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Mar 23, 2025
Quarter ended Mar 23, 2025 · FY2025 Q1

Domino's Pizza, Inc. stock research

Domino's Pizza (DPZ) Free Cash Flow — Quarter Ended Mar 23, 2025

Free cash flow improved sequentially and year-over-year, driven by higher operating cash flow and lower capital expenditure. The free cash flow margin strengthened compared to both prior periods.

Free cash flow takeaway

A quick read on the company's cash generation and what it means for investors.

Free cash flow improved sequentially and year-over-year, driven by higher operating cash flow and lower capital expenditure. The free cash flow margin strengthened compared to both prior periods.

  • Revenue was stable across all periods. Operating cash flow increased, supporting a rise in free cash flow while capital expenditure declined, resulting in a higher free cash flow margin.
  • Compared to the immediately preceding quarter, free cash flow and its margin improved as capital expenditure fell. Versus the same quarter one year earlier, free cash flow rose sharply with a substantial margin expansion.

FCF snapshot

Quarterly and TTM cash-flow metrics with the minimum valuation context.

TTM free cash flow

$540.4M

Trailing twelve-month free cash flow.

Quarter free cash flow

$164.3M

Free cash flow in the selected fiscal quarter.

Operating cash flow

$179.1M

Cash generated by operations before capital spending.

CapEx

$14.7M

Capital spending and related asset purchases.

FCF margin

14.8%

The share of revenue converted into free cash flow.

Cash flow trend

A short quarterly history shows whether FCF is scaling with revenue or only spiking for one period.

PeriodRevenueOperating CFCapExFCFFCF margin
2024-03-24$1.1B$123.5M$20.2M$103.3M9.5%
2024-06-16$1.1B$150.7M$23.5M$127.2M11.6%
2024-09-08$1.1B$172.7M$27.1M$145.6M13.5%
2025-03-23$1.1B$179.1M$14.7M$164.3M14.8%

Cash conversion quality

Checks that separate high-quality free cash flow from accounting noise or working-capital timing.

FCF / net income109.8%Shows whether accounting earnings convert into cash.
CapEx / revenue1.3%Lower capital intensity usually supports FCF margin.
Net cashn/aCash and equivalents minus total debt.

Recent events shaping cash flow

Near-term business events that help explain the free cash flow result.

Supportive

Operating Cash Flow Strength

Operating cash flow increased relative to both the prior quarter and the year-ago quarter, despite stable revenue. The filing notes efficient working capital deployment, with quick receivable collection and multiple inventory turns per month, though no direct causation is claimed.

Higher operating cash flow directly supported the improvement in free cash flow and margin.

What the cash flow says

How to interpret the company's free cash flow beyond the headline number.

Revenue was stable across all periods. Operating cash flow increased, supporting a rise in free cash flow while capital expenditure declined, resulting in a higher free cash flow margin.

Compared to the immediately preceding quarter, free cash flow and its margin improved as capital expenditure fell. Versus the same quarter one year earlier, free cash flow rose sharply with a substantial margin expansion.

Monitor the trajectory of capital expenditure, which decreased this quarter after being higher in both prior comparables.

DPZ Free Cash Flow — Quarter Ended Mar 23, 2025