Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) FCF Payout Ratio (2017 - 2026)
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.43 for Q1 2026, up 9.43% year-on-year from 0.39 in Q1 2025, and up 92.16% on a QoQ basis from 0.22 in Q4 2025.
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) has 10 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.43 in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 9.43% year-over-year to 0.43; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.21 (down 6.01% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.2, down 3.11% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.43, up from 0.22 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.56 in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 43.5 in Q1 2023.
- The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.16 (2025), against an average of 2.35.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio jumped 374.93%; it then sank 62517.11% in 2023.
- A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.15 in 2022, then surged by 70.94% to 0.26 in 2023, then rose by 7.41% to 0.28 in 2024, then decreased by 20.12% to 0.22 in 2025, then jumped by 92.16% to 0.43 in 2026.
- The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.43 (Q1 2026), 0.22 (Q4 2025), and 0.16 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veralto | 20.72 Bn | 19.29 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 0.19 |
| 2 | Zurn Elkay Water Solutions | 7.83 Bn | 7.56 Bn | 205.80 Mn | 0.43 |
| 3 | Federal Signal | 6.47 Bn | 6.40 Bn | 179.40 Mn | 0.10 |
| 4 | Ceco Environmental | 2.82 Bn | 2.78 Bn | 63.92 Mn | -0.05 |
| 5 | PureCycle Technologies | 2.21 Bn | 2.11 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Euro Tech Holdings | 1.36 Bn | 1.34 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Energy Recovery | 421.81 Mn | 335.66 Mn | 2.70 Mn | - |
| 8 | CleanCore Solutions | 173.22 Mn | 156.17 Mn | -419,259.00 | - |
| 9 | Arq | 116.43 Mn | 111.76 Mn | 9.94 Mn | - |
| 10 | 374Water | 42.95 Mn | 42.95 Mn | -2.43 Mn | - |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.43 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.22 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.16 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.15 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.39 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.28 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.16 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.17 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.28 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.26 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.12 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.11 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -43.50 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.15 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.56 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.09 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.07 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.16 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.12 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.16 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 0.17 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.17 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.04 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.25 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 0.09 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 0.08 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.09 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 0.10 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 1.14 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.06 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 0.11 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 0.37 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 0.19 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 0.07 |