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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Other Working Capital Changes (2016 - 2025)

Colgate Palmolive has reported Other Working Capital Changes over the past 17 years, most recently at -$117.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Other Working Capital Changes at -$117.0 million for Q4 2025, down 154.35% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was -$95.0 million (down 115.91% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was -$95.0 million, down 115.91%.
  • Other Working Capital Changes for Q4 2025 was -$117.0 million at Colgate Palmolive, down from $15.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Other Working Capital Changes for CL hit a ceiling of $88.0 million in Q4 2022 and a floor of -$117.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • Median Other Working Capital Changes over the past 5 years was $3.0 million (2021), compared with a mean of -$4.8 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Other Working Capital Changes: plummeted 1160.0% in 2022 and later surged 1150.0% in 2023.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Other Working Capital Changes stood at $35.0 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 151.43% to $88.0 million in 2022, then crashed by 169.32% to -$61.0 million in 2023, then increased by 24.59% to -$46.0 million in 2024, then tumbled by 154.35% to -$117.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Other Working Capital Changes were -$117.0 million (Q4 2025), $15.0 million (Q3 2025), and -$7.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.