The lowest debt payback

Debt payback: net debt over free cash flow, in years

Ranked from the filings of the companies this site has read, under . 50 of them report a figure for this; the rest are absent rather than ranked last, because a filing that does not carry a number is not a company that scores badly on it.

#CompanyDebt payback: net debt over free cash flow, in years
1 Agora, Inc. API 0.02yr
2 SOPRA STERIA GROUP SOP.PA 0.02yr
3 OR ROYALTIES INC. OR 0.02yr
4 A. O. Smith Corporation AOS 0.02yr
5 MANITOU BF MTU.PA 0.04yr
6 ADOBE INC. ADBE 0.10yr
7 AppLovin Corporation APP 0.13yr
8 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC. ADP 0.14yr
9 ALLSTATE CORP ALL 0.15yr
10 ServiceNow, Inc. NOW 0.17yr
11 SMCP SFC.F 0.17yr
12 INTUIT INC. INTU 0.22yr
13 Apple Inc. AAPL 0.23yr
14 TARGET HOSPITALITY CORP. TH 0.23yr
15 NETFLIX INC NFLX 0.24yr
16 AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. AFG 0.24yr
17 BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. BFH 0.27yr
18 PayPal Holdings, Inc. PYPL 0.28yr
19 ALBEMARLE CORPORATION ALB 0.32yr
20 COLUMBUS A/S COLUM.CO 0.32yr
21 Etteplan Oyj ETTE.HE 0.33yr
22 APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AIT 0.33yr
23 Enact Holdings, Inc. ACT 0.34yr
24 Booking Holdings Inc. BKNG 0.37yr
25 VISA INC. V 0.38yr
26 CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC. CF 0.38yr
27 PROGRESSIVE CORP/OH/ PGR 0.39yr
28 FLANIGAN’S ENTERPRISES, INC. BDL 0.40yr
29 VALERO ENERGY CORP/TX VLO 0.40yr
30 ACUITY INC. AYI 0.45yr
31 Qorvo, Inc. QRVO 0.49yr
32 ALAMO GROUP INC. ALG 0.50yr
33 BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION BE 0.52yr
34 Puuilo Oyj PUUILO.HE 0.53yr
35 Chubb Limited CB 0.54yr
36 Digia Oyj DIGIA.HE 0.56yr
37 INTERNATIONAL CONSOLIDATED AIRLINES GROUP, S.A. IAG.L 0.58yr
38 3I GROUP PLC IGQ.F 0.58yr
39 Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. ASO 0.61yr
40 LOTUS BAKERIES LOTB.BR 0.62yr
41 BlackRock, Inc. BLK 0.64yr
42 Ardmore Shipping Corp ASC 0.66yr
43 QUALCOMM INC/DE QCOM 0.67yr
44 Marvell Technology, Inc. MRVL 0.67yr
45 TIVOLI A/S TIV.CO 0.71yr
46 PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION PR 0.72yr
47 ACKERMANS & VAN HAAREN ACKB.BR 0.73yr
48 BP P.L.C. BP.L 0.74yr
49 McKESSON CORPORATION MCK 0.74yr
50 Coca-Cola HBC AG CCH.L 0.74yr

How this measure is worked out

Net debt ÷ free cash flow, in years

How long the current free cash flow would take to clear the debt. A company holding net cash repays instantly and takes the top mark.

low is good; net cash earns the top mark outright

More about Debt payback: net debt over free cash flow, in years, and the XBRL tags behind it

What this ranking is not

It is not advice, and a high place is not a recommendation. A company can lead on one measure and fail on every other; that is the reason this site scores five dimensions rather than one and lets you weigh them yourself.

It also ranks only what has been read. A company whose filings are not in this database cannot appear here however well it would have done, and a company whose filing does not tag this figure is absent rather than last.

Worked out on 2026-08-24.

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