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Colgate Palmolive (CL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic FCF Margin for Colgate Palmolive (CL) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 21.56%.

  • Colgate Palmolive's FCF Margin rose 10300.0% to 21.56% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 17.13%, marking a year-over-year increase of 2200.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 17.64% for FY2024, which is 20200.0% up from last year.
  • Colgate Palmolive's FCF Margin amounted to 21.56% in Q3 2025, which was up 10300.0% from 15.19% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Colgate Palmolive's FCF Margin's 5-year high stood at 21.94% during Q4 2024, with a 5-year trough of 6.0% in Q1 2022.
  • Over the past 5 years, Colgate Palmolive's median FCF Margin value was 15.19% (recorded in 2025), while the average stood at 14.94%.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Colgate Palmolive's FCF Margin crashed by -126900bps in 2021, and later soared by 92100bps in 2023.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Colgate Palmolive's FCF Margin stood at 20.74% in 2021, then tumbled by -53bps to 9.76% in 2022, then soared by 94bps to 18.97% in 2023, then rose by 16bps to 21.94% in 2024, then dropped by -2bps to 21.56% in 2025.
  • Its FCF Margin was 21.56% in Q3 2025, compared to 15.19% in Q2 2025 and 9.69% in Q1 2025.