Nasdaq (NDAQ) FCF Payout Ratio (2012 - 2026)

Nasdaq has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 15 years of filings, most recently posting 0.24 for Q1 2026.

• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.24, up 8.23% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.31 (up 3.3% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.3, down 3.26% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.24 for Q1 2026 at Nasdaq, down from 0.29 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.02 in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.16 in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.29 (2025), against an average of 0.35.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 88.75% in 2022 and surged 78.75% in 2024, its largest moves.
• Nasdaq's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.21 in 2022, then soared by 58.97% to 0.34 in 2023, then slumped by 36.82% to 0.21 in 2024, then soared by 33.42% to 0.29 in 2025, then declined by 14.79% to 0.24 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.24 (Q1 2026), 0.29 (Q4 2025), and 1.02 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.