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Patterson Uti Energy (PTEN) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Patterson Uti Energy's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.12 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 34.11% year-over-year to 0.12; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.33, up 29.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.33, 29.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.12 at Patterson Uti Energy, down from 0.43 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.67 in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 7.64 in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.13 (2023), against an average of 0.68.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Payout Ratio was 383.44% in 2023 against a maximum downside of 4671.51% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.14 in 2021, then skyrocketed by 168.58% to 0.09 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 44.16% to 0.13 in 2023, then surged by 32.02% to 0.18 in 2024, then tumbled by 34.11% to 0.12 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for PTEN's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.12 (Q4 2025), 0.43 (Q3 2025), and 6.9 (Q2 2025).