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% quarter-over-quarter 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.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.81, down 67.77% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.28 (down 17.56% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.3, down 14.24% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio climbed to 0.81 in Q1 2026 per SYK's latest filing, from 0.17 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 8.22 in Q1 2024 and troughed at 0.17 in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 1.16 and a median of 0.35 in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio plunged 71.09% in 2023, then surged 811.31% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.32 in 2022, then slumped by 36.14% to 0.21 in 2023, then slipped by 11.11% to 0.18 in 2024, then fell by 6.54% to 0.17 in 2025, then surged by 374.33% to 0.81 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SYK's FCF Payout Ratio at 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 154.42 Bn 147.76 Bn 6.27 Bn 1.20
2 Stryker 118.12 Bn 115.25 Bn 3.81 Bn 0.81
3 Medtronic 101.72 Bn 93.55 Bn 5.76 Bn 0.40
4 Boston Scientific 67.19 Bn 65.98 Bn 3.61 Bn -
5 Edwards Lifesciences 50.69 Bn 47.02 Bn 1.29 Bn -
6 Koninklijke Philips 29.38 Bn 26.07 Bn 2.07 Bn -
7 Dexcom 28.09 Bn 26.97 Bn 750.30 Mn -
8 GE HealthCare Technologies 28.08 Bn 26.02 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.08
9 Steris 19.80 Bn 19.37 Bn 697.10 Mn 0.25
10 Zimmer Biomet Holdings 17.18 Bn 16.77 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