Growth Metrics

Walmart (WMT) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Walmart's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 1.0 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio fell 77.78% year-over-year to 1.0; the TTM value through Oct 2025 reached 0.48, up 253.46%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.53, 946.86% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 1.0 at Walmart, up from 0.29 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 7.54 in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 3.91 in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.26 (2024), against an average of 1.19.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Payout Ratio crashed 861.19% in 2022 before it soared 3665.37% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 5.14 in 2021, then crashed by 103.32% to 0.17 in 2022, then soared by 228.44% to 0.22 in 2023, then skyrocketed by 1946.41% to 4.48 in 2024, then tumbled by 77.78% to 1.0 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WMT's FCF Payout Ratio are 1.0 (Q4 2025), 0.29 (Q3 2025), and 4.42 (Q2 2025).