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Colgate Palmolive (CL) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.68 for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 19.72% year-over-year to 0.68; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.49, down 6.28%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.5, 0.57% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 was 0.68 at Colgate Palmolive, up from 0.41 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 1.43 in Q1 2022 and troughed at 0.38 in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.69 and a median of 0.61 in 2025 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: surged 97.51% in 2022 and later tumbled 52.38% in 2023.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.07 in 2022, then crashed by 49.78% to 0.54 in 2023, then decreased by 12.09% to 0.47 in 2024, then fell by 13.48% to 0.41 in 2025, then skyrocketed by 67.06% to 0.68 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for CL at 0.68 in Q1 2026, 0.41 in Q4 2025, and 0.38 in Q3 2025.