64 Bn	-
4	Palo Alto Networks	312.41 Bn	309.30 Bn	2.03 Bn	-
5	Fortinet	117.38 Bn	113.31 Bn	1.64 Bn	-
6	Cloudflare	101.74 Bn	97.57 Bn	499.52 Mn	-
7	Synopsys	80.70 Bn	78.49 Bn	1.77 Bn	-
8	CoreWeave	58.00 Bn	52.46 Bn	1.70 Bn	-
9	Block	49.79 Bn	43.33 Bn	3.17 Bn	-
10	NetApp	40.59 Bn	37.00 Bn	1.37 Bn	0.11

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