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

Colgate Palmolive (CL) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on record, last reported at 24.4% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Margin rose 246.0% year-over-year to 24.4%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 17.83%, up 19.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 17.83%, 19.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin reached 24.4% in Q4 2025 per CL's latest filing, up from 21.56% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 24.4% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 6.0% in Q1 2022.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 15.42%, with a median of 16.22% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: tumbled -1269bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 921bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 20.74% in 2021, then tumbled by -53bps to 9.76% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 94bps to 18.97% in 2023, then rose by 16bps to 21.94% in 2024, then rose by 11bps to 24.4% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for FCF Margin were 24.4% in Q4 2025, 21.56% in Q3 2025, and 15.19% in Q2 2025.