Ryanair Holdings RYAAY
NASDAQ RYAAY
$55.80 +1.29 (+2.37%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Ryanair Holdings (RYAAY) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Ryanair Holdings (RYAAY) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.21 for Q1 2026, up 14.42% year-over-year from 0.18 in Q1 2025, and down 468.71% quarter-over-quarter from 0.04 in Q4 2025.

Ryanair Holdings (RYAAY) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ryanair Holdings' FCF Payout Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.21 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 14.42% year-over-year to 0.21; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.64 (down 138.65% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 0.25, up 4.69% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.21, down from 0.04 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 1.51 in Q1 2022, with the low at 2.13 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.05 (2024), against an average of 0.11.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio jumped 160.89% in 2022, then plunged 242.15% in 2023.
  • Ryanair Holdings' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.5 in 2022, then slumped by 242.15% to 2.13 in 2023, then jumped by 97.36% to 0.06 in 2024, then jumped by 35.65% to 0.04 in 2025, then plunged by 468.71% to 0.21 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows RYAAY's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.21 in Q1 2026, 0.04 in Q4 2025, and 0.24 in Q1 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Delta Air Lines 53.89 Bn 49.22 Bn 19.07 Bn 0.11
2 Ryanair Holdings 29.45 Bn 26.24 Bn - -
3 Southwest Airlines 19.73 Bn 15.94 Bn 7.33 Bn -0.31
4 Copa Holdings 5.35 Bn 4.09 Bn 1.03 Bn -
5 Alaska Air 4.49 Bn 1.83 Bn 3.76 Bn -
6 Skywest 3.99 Bn 3.38 Bn 1.01 Bn -
7 Allegiant Travel 1.86 Bn 807.93 Mn 902.77 Mn -
8 Jetblue Airways 1.83 Bn -189.37 Mn 2.32 Bn -
9 Frontier Group Holdings 1.36 Bn 408.77 Mn - -
10 Republic Airways Holdings 853.83 Mn 576.23 Mn 487.40 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.21
Dec 31, 2025 -0.04
Mar 31, 2025 -0.24
Dec 31, 2024 -0.06
Mar 31, 2024 0.54
Dec 31, 2023 -2.13
Dec 31, 2022 1.50
Mar 31, 2022 1.51
Dec 31, 2021 -2.46
Dec 31, 2020 9.67
Sep 30, 2020 -2.81
Dec 31, 2019 -0.12
Sep 30, 2019 -0.16
Jun 30, 2019 -0.09
Mar 31, 2019 0.69
Dec 31, 2018 -0.08
Sep 30, 2018 -1.18
Jun 30, 2018 -0.22
Dec 31, 2017 0.20
Sep 30, 2017 1.02