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

Colgate Palmolive has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 17 years, most recently at $1.3 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Free Cash Flow at $1.3 billion for Q4 2025, up 17.6% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $3.6 billion (up 2.48% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $3.6 billion, up 2.48%.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $1.3 billion at Colgate Palmolive, up from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for CL hit a ceiling of $1.3 billion in Q4 2025 and a floor of $264.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $785.0 million (2022), compared with a mean of $741.9 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: crashed 50.49% in 2022 and later soared 116.67% in 2023.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Free Cash Flow stood at $913.0 million in 2021, then crashed by 50.49% to $452.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 107.74% to $939.0 million in 2023, then grew by 15.55% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then increased by 17.6% to $1.3 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $1.3 billion (Q4 2025), $1.1 billion (Q3 2025), and $776.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.