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

Stryker (SYK) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.81 for Q1 2026, down 67.77% year-over-year from 2.52 in Q1 2025, and up 374.33% on a QoQ basis from 0.17 in Q4 2025.

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

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 67.77% year-over-year to 0.81 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.28 (down 17.56% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.3, down 14.24% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio improved to 0.81 in Q1 2026 per SYK's latest filing, from 0.17 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 8.22 in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 0.17 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.35 (2022), against an average of 1.16.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Payout Ratio slumped 71.09%; it then soared 811.31% in 2024.
  • Tracing SYK's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.32 in 2022, then plunged by 36.14% to 0.21 in 2023, then retreated by 11.11% to 0.18 in 2024, then dropped by 6.54% to 0.17 in 2025, then soared by 374.33% to 0.81 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SYK FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.81 (Q1 2026), 0.17 (Q4 2025), and 0.24 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Abbott Laboratories 152.82 Bn 146.17 Bn 6.27 Bn 1.20
2 Stryker 115.07 Bn 112.19 Bn 3.81 Bn 0.81
3 Medtronic 95.25 Bn 87.08 Bn 5.76 Bn 0.40
4 Boston Scientific 71.38 Bn 70.17 Bn 3.61 Bn -
5 Edwards Lifesciences 51.08 Bn 47.41 Bn 1.29 Bn -
6 Koninklijke Philips 29.38 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.07 Bn -
7 Dexcom 28.84 Bn 27.72 Bn 750.30 Mn -
8 GE HealthCare Technologies 28.56 Bn 26.49 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.08
9 Steris 20.71 Bn 20.30 Bn 697.10 Mn 0.25
10 Zimmer Biomet Holdings 16.17 Bn 15.75 Bn 1.51 Bn 0.15

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
Mar 31, 2021 0.64
Dec 31, 2020 0.20
Sep 30, 2020 0.28
Jun 30, 2020 0.42
Mar 31, 2020 0.48
Dec 31, 2019 0.36
Sep 30, 2019 0.42
Jun 30, 2019 0.56
Mar 31, 2019 1.02
Dec 31, 2018 0.20
Sep 30, 2018 0.37
Jun 30, 2018 0.71
Mar 31, 2018 0.03
Dec 31, 2017 0.32
Sep 30, 2017 -2.52
Jun 30, 2017 0.61
Dec 31, 2016 0.28
Sep 30, 2016 0.37
Jun 30, 2016 0.37
Mar 31, 2016 0.97
Dec 31, 2015 -0.58
Sep 30, 2015 -0.22
Jun 30, 2015 0.45
Mar 31, 2015 0.39
Dec 31, 2014 0.19
Sep 30, 2014 0.24
Jun 30, 2014 0.37
Mar 31, 2014 0.83
Dec 31, 2013 0.16
Sep 30, 2013 0.17
Jun 30, 2013 0.32
Mar 31, 2013 0.54
Dec 31, 2012 0.15
Sep 30, 2012 0.16
Jun 30, 2012 0.20
Mar 31, 2012 -4.76
Dec 31, 2011 0.12
Sep 30, 2011 0.18
Jun 30, 2011 0.64
Mar 31, 2011 0.48
Dec 31, 2010 0.13
Sep 30, 2010 0.16
Jun 30, 2010 0.21
Mar 31, 2010 0.24
Dec 31, 2009 0.08
Mar 31, 2009 0.66