Colgate Palmolive (CL) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's FCF Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 14.39% for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin rose 470.0% year-over-year to 14.39% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 18.87%, a 146.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 17.83%, down 274.0% from the prior year.
• FCF Margin fell to 14.39% in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from 24.4% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 33.85% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 6.0% in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 15.19% (2025), against an average of 15.97%.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Margin slumped 1097 bps in 2022 and soared 1488 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 9.76% in 2022, then jumped by 94 bps to 18.97% in 2023, then jumped by 78 bps to 33.85% in 2024, then fell by 28 bps to 24.4% in 2025, then sank by 41 bps to 14.39% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest CL FCF Margin figures stand at 14.39% (Q1 2026), 24.4% (Q4 2025), and 21.56% (Q3 2025).