Colgate Palmolive CL
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At close: Aug 19, 2026 · 4:00 PM UTC

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

Colgate Palmolive (CL) posted quarterly Cash from Investing Activities of -$122.0 million for Q2 2026, up 69.58% year-over-year from -$71.9 million in Q2 2025, and little changed on a QoQ basis from -$122.0 million in Q1 2026.

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

Colgate Palmolive has reported Cash from Investing Activities for 18 years, with the latest figure at -$122.0 million in Q2 2026.

  • Cash from Investing Activities for Q2 2026 came in at -$122.0 million, up 69.58% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was -$501.0 million (up 36.58% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$817.0 million, down 53.0% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities steadied at -$122.0 million in Q2 2026, from -$122.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Cash from Investing Activities peaked at -$80.0 million in Q4 2024 and troughed at -$946.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of -$218.8 million and a median of -$156.5 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Cash from Investing Activities.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Cash from Investing Activities slumped 446.82%; it 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 gained by 17.34% to -$143.0 million in 2023, then surged by 44.06% to -$80.0 million in 2024, then decreased by 28.75% to -$103.0 million in 2025, then fell by 18.45% to -$122.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Cash from Investing Activities figures were -$122.0 million in Q2 2026, -$122.0 million in Q1 2026, and -$103.0 million in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing Activities (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 334.68 Bn 324.73 Bn 10.28 Bn -1.20 Bn
2 Unilever 135.06 Bn 122.54 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.11 Bn 71.74 Bn 3.30 Bn -122.00 Mn
4 Kenvue 36.14 Bn 35.03 Bn 2.30 Bn -78.00 Mn
5 Kimberly Clark 35.84 Bn 34.89 Bn 1.60 Bn -410.00 Mn
6 Estee Lauder Companies 30.63 Bn 27.51 Bn 2.84 Bn -96.00 Mn
7 Church & Dwight 23.49 Bn 23.23 Bn 693.90 Mn -328.40 Mn
8 Clorox 12.90 Bn 12.75 Bn 804.00 Mn -2.18 Bn
9 Yatsen Holding 5.79 Bn 5.65 Bn 153.20 Mn -
10 e.l.f. Beauty 5.48 Bn 5.13 Bn 398.84 Mn -1.67 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -122.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2026 -122.00 Mn
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