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Visa (V) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Visa filings provide 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.49 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 71.0% to 0.49 in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.23, a 12.85% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.21, up 1.34% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.49 in Q1 2026 for Visa, up from 0.2 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.49 in Q1 2026 to a low of 0.12 in Q3 2023.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.2 (2025), compared with a mean of 0.22.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: dropped 26.06% in 2024 and later surged 71.0% in 2026.
  • Visa's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.23 in 2022, then grew by 29.55% to 0.3 in 2023, then fell by 26.06% to 0.22 in 2024, then decreased by 7.54% to 0.2 in 2025, then skyrocketed by 142.57% to 0.49 in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.49 (Q1 2026), 0.2 (Q4 2025), and 0.2 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.