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Starbucks (SBUX) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 16 consecutive years, with 0.55 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 10.31% to 0.55 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 1.19, a 31.87% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 1.13, up 45.67% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.55 for Q4 2025 at Starbucks, down from 0.75 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.6 in Q2 2025 to a low of 4.22 in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.09 and a median of 0.51 in 2021 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Biggest YoY gain for FCF Payout Ratio was 550.85% in 2024; the steepest drop was 2972.34% in 2024.
  • Starbucks' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.51 in 2021, then soared by 98.21% to 1.02 in 2022, then plummeted by 64.29% to 0.36 in 2023, then soared by 38.41% to 0.5 in 2024, then rose by 10.31% to 0.55 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.55 (Q4 2025), 0.75 (Q3 2025), and 1.6 (Q2 2025).