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

Colgate Palmolive has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.53 in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 12.76% year-over-year to 0.53 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.47, a 11.68% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.5, down 0.57% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.53 for Q2 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, down from 0.68 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 1.43 in Q1 2022, with the low at 0.38 in Q3 2025.
• Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.68, with a median of 0.58 recorded in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio soared 97.51% in 2022, then sank 52.38% in 2023.
• Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.07 in 2022, then tumbled by 49.78% to 0.54 in 2023, then retreated by 12.09% to 0.47 in 2024, then declined by 13.48% to 0.41 in 2025, then soared by 30.01% to 0.53 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.53 (Q2 2026), 0.68 (Q1 2026), and 0.41 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.