Colgate Palmolive (CL) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's (CL) quarterly Cash from Operations came in at 747000000.0 in Q1 2026, up 24.5% year-on-year from 600000000.0 in Q1 2025, and down 48.59% quarter-over-quarter from 1453000000.0 in Q4 2025.

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

Colgate Palmolive's Cash from Operations history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 747000000.0 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Cash from Operations rose 24.5% year-over-year to 747000000.0 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 4345000000.0, a 7.92% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 4198000000.0, up 2.22% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Operations declined to 747000000.0 in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from 1453000000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash from Operations topped out at 1453000000.0 in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 386000000.0 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Cash from Operations is 884000000.0 (2025), against an average of 903117647.06.
  • Across the five-year window, Cash from Operations tumbled 39.15% in 2022 and jumped 90.41% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Cash from Operations stood at 673000000.0 in 2022, then soared by 68.8% to 1136000000.0 in 2023, then climbed by 11.71% to 1269000000.0 in 2024, then grew by 14.5% to 1453000000.0 in 2025, then plunged by 48.59% to 747000000.0 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Cash from Operations figures stand at 747000000.0 (Q1 2026), 1453000000.0 (Q4 2025), and 1261000000.0 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Operations (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn 4.05 Bn
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn 747.00 Mn
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn 489.00 Mn
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 745.00 Mn
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn 412.00 Mn
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn 174.80 Mn
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn -122.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn -
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn 102.46 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 747.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 747.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.45 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.45 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.26 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 884.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 884.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 600.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 600.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.27 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.27 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.17 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 990.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 990.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 681.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 681.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.14 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.14 Bn