Qualcomm (QCOM) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Qualcomm's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.51 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 23.27% year-over-year to 0.51; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.31 (down 5.27% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.3, down 10.15% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.51 for Q1 2026 at Qualcomm, up from 0.21 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.04 in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.21 in Q4 2025.
• Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.41 across 5 years, with a median of 0.37 in 2024.
• Biggest YoY gain for FCF Payout Ratio was 142.22% in 2023; the steepest drop was 77.29% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.31 in 2022, then gained by 4.82% to 0.33 in 2023, then slumped by 33.21% to 0.22 in 2024, then declined by 1.68% to 0.21 in 2025, then surged by 136.79% to 0.51 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.51 (Q1 2026), 0.21 (Q4 2025), and 0.27 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.