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Nasdaq (NDAQ) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Nasdaq's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 14 years, with the latest figure at 0.29 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 33.42% year-over-year to 0.29; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.3, down 3.26%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.3, 3.26% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.29 at Nasdaq, down from 1.02 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 2.59 in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 0.16 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.29 (2023), against an average of 0.46.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Payout Ratio skyrocketed 1190.88% in 2021 before it crashed 88.75% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.27 in 2021, then dropped by 20.94% to 0.21 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 58.97% to 0.34 in 2023, then tumbled by 36.82% to 0.21 in 2024, then skyrocketed by 33.42% to 0.29 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NDAQ's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.29 (Q4 2025), 1.02 (Q3 2025), and 0.23 (Q2 2025).