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

Microsoft has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.43 for Q1 2026.

• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.43, up 40.67% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.35 (up 4.73% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.34, up 14.41% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.43 for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, down from 1.15 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.15 in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.23 in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.27 (2022), against an average of 0.43.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio surged 91.5% in 2022 and tumbled 40.88% in 2023, its largest moves.
• Microsoft's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.03 in 2022, then sank by 40.88% to 0.61 in 2023, then jumped by 55.59% to 0.95 in 2024, then grew by 20.87% to 1.15 in 2025, then slumped by 62.81% to 0.43 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.43 (Q1 2026), 1.15 (Q4 2025), and 0.24 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.