KPIs & Operating Metrics(New)
Growth Metrics

Colgate Palmolive (CL) Cash from Investing Activities (2016 - 2025)

Colgate Palmolive has reported Cash from Investing Activities over the past 17 years, most recently at -$103.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Cash from Investing Activities at -$103.0 million for Q4 2025, down 28.75% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was -$817.0 million (down 53.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was -$817.0 million, down 53.0%.
  • Cash from Investing Activities for Q4 2025 was -$103.0 million at Colgate Palmolive, up from -$154.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Cash from Investing Activities for CL hit a ceiling of -$80.0 million in Q4 2024 and a floor of -$946.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • Median Cash from Investing Activities over the past 5 years was -$156.5 million (2025), compared with a mean of -$214.3 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Cash from Investing Activities: crashed 446.82% in 2022 and later skyrocketed 82.98% in 2023.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$130.0 million in 2021, then tumbled by 33.08% to -$173.0 million in 2022, then rose by 17.34% to -$143.0 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 44.06% to -$80.0 million in 2024, then dropped by 28.75% to -$103.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Cash from Investing Activities were -$103.0 million (Q4 2025), -$154.0 million (Q3 2025), and -$401.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.