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 0.68 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 19.72% year-over-year to 0.68; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.49 (down 6.28% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.5, down 0.57% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.68 for Q1 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, up from 0.41 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.43 in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.38 in Q3 2025.
• Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.69 across 5 years, with a median of 0.61 in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio surged 97.51% in 2022, then slumped 52.38% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 1.07 in 2022, then plunged by 49.78% to 0.54 in 2023, then fell by 12.09% to 0.47 in 2024, then dropped by 13.48% to 0.41 in 2025, then surged by 67.06% to 0.68 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.68 (Q1 2026), 0.41 (Q4 2025), and 0.38 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.