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

Colgate Palmolive has reported Net Cash Flow over the past 17 years, most recently at -$11.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Net Cash Flow at -$11.0 million for Q4 2025, up 87.78% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $125.0 million (down 32.07% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $125.0 million, down 32.07%.
  • Net Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was -$11.0 million at Colgate Palmolive, down from $79.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Net Cash Flow for CL hit a ceiling of $145.0 million in Q3 2023 and a floor of -$166.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • Median Net Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $35.5 million (2021), compared with a mean of $24.0 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Net Cash Flow: surged 12100.0% in 2021 and later crashed 9100.0% in 2024.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Net Cash Flow stood at -$130.0 million in 2021, then fell by 27.69% to -$166.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 100.6% to $1.0 million in 2023, then crashed by 9100.0% to -$90.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 87.78% to -$11.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Net Cash Flow were -$11.0 million (Q4 2025), $79.0 million (Q3 2025), and $74.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.