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

Verizon Communications (VZ) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.46 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 16.83% year-over-year to 0.46 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.54, a 4.29% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.57, up 0.52% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.46 for Q2 2026 at Verizon Communications, down from 0.77 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 0.79 and a median of 0.54 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio surged 430.6% in 2022 and tumbled 58.29% in 2023, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.64 in 2022, then plunged by 58.29% to 0.69 in 2023, then fell by 22.48% to 0.53 in 2024, then increased by 25.46% to 0.67 in 2025, then sank by 31.08% to 0.46 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.46 (Q2 2026), 0.77 (Q1 2026), and 0.67 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.