Colgate Palmolive (CL) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive (CL) recorded quarterly Cash from Investing Activities of -$122.0 million in Q1 2026, down 18.45% quarter-over-quarter from -$103.0 million in Q4 2025, and up 23.27% on a YoY basis from -$99.0 million in Q1 2025.

Colgate Palmolive (CL) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Colgate Palmolive's Cash from Investing Activities history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$122.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Cash from Investing Activities rose 23.27% year-over-year to -$122.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$780.0 million (down 56.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$817.0 million, down 53.0% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities was -$122.0 million for Q1 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, down from -$103.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Cash from Investing Activities ranged from a high of -$80.0 million in Q4 2024 to a low of -$946.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Cash from Investing Activities has averaged -$224.5 million across 5 years, with a median of -$159.0 million in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Cash from Investing Activities tumbled 446.82% in 2022, then surged 82.98% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Cash from Investing Activities shows it stood at -$173.0 million in 2022, then advanced by 17.34% to -$143.0 million in 2023, then soared by 44.06% to -$80.0 million in 2024, then slipped by 28.75% to -$103.0 million in 2025, then retreated by 18.45% to -$122.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Cash from Investing Activities figures came in at -$122.0 million (Q1 2026), -$103.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$154.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing Activities (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - -
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn -665.00 Mn
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - -
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn -122.00 Mn
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn -167.00 Mn
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn -355.00 Mn
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn -96.00 Mn
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn -33.50 Mn
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn -43.00 Mn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 Bn 326.45 Mn -2.30 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 -122.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -122.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -103.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -103.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -154.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -154.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -401.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -401.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -159.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -159.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -80.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -80.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -150.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -150.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -111.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -111.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -193.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -193.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -143.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -143.00 Mn