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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Colgate Palmolive (CL) has 17 years of Free Cash Flow data on record, last reported at $1.3 billion in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Free Cash Flow rose 17.6% year-over-year to $1.3 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $3.6 billion, up 2.48%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $3.6 billion, 2.48% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow reached $1.3 billion in Q4 2025 per CL's latest filing, up from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $1.3 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $264.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • Average Free Cash Flow over 5 years is $741.9 million, with a median of $785.0 million recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Free Cash Flow: plummeted 50.49% in 2022, then skyrocketed 116.67% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $913.0 million in 2021, then tumbled by 50.49% to $452.0 million in 2022, then soared by 107.74% to $939.0 million in 2023, then rose by 15.55% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then grew by 17.6% to $1.3 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Free Cash Flow were $1.3 billion in Q4 2025, $1.1 billion in Q3 2025, and $776.0 million in Q2 2025.