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

Microsoft's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.43 for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 40.67% year-over-year to 0.43 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.35 (up 4.73% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.34, up 14.41% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 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.
• Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.27 (2022), compared with a mean of 0.43.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio jumped 91.5% in 2022 and slumped 40.88% in 2023, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.03 in 2022, then plunged by 40.88% to 0.61 in 2023, then soared by 55.59% to 0.95 in 2024, then climbed by 20.87% to 1.15 in 2025, then sank by 62.81% to 0.43 in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MSFT's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.43 in Q1 2026, 1.15 in Q4 2025, and 0.24 in Q3 2025.