Verizon Communications (VZ) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Verizon Communications has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.77 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 2.04% year-over-year to 0.77; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.57 (up 4.41% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.57, up 0.52% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio grew to 0.77 in Q1 2026, from 0.67 in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for VZ reached as high as 2.65 in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 0.41 in Q3 2023.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.55 (2025), against an average of 0.81.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — FCF Payout Ratio soared 430.6% — and 2023, when it plunged 58.29%.
• A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 1.64 in 2022, then sank by 58.29% to 0.69 in 2023, then retreated by 22.48% to 0.53 in 2024, then rose by 25.46% to 0.67 in 2025, then increased by 15.33% to 0.77 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.77, 0.67, and 0.41 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.