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

Verizon Communications (VZ) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.77 in Q1 2026.

• FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.77, down 2.04% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.57 (up 4.41% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.57, up 0.52% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio improved to 0.77 in Q1 2026 per VZ's latest filing, from 0.67 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 2.65 in Q1 2022 and troughed at 0.41 in Q3 2023.
• A 5-year average of 0.81 and a median of 0.55 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio soared 430.6% in 2022, then slumped 58.29% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 1.64 in 2022, then tumbled 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.
• Business Quant data shows VZ's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.77 in Q1 2026, 0.67 in Q4 2025, and 0.41 in Q3 2025.