Growth Metrics

Qualcomm (QCOM) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Qualcomm has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.21 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Payout Ratio at 0.21 for Q4 2025, down 1.68% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.3 (up 0.51% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.3, down 10.15%.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.21 at Qualcomm, down from 0.27 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for QCOM hit a ceiling of 1.19 in Q3 2021 and a floor of 0.21 in Q4 2025.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.36 (2024), compared with a mean of 0.44.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Payout Ratio hit 142.22% in 2023, while the deepest fall reached 77.29% in 2023.
  • Qualcomm's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.52 in 2021, then crashed by 39.85% to 0.31 in 2022, then increased by 4.82% to 0.33 in 2023, then plummeted by 33.21% to 0.22 in 2024, then fell by 1.68% to 0.21 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.21 (Q4 2025), 0.27 (Q3 2025), and 0.38 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.