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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Free Cash Flow: 2009-2025

Historic Free Cash Flow for Colgate Palmolive (CL) over the last 17 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to $1.1 billion.

  • Colgate Palmolive's Free Cash Flow rose 7.07% to $1.1 billion in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was $3.4 billion, marking a year-over-year increase of 1.26%. This contributed to the annual value of $3.5 billion for FY2024, which is 16.64% up from last year.
  • Per Colgate Palmolive's latest filing, its Free Cash Flow stood at $1.1 billion for Q3 2025, which was up 42.53% from $776.0 million recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Colgate Palmolive's Free Cash Flow peaked at $1.1 billion during Q3 2025, and registered a low of $264.0 million during Q1 2022.
  • Moreover, its 3-year median value for Free Cash Flow was $873.0 million (2024), whereas its average is $813.1 million.
  • Its Free Cash Flow has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first tumbled by 50.49% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 116.67% in 2023.
  • Quarterly analysis of 5 years shows 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 spiked by 107.74% to $939.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 15.55% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then climbed by 7.07% to $1.1 billion in 2025.
  • Its Free Cash Flow was $1.1 billion in Q3 2025, compared to $776.0 million in Q2 2025 and $476.0 million in Q1 2025.