Stryker (SYK) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Stryker's (SYK) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.81 in Q1 2026, down 67.77% year-on-year from 2.52 in Q1 2025, and up 374.33% on a QoQ basis from 0.17 in Q4 2025.

Stryker (SYK) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Stryker (SYK) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.81 in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 67.77% year-over-year to 0.81 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.28, a 17.56% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.3, down 14.24% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.81, up from 0.17 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for SYK reached as high as 8.22 in Q1 2024 and fell as low as 0.17 in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 1.16 across 5 years, with a median of 0.35 in 2022.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio slumped 71.09% in 2023 and soared 811.31% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.32 in 2022, then tumbled by 36.14% to 0.21 in 2023, then fell by 11.11% to 0.18 in 2024, then slipped by 6.54% to 0.17 in 2025, then surged by 374.33% to 0.81 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 0.81 in Q1 2026, 0.17 in Q4 2025, and 0.24 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 201.40 Bn 194.75 Bn 6.27 Bn 1.20
2 Stryker 122.29 Bn 119.41 Bn 3.81 Bn 0.81
3 Medtronic 105.01 Bn 96.40 Bn 6.41 Bn 0.44
4 Boston Scientific 64.81 Bn 63.59 Bn 3.61 Bn -
5 Edwards Lifesciences 55.28 Bn 51.60 Bn 1.29 Bn -
6 Dexcom 29.06 Bn 27.94 Bn 750.30 Mn -
7 Koninklijke Philips 29.02 Bn 25.93 Bn 2.07 Bn 0.00
8 GE HealthCare Technologies 28.27 Bn 26.20 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.14
9 Smith & Nephew 25.80 Bn 25.22 Bn - -
10 Steris 20.59 Bn 20.16 Bn 697.10 Mn 0.98

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.81
Dec 31, 2025 0.17
Sep 30, 2025 0.24
Jun 30, 2025 0.35
Mar 31, 2025 2.52
Dec 31, 2024 0.18
Sep 30, 2024 0.23
Jun 30, 2024 0.63
Mar 31, 2024 8.22
Dec 31, 2023 0.21
Sep 30, 2023 0.32
Jun 30, 2023 0.53
Mar 31, 2023 0.90
Dec 31, 2022 0.32
Sep 30, 2022 0.35
Jun 30, 2022 0.68
Mar 31, 2022 3.12
Dec 31, 2021 0.30
Sep 30, 2021 0.30
Jun 30, 2021 0.31