Colgate Palmolive (CL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.54 for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 36.18% year-over-year to 0.54 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.47, a 5.26% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.5, up 15.95% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio rose to 0.54 in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from 0.41 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.43 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.31 in Q4 2024.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.54 (2026), against an average of 0.67.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio jumped 97.51% in 2022 and slumped 52.38% in 2023, its largest moves.
• Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.07 in 2022, then slumped by 49.78% to 0.54 in 2023, then plunged by 43.02% to 0.31 in 2024, then soared by 33.49% to 0.41 in 2025, then surged by 32.82% to 0.54 in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest CL FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.54 (Q1 2026), 0.41 (Q4 2025), and 0.38 (Q3 2025).