Diageo plc

DEO Consumer Defensive Beverages Wineries & Distilleries

Diageo plc’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $19.6 billion, down 2.97% from fiscal 2025.

100.14 2.44 +2.50%
Market cap
$55.8B
P/E
26.1×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
2.00%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
1.85
Beneish M
−2.82
Dividend safety
20/100

Diageo plc (DEO) Free cash flow margin

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Diageo plc's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 0.00%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.9% (fiscal 2023) to 23.9% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 42% of that period. That is below the Beverages Wineries & Distilleries industry median of 0.06% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.51%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 16.4% 2.78
FY2025 13.6% 0.70
FY2024 12.9% 2.00
FY2023 10.9% (7.61)
FY2022 18.5% (5.40)
FY2021 23.9% 9.98
FY2020 13.9% (6.38)
FY2019 20.3% (0.60)
FY2018 20.9% (1.19)
FY2017 22.1% 2.05

Against its own ten years

Low 10.9% High 23.9%
Ten-year median 18.3%
Current reading's percentile 42

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
BF.A Brown Forman Corporation compare 23.6%
BF.B Brown-Forman Corporation compare 23.6%
SNDL SNDL Inc. compare 4.73%
WVVI Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc. compare 1.66%
CASK MGP Ingredients, Inc. compare 0.11%
DEO Diageo plc 0.00%
AGCC Agencia Comercial Spirits Ltd compare 0.00%
AMSS AMASS Brands, Inc. compare −38.2%
IBG Innovation Beverage Group Limited compare —
Beverages Wineries & Distilleries industry median 0.06%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.51%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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