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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 18 years, most recently at $609.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Free Cash Flow rose 27.94% year-over-year to $609.0 million; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached $3.8 billion, up 8.65%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $3.6 billion, 2.48% up from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 was $609.0 million at Colgate Palmolive, down from $1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $1.3 billion in Q4 2025 and troughed at $264.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $746.4 million and a median of $776.0 million in 2025 define the central range for Free Cash Flow.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: plummeted 50.49% in 2022 and later skyrocketed 116.67% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Free Cash Flow stood at $452.0 million in 2022, then surged by 107.74% to $939.0 million in 2023, then increased by 15.55% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then rose by 17.6% to $1.3 billion in 2025, then crashed by 52.27% to $609.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Free Cash Flow for CL at $609.0 million in Q1 2026, $1.3 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.1 billion in Q3 2025.