Colgate Palmolive (CL) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's Free Cash Flow history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $766.0 million for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 60.92% year-over-year to $766.0 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $3.9 billion, a 3.25% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $3.6 billion, down 12.12% from the prior year.
• Free Cash Flow declined to $766.0 million in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from $1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Free Cash Flow topped out at $1.7 billion in Q4 2024 and bottomed at $264.0 million in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is $776.0 million (2025), against an average of $790.3 million.
• Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow tumbled 50.49% in 2022 and soared 116.67% in 2023, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $452.0 million in 2022, then soared by 107.74% to $939.0 million in 2023, then surged by 78.27% to $1.7 billion in 2024, then decreased by 23.78% to $1.3 billion in 2025, then sank by 39.97% to $766.0 million in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Free Cash Flow figures stand at $766.0 million (Q1 2026), $1.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.1 billion (Q3 2025).