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Microsoft (MSFT) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Microsoft has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.43 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Payout Ratio at 0.43 for Q1 2026, up 40.67% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Mar 2026 was 0.35 (up 4.73% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.34, up 14.41%.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.43 in Q1 2026 per MSFT's latest filing, down from 1.15 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.15 in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.23 in Q1 2022.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.27 (2022), compared with a mean of 0.43.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Payout Ratio surged 91.5% in 2022 before it plummeted 40.88% in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.03 in 2022, then tumbled by 40.88% to 0.61 in 2023, then skyrocketed by 55.59% to 0.95 in 2024, then grew by 20.87% to 1.15 in 2025, then plummeted by 62.81% to 0.43 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for MSFT at 0.43 in Q1 2026, 1.15 in Q4 2025, and 0.24 in Q3 2025.