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Colgate Palmolive (CL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive has reported FCF Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 11.44% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 175.0% year-over-year to 11.44%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 18.11%, up 73.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 17.83%, 19.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 was 11.44% at Colgate Palmolive, down from 24.4% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 24.4% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 6.0% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 15.1% and a median of 15.19% in 2025 define the central range for FCF Margin.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: tumbled -1097bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 921bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 9.76% in 2022, then soared by 94bps to 18.97% in 2023, then increased by 16bps to 21.94% in 2024, then increased by 11bps to 24.4% in 2025, then tumbled by -53bps to 11.44% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for CL at 11.44% in Q1 2026, 24.4% in Q4 2025, and 21.56% in Q3 2025.